For first-quarter 2013, Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, RFIC, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $8.3m, down 18.6% on ...
Despite mature technology and better cost structures, production forecasts for electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) are gloomy. That is the conclusion of the latest E-mobility Index by Roland Berger Strategy ...
Tags: Electric Cars, Transportation
Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, announces that the demerger of Ahlstrom's Label and Processing business in Europe (LP Europe) has been registered with the Finnish Trade Register. A total of 11,597,326 new ...
Tags: Ahlstrom, LP Europe Demerger
A slew of bearish technical and fundamental factors put the market under pressure this week. First we had the breach of a 6-1/2-month uptrend line, which put the spec longs on the defensive, although we have yet to see any widespread spec ...
ABB, a Switzerland-based power and automation technology group, plans to start production of central PV inverters in South Africa to support the rapidly growing local solar market and local content requirements. ABB plans to open the new ...
Tags: ABB, PV Inverters
Market research firm Dell'Oro Group has ranked Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical network systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), ...
Tags: Infinera, Electrical, Electronics
Venezuela and China have agreed on the terms of a previously announced $4 billion financing deal to increase the output of their Sinovensa joint venture in Venezuela's Orinoco oil belt, the South American country's oil minister said late ...
Tags: Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Zinio, the world's largest digital newsstand and leading magazine app for iOS, Android and web, announced today the launch of Z-Pass, giving consumers three of their favorite magazines all in one place for just $5 per month. The first ...
Tags: Simplifying, Zinio Launches Z-Pass, Consumer Electronics
While the rail industry did not find the budget entirely positive, there are many good points for rail in the Budget. ARA: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown The 2013 Federal Budget has delivered largely positive outcomes for commuters, ...
Infrastructure developers’ lobby group Infrastructure Partnerships Australia says the 2013 Federal Budget has made some important project funding commitments, but with around half of the money beyond the forward estimates, it did too ...
Tags: Infrastructure Industry, Budget, Service
Google's proposals to address the European Commission's antitrust concerns will make matters worse, competitor Foundem said Tuesday in a complaint it filed in the case. The Commission on April 25 opened a month-long period to allow rivals ...
Tags: Google, Computer Products
Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical network systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), says that its DTN-X platform has been selected to ...
Tags: BICS Opts, Electronics
While retail sales were up in April, the growth rate was less than impressive based on data released today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF). Commerce reported that April retail sales at ...
Tags: Processing Machinery, Commerce, NRF
Ulf Henriksson, originally from Sweden, joins Dematic as new Group CEO effective immediately. He brings more than 20 years of leadership experience and has proven to consistently achieve strong results for global businesses. Ulf Henriksson ...
Spain-based Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) chips producer Artenius is in plans to shut a PET chips production line for a limited period. “We will shutdown one PET chips line in the first half of May 2013 for five days to ...