Packaged LEDs on brink of general lighting take-over 11 Oct 2013 Analysts at IHS expect market to double to $7.1 billion over next three years. Unit sales of packaged LEDs for general lighting are set to triple between now and 2016 as ...
Tags: Packaged LEDs, General Lighting
HSBC has lowered its copper surplus forecasts for 2013 and 2014 and raised its outlook for the average price by 7%, the bank said Thursday. "We have cut our 2013 surplus forecast from 320,000 mt to 38,000 mt and our 2014 [forecast] from ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Copper
Global optical modulator sales surpass $230m, will continue rising 16 Oct 2013 Analyst ElectroniCast details changing fortunes of electro-optical and electro-absorption technologies as data rates ramp up. On the up: External optical ...
Tags: ElectroniCast Consultants, Global Optical Modulator, Lights, Lighting
Global market revenues for solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters will drop by 9% in 2013, due to rapid price declines for commercial and utility-scale inverters and intense cost pressure in mature markets such as Germany and Italy, according to ...
Media reports of China surpassing the United States as the world's biggest oil importer as shown by data from a U.S. government agency were somewhat overrated, experts said. Recently published data by the U.S. Energy Information ...
Global consumption of external modulators in optical fiber communication networks is projected to reach $229m in 2013, according to market research firm ElectroniCast Consultants in a new forecast and analysis. There are essentially two ...
Tags: Modulators, Fiber Optics Component, Electrical, Electronics
According to EnergyTrend, the intensive pricing competition in the photovoltaic (PV) market has gradually come to an end. Due to the increased demand in emerging markets, solar system demand in 2014 is likely to rise substantially. The ...
Tags: Polysilicon, Lights, Lighting, PV
On October 15, Chinese steelmaker Chongqing Iron and Steel Co. (Chongqing Steel), a subsidiary of Chongqing Iron and Steel (Group) Co., announced its earnings forecast for 2013 and 2014. According to Chongqing Steel, its operating revenue ...
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During the 2013/14 season, world cotton production is projected at 25.5 million tons, the lowest in four seasons, but world cotton mill use is expected to remain around 23.5 million tons with consumption shifting from China to other ...
Amid falling prices and rising consumer acceptance, LED technology is taking over the lighting business, spurring a 96% increase in packaged LED revenues in the market from 2013-2016, according to IHS. Global revenues for packaged LEDs ...
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Four major Chinese LED manufacturers have recently announced their projected earnings for 3Q13. This article gives a general overview of Xiamen Changelight Co. (Changelight), Ledman Optoelectronics (Ledman), Honglitronic, and Shenzhen ...
Tags: LED Companies, LED Lighting
The addressable market for chip-level optical interconnects could eventually run into billions of units, as revenues rise to almost $520m by 2019 then $1.02bn by 2021, according to the report 'Revenue Opportunities for Optical ...
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has invested another US$15.50 million into future R&D of semiconductors and chips, according to a blog entry by Michael Cooney, Online News Editor for Network World. The funds will be ...
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China's daily imports of crude rebounded in September from the previous month to a fresh record, bearing out forecasts for the country to overtake the United States as the world's largest oil importer, as refineries restarted following ...
Vehicle sales in China showed unexpectedly robust growth in September as Japanese producers continued to recover from anti-Japanese sentiment last year, which was tied to a territorial dispute between the two countries. Vehicle sales ...
Tags: Automobile, Passenger Car