Raging price wars in the LED industry urged many manufacturers to veer away from low entry level products, and invest their resources in more profitable niche markets. Some of these markets include IR LED, UV LED, automotive lighting, grow ...
Tags: LED industry, IR LED, UV LED
In December 2014, the Chinese government announced it would no longer be encouraging local governments to issue financial subsidies to LED manufacturers. The announcement which could have brought a sigh of relief to foreign competitors, had ...
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LPG prices in south and east China's wholesale markets slid this week, despite stronger crude oil futures at the end of the week, due to a rise in domestic inventories, trade sources said Friday. Many refineries and LPG import terminals ...
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India has become the fastest growing photovoltaic (PV) market and replaced the U.K. as one of the top three exports markets for Chinese modules, found EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce. Based on EnergyTrend’s latest report, the ...
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Coles has reported a $1.78 billion profit before interest and tax for the financial year ended 30 June 2015, up 6.6 per cent on the 2014 financial year. Turnover revenue for Coles was $38.20 billion and return on capital was 11 per ...
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has eased restrictions on Canadian poultry imports as the industry is recovering from the recent bird flu outbreak. Imports of poultry and poultry products from Ontario were banned in April after a ...
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China's become the largest gold producer in the worldwide since 2007. Gold is throughout the country, mainly concentrated in Shandong, Henan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Yunnan, etc. China also is the world's top consumer of gold - Chinese people love ...
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Companies opt to relocate plants to Southeast Asia to cut labor costs, reports Lyu Chang. The label of "made in China", which was synonymous with the global solar industry, is in danger of fading out as a growing number of firms move ...
Tags: solar industry, silicon cells, solar panel
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) in the UK fell by 0.2 per cent between June and July 2015 compared to 0.3 per cent between corresponding months a year earlier, according to the CPI July 2015 report released by the country's Office for ...
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In the first fortnight of August, cotton prices kept on rising in the Brazilian market, pushed up by the low domestic supply and although harvesting season has begun. According to a CEPEA report, sellers pulled back and held on to good ...
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3D printing (also called additive manufacturing) is a technology with which, based on digital model file, to fabricate objects by using binding materials like plastic or metal powder and through layer-by-layer printing. It is widely used in ...
In the latest market study released by Transparency Market Research (TMR), titled “Marine Coatings Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2014 - 2020”, the global marine coatings market will ...
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Global LED chip demand and supply condition is gradually reaching an equilibrium, and easing the industry’s oversupply situation, according to a Qianjia.com report that quoted an electronic component industry report by UBS. Lighting ...
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Australia is importing more pre-converted corrugated boxes than ever before, and paying increasing amounts to do so. A new report released by IndustryEdge has revealed Australian imports of pre-converted corrugated boxes have grown at an ...
Tags: packaging, packaging material, carriage, bags
Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss is calling on retailers to better label British produce in supermarkets, in a bid to support struggling dairy farmers in the country. The supermarkets in the country may be forced by the government to ...