Gardner Denver, Inc. (NYSE: GDI) reported second quarter 2012 net income of $75.3 million, or $1.51 per diluted share, compared to $67.1 million, or $1.27 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2011. Results for the second quarter of ...
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CNH Global N.V. (CNH) announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012. For the quarter, net sales increased 3% (9% constant currency basis) to $5.0 billion as firm global demand for agricultural equipment, on the back of ...
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For second-quarter 2012,First Solar Inc of Tempe,AZ,USA-which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride(CdTe)as well as providing engineering,procurement and construction(EPC)services–has reported net ...
French cement giant Lafarge SA (LFRGY. PK, LFGEF. PK) Friday reported an 80 percent plunge in profit for the second quarter, hurt by charges. Adjusted profit was flat with last year, amid a 5 percent rise in revenue. Net income group share ...
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Philips and Dialight benefit from LED focus 24 Jul 2012 Philips is continuing to drive the LED transformation within the lighting industry, while Dialight is benefitting from a focus on LED lighting for heavy industrial and hazardous ...
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The lighting division at Philips has experienced a 6 per cent rise in its comparable sales year-on-year for the second quarter, Lighting division sales rose to €2.026bn in the second quarter of 2012 from €1.777bn in same period ...
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CVI Melles Griot parent company has slashed costs at the photonics subsidiary as it seeks to boost productivity and profit margins. IDEX,the industrial technology company that acquired the well-known optics firm CVI Melles Griot just over ...
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Nokia shipped 10.2 million smartphones in the second quarter of 2012 – 39% less than the same period last year. The company reported its results for Q2 today, which revealed only four million of the 10 million handsets sold were ...
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Samsung Electronics will buy CSR's mobile development division for $310m. The acquisition will see the transfer of 21 patents to Samsung from the UK chip manufacturer, which has been struggling with losses since a restructuring last year, ...
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The price of milk dominated headlines in the UK this week, with farmers gathering at a summit to air their views on the implications of the cuts and discuss what can be done. Elsewhere, French retailer Carrefour sounded an upbeat note on ...
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Centrotherm photovoltaics AG of Blaubeuren,Germany,which provides equipment and turnkey production lines for manufacturing both crystalline silicon solar cells and copper indium gallium diselenide(CIGS)thin-film solar modules,has applied to ...
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UK confectioner Thorntons has maintained a cautious outlook, despite seeing some improvement in sales trends during the fourth quarter. The company, which sells chocolates through supermarkets as well as its own and franchised stores, ...
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US distribution deal for spectral blood sensor 03 Jul 2012 PSS World Medical to market Masimo's latest multi-wavelength spot-checker for hemoglobin,pulse rate and perfusion index. Pronto-7 oximeter Masimo Corporation,the US ...
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Private equity is sniffing around Renesas, according to Japan's Yomiuri newspaper.Private equity companies KKR and Silverlake, which made the ill-fated takeover bid for NXP back in 2006, are reported to be in talks about investing 'several ...
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Soltecture GmbH of Berlin-Adlershof,Germany,which makes copper indium gallium diselenide(CIGSe)-based thin-film photovoltaic(PV)solar modules and supplies complete solar system construction solutions,says that it has achieved new champion ...
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