The technology of 3D 'bioprinting', the medical application of 3D printing to produce living tissue and organs, is advancing so quickly that it will spark a major ethical debate on its use by 2016, according to Gartner. At the same time, ...
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Capital expenditures for equipment suppliers serving the solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing segment are forecast to enter a new upturn phase beginning in 2015. According to Solarbuzz, PV equipment spending could potentially reach US$10 ...
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Vishay Intertechnology Inc of Malvern, PA, USA has broadened its optoelectronics portfolio with the release of a 850nm infrared (IR) emitter in a compact 3.85mm by 3.85mm by 2.24mm top-view SMD package. Based on SurfLight surface-emitter ...
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PV conductive paste maker Giga Solar Materials posted consolidated revenues of NT$750 million (US$24.8 million) for January, hitting a record for the seventh consecutive month and increasing 28.69% on month and 93.59% on year, according to ...
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Flooded by orders in the first quarter of 2014 and upbeat about business for the second quarter, Taiwan's leading machine-tool makers will inaugurate expansion plans earlier than originally scheduled. Industry executives point out that ...
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Hiwin Technologies Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Eric Chuo announced at the company's Jan. 17 yearend banquet that the manufacturer of ballscrews will see sales of intelligent robots more than double this year over 2013 ...
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Investors are second-guessing the underlying strength of the world’s two biggest economies as each faces homegrown challenges. China is still expected to maintain steady growth this year, albeit without the vim it once had. But its ...
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Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), the world’s largest chip packaging and testing company, expects its first-quarter shipments to decrease 12-15% sequentially due to seasonal factors, as well as a partial shutdown of its K7 ...
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Class 8 truck orders doubled in December 2013 from both the month and the year before,making it the second biggest Class 8 order month since March 2006. "The U.S.and Canada did the'heavy lifting'for Class 8 orders in December,while Mexico ...
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German automaker Mercedes-Benz has introduced seven new versions of its A, B and CLA-Class for orders, which will be delivered beginning March 2014. Of the seven new versions, the A 200 CDI 4MATIC and A 220 CDI 4MATIC are the first ...
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Octal Petrochemicals will establish a manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia for the production of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) cups and trays for dairy and poultry industries. The project is estimated to cost around $20m and once ...
Drinks Americas, the exclusive United States broker for leading premium authentic Mexican beers currently present in over 32 states, today is proud to announce that the Company's authentic Mexican Day of the Dead craft beer line exceeded ...
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Riber S.A.of Bezons,France,which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy(MBE)systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells,has reported revenue of€13.2m for fourth-quarter 2013,up 23.4%on€10.7m a year ago.However,full-year ...
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In 2013, the aggregate shipbuilding output in China (from a total of 80 shipbuilding enterprises) amounted to 45.34 million deadweight tons (dwt), down 24.7 percent year on year, according to the figures released by the China Association of ...
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COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Trailer orders rose 14% in December, with six of 10 trailer categories posting positive results, according to the latest data from ACT Research. For the full year 2013, a total of 231,700 orders were booked, down 2% from ...
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