For its fiscal first-quarter 2017 (ended 31 July 2016), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has reported record revenue of $341.3m, up 7.1% on $318.8m last quarter and up 8.7% on $314m ...
South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor Co Ltd is now mass producing its new 'WICOP' products, with a luminous efficiency of 210lm/W (350mA). Composed of just an LED chip and phosphor, it does not require chip packaging (e.g. frames ...
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TDK Corporation and Toshiba Corporation have agreed to establish a joint venture, TDK Automotive Technologies Corporation, to develop and manufacture automotive inverters for hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles. I. ...
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South African retailer Steinhoff International, owner of retail brands Harveys and Bensons for Beds in the UK, plus trade brands including Slumberland, Myer's, Dunlopillo and Relyon, reports unaudited revenue growth of 33% to €13.1b ...
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA have claimed record transconductance for III-V fin field-effect transistors (finFETs) when normalized according to fin width [Alon Vardi and Jesús A. del Alamo, ...
Disney's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is predicted to be a big driver for toy sales this Christmas period. Star Wars, Doc McStufins and Barbie have all topped the list of US retail giant Walmart’s top toy picks for Christmas 2016. ...
Citroen has revealed CXPERIENCE concept car, a month ahead of Paris Motor Show. It demonstrates the brand's capacity to deploy its "Be Different, Feel Good" promise in the large saloon segment. With its distinctive body style, this new ...
Vetropack Group significantly enhanced its revenue in the first half of 2016. Vetropack Italia, a member of the Group since early August 2015, making a major contribution of over 10%. Net sales from goods and services amounted to CHF ...
EpiGaN nv of Hasselt, near Antwerp, Belgium, which supplies commercial-grade 150mm- and 200mm-diameter gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) epitaxial wafers for 600V high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) power and RF devices, says that ...
Cherkizovo Group, the largest vertically integrated meat and feed producer in Russia, announces its unaudited consolidated IFRS results for the period ending June 30, 2016. Second quarter financial highlights Revenue increased by 9% ...
Atlas Copco’s purchase of Italian manufacturer Varisco has enhanced its position in the pumps business and dewatering applications. We discover what Varisco brings to the group and how the Portable Energy division intends to move ...
University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) in the USA has developed a monolithic white light-emitting diode (LED) with blue light produced by electrical pumping, and green/'red' by optical pumping from the blue source [S. J. Kowsz et al, ...
For many small and mid-sized exhibitors, traveling to distant trade shows to expand their reach seems like a cost-prohibitive idea. It’s definitely a big step and a serious investment, so it’s important that those companies get ...
For fiscal first-quarter 2017 (to 2 July 2016), Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC and Hillsboro, OR, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) has reported revenue of $697.6m, up ...
The AgieCharmilles AM S 290 Tooling, based on the EOS technology, is GF Machining Solutions’ first 3D printing solution fully aligned with the mission of resolving manufacturers’ real-life application and business challenges ...
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