At the 30th IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC 2015) in Charlotte, NC, USA (15-19 March), Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA (which designs and provides gallium nitride-based power conversion ...
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At the Optical Fiber Communication conference & exposition 2015 (OFC 2015) in Los Angeles, CA (22-26 March), Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp is unveiling a distributed feedback (DFB) laser diode for 25Gbps fiber-optic communications in ...
In 2014, specialty chemicals group Lanxess said it substantially improved its operating result and net income in a challenging market and competitive environment. Although sales declined slightly by 3.5 per cent to around €8 ...
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Knowles has expanded its DLI ‘UX’ ultra-high K dielectricThe insulating material between the plates of the capacitor. The material is chosen for its ability to permit electrostatic attraction and repulsion to take place across ...
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Quiksilver Inc. reported its losses narrowed on a 13.7 percent decline in sales for the first quarter ended Jan. 31, but of the "revenue cut-off issue" the company cited two weeks ago as the reason for postponing the release of the ...
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Molycorp, Inc. has announced financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year 2014. FOURTH QUARTER 2014 RESULTS The Company reported consolidated net revenues of $116.2 million, a 6% decrease over the third quarter ...
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A research from Netherlands based Rabobank finds that European Food & Agribusiness (F&A) industry is losing €60bn annually because of food wastage. The report identifies the supply chain as the source of most of the food wastage, ...
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Net sales for the four months ended January 31, 2015 at Destination Maternity, a maternity apparel retailer were $165.6 million compared with $170.6 million for the four months ended January 31, 2014. “The decrease resulted from ...
World cotton production this season is forecast at 119.2 million bales, virtually unchanged from last month’s projection and slightly below 2013/14 as higher area this season is offset by a lower yield. “Global harvested area ...
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Net sales for the fourth quarter of 2014 ended January 3, 2015 at US based and NYSE listed apparel marketer, Kate Spade & Company zoomed 44.7 per cent year on year. Net sales for the fourth quarter of 2014 totaled to $399 million, up a ...
Freedom Foods has reported a Net profit of $55.2 million for the first half of the 2015 financial year. However, the Net Profit figure was boosted by the inclusion of a post-tax fair value gain of $52.2 million from the gain on ...
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Panasonic Corp of Osaka, Japan and Osaka-based Sansha Electric Manufacturing Co Ltd have developed a compact silicon carbide (SiC) power module, together with highly efficient operation of power switching systems. The module is said to have ...
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Land Rover has confirmed that the compact SUV convertible Range Rover Evoque is expected to go on sale in 2016. The company has confirmed with a release of film showing SUV convertible being tested on Crossrail tunnels below London The ...
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Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA - a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) – has teamed with Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd of Kyoto, Japan (its parent ...
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Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has launched its next-generation diversity receive modules (DRx) for LTE smartphones. The firm says that its newest DRx modules improve ...
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