In either a cautious or a more aggressive scenario, LED applications will be the key drivers for the bulk gallium nitride (GaN) market, reckons market research firm Yole Développement in its report 'Free-Standing & Bulk GaN ...
Tags: LED, Electrical, Electronics
Mello Lopes, the executive president of the Brazilian steel institute (IABr) said on November 4th that Brazil's steel output might rise in 2014, driven by the country's industry development plan and the innovation in automobile industry. At ...
Tags: Steel, Construction
Weak commodity prices, a shifting investment environment, and problems with governments and workers prompt Chinese mining companies to slow their expansion abroad, reports Du Juan from Tianjin Chinese investors in overseas mining projects ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Company profit expectations have reached their highest level since 2003, with Australian businesses anticipating a jump in takings in the New Year on the back of stronger sales and firming selling prices. Continuing initial positive ...
Tags: Business Earnings, economy
Farm equipment manufacturers report strong sales heading into the fourth quarter of 2013. According to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers' latest report (issued in August), U.S. unit retail sales showed double-digit growth in most ...
Tags: Farm Machinery, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, Farm equipment
Most domestic steelmakers are seeing an improvement in their third-quarter performance. Fifteen of the 20 listed steel companies that issued third quarter reports made profits, as opposed to last year, when up to 90 percent of the steel ...
Tags: Steel Industry, Steelmakers
The U.S. stand-up pouch market has seen dramatic growth over the past five years, increasing by 50 percent in unit volume terms to approaching 17 billion units in 2013. Beverages and pet food are the largest end use categories, each ...
The Hillshire Brands Company today reported results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2014. Net sales increased 1% to $984 million over the prior year's first quarter Adjusted1 operating income of $76 million, down 24.4% versus the ...
Tags: Hillshire Brands, Food
The Volkswagen Group reported a solid performance in the first nine months of fiscal year 2013, despite the ongoing difficult market environment. Including China, Group deliveries increased by 4.8 percent to 7.2 million vehicles worldwide. ...
Wacker Chemie AG posted slight quarter-on-quarter sales growth between July and September 2013, thanks especially to the surging demand for solar silicon. As already expected, however, the Munich-based chemical group did not match the ...
Worldwide tablet shipments grew to 47.6 million units in the third quarter of 2013, according to preliminary data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. While slightly below the firm's forecast, the number still represents 7% ...
Tags: Tablet Market, Android
For recent years, the comprehensive competitiveness of China’s PV industry has been continuously improved and the whole PV industrial chain has showed the rapid development trend. China has formed the relatively complete solar PV ...
Tags: Construction, PV, Energy
The world's second-largest steelmaker, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp, has raised its financial year 2014's profit forecast from ¥300 billion to ¥340 billion, up 13%. The company contributes the profit forecast rise to cost cut ...
Tags: Steel, Construction
Cloud Peak Energy completed a test burn shipment to Japan during the third quarter and continues to look toward Asia for future demand growth, as increased domestic demand for US Powder River Basin coal during the period failed to boost ...
Tags: Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
When Guangxi Liugong Machinery was bidding to sell wheel loaders to a Thai rice merchant a few years ago, company president Zeng Guangan knew he needed to customize his equipment to beat off Komatsu Ltd and other Japanese rivals. ...
Tags: Heavy Gear, Wheel Loader