Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. posted net income of 23.5 billion yen on net sales of 287.2 billion yen for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2014. That compares to income of 6.1 billion yen on sales of 268.2 billion yen for the same period in ...
Tags: Tyre, Auto Parts
UK-based Plastics Capital has agreed to acquire packaging manufacturer, Flexipol Packaging, for a maximum consideration of £10.64m. Based in Lancashire, Flexipol produces plastic packaging products like vacuum bags, block bottom ...
Japan is the world's leading country in terms of LED lighting penetration and its LED lighting demand in 2015 will reach JPY507.8 billion (US$4.43 billion), increasing by 13.2% on year and accounting for 78.6% of the total shipment value ...
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For its fiscal first-quarter 2015 (ended 27 September 2014), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $89.2m (at the high end of the $83-91m ...
Harvest is beginning to wrap-up, and the WASDE and Crop Production Reports estimate that yields are still claiming the title of "highest yields on record." The USDA reports that average U.S. corn yields are 173.4 bu/a, down .8 bushel from ...
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Mazda is planning to construct an engine plant in the Chonburi Province of Thailand where SKYACTIV-D 1.5 clean diesel engine will be produced for the company’s flagship Mazda2. The engine assembly plant is expected to have ...
Tags: engine plant, clean diesel engine, flagship Mazda2, Auto
Tokyo-based Showa Shell Sekiyu subsidiary Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – is installing newly enhanced proprietary CIS production lines at its ...
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Central Glass, a parent company of Carlex Glass, announced that it has finalized pending acquisitions to expand Carlex’s business operations. Central Glass has officially acquired all of the outstanding shares of two subsidiaries of ...
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The government is likely to give the green light to some nuclear projects this year, with the Hongyan River nuclear plant likely being the first to get approval, according to officials. Several other new nuclear projects are also in the ...
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The US market research firm said in its report – titled ‘World Protective Packaging’, that growth will represent a significant improvement over the performance during the 2008-2013 period, when demand lagged in many of the ...
Tags: Protective Packaging, Packaging
While many Taiwan-based P-type monocrystalline silicon solar cell makers have introduced PERC (passivated emitter and rear cell) process to increase energy conversion rates from 18-19% to 19-20% and hiked quotes by 10.9-11.4% from ...
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An increasing number of the top 20 solar photovoltaic (PV) module suppliers are shifting their strategic focus within the industry, by increasing shipments for dedicated in-house projects. Previously championed by First Solar, SunPower, and ...
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The global LED lighting market will reach $25.66bn and its market penetration will rise to 31% in 2015 as the overall lighting market grows to $82.1bn, according to a report by LEDinside, a division of Taiwan-based market intelligence firm ...
Tags: LED market, LED Lighting
Dorel Industries Inc. reported organic revenue increased by 6 percent at its Recreational/Leisure segment in the third quarter. Segment sales are up 8 percent for the three quarters ended Sept. 30 compared with the same period in 2013. ...
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A combination of low inventories and refinery maintenance could be spurring some Chinese state-owned companies to seek gasoil imports for the fourth quarter, sources said this week. Though market sources said that state-owned trader ...
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