Sears Holdings Corp. plans to close 53 hardware stores in the first half of 2012, the company said in its annual report filed late Wednesday. The closures include 43 Sears hometown dealer stores and 10 Sears Hardware stores. Hometown stores ...
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The Bosch Power Tools Division can look back on 2011 as a successful year of business: sales increased by more than seven percent to 3.8 billion euros. The division generated 90 percent of its sales outside of Germany. "We have again ...
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Driving under traditional amber-colored lights can really play tricks on the eyes. You go from light to dark over and over again because the bulbs are focused straight down, creating gaps. The light never covers the entire street. But ...
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Daintree Networks has received ZigBee Certified recognition for its Wireless Area Controller product designed for lighting control in commercial applications, while CommScope and Redwood Systems announced a controls-oriented partnership and ...
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Sany Group Co. (SANYIZ), owner of China’s biggest machinery maker, said its sales growth rate may slow by about half to 25 percent as the economy decelerates. Sales may exceed 100 billion yuan ($16 billion) in 2012, up from 80 billion ...
For businesses intent on keeping up appearances, the two newest members of the GE Tetra® LED Lighting Systems family deliver superior light uniformity in shallow cabinet signs. GE Lighting Solutions introduces Tetra EdgeStrip and Tetra ...
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While Samsung Electronics has started a price war for its LED lighting products, Taiwan-based LED fellow makers have the competitive advantage of lower production costs, according to chairman Robert Yeh for Taiwan-based maker Everlight ...
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In order to tap the large market in China, Taiwan-based LED makers need to leverage advantages in terms of technology, patents and production management to forge cooperation with fellow makers in China, according to industry sources. The ...
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Prices for 10W LED light bulbs that are meant to replace 60W incandescent bulbs are expected to drop from over NT$500 (US$16.9) currently to below NT$300 at the end of 2012, according to Lee Biing-jye, chairman of Taiwan-based LED epitaxial ...
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One of the key challenges and opportunities within the construction sector is to meet and supply the ever growing demand for building a green building using sustainable building materials. This trend has been with us for quite some time but ...
Weaker demand in February resulted in a slight softening in prices for Siberian larch lumber on the Central European markets. From what market insiders say, demand for larch was initially satisfactory at the beginning of the year. However, ...
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HA NOI — Viet Nam has drawn up plans to sustainably grow its wood product processing industry by 2020, according to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. The industry is to give priority to investing in and utilising ...
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QD Vision, Inc. announced that Professor Ching Tang, inventor of the organic light emitting diode (OLED) and a winner of the prestigious Wolf Prize in the field of chemistry, has joined the company’s scientific advisory board. ...
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Intematix announced Tuesday it has raised a new round of funding to make LED lighting for homes, businesses, and other mainstream uses. Light-emitting diodes (LED) have been making their way into our homes in computers, TVs, and other ...
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American softwood exports to the Mena region in 2011 hit a record $18 million worth, prompting the participation of American Softwoods (AMSO) in an upcoming major wood and wood machinery show in Dubai. The sixth edition of the Dubai ...
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