Would you believe a 60% tariff? That is a possibility, according to a report by Exane BNP Paribas. On July 22, 2014, the United States International Trade Commission determined consumer tire imports from China may or may soon be ...
Tags: Chinese, Tire Tariffs, Accessories
TOKYO — Murata Manufacturing and TDK apparently enjoyed large jumps in April-June profit on increased demand for smartphone and car parts and by expanding their client base beyond Samsung. Murata likely saw operating profit rise 45% ...
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Law360, New York (July 21, 2014, 2:52 PM ET) — Panasonic Corp. along with units of Hitachi Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. were slapped with an antitrust class action in California federal court Friday alleging they participated ...
Tags: Circuit Board, Electrical, Electronics
North Castle Partners and its co-investors have agreed to sell Ignite USA, LLC, which makes thermal mugs and hydration bottles under the Contigo and Avex brands, to Newell Rubbermaid for a purchase price of $308 million. ADVERTISEMENT ...
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Crocs, Inc. hit reverse Tuesday, saying it will trim its product line, close stores, cut back on direct investment overseas and focus on efficiency. The latest restructuring plan coincided with release of the company’s financial ...
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As electronic manufacturers and distributors continue to operate 24/7 through a growing number of sales channels, the volume of information about their products, customers and suppliers is rising exponentially in size and complexity. ...
Tags: Data, Management, Electrical, Electronics
Delta Apparel, Inc. reported earnings fell 45 percent in the third quarter ended June 28, to $2.2 million, or 27 cents per share, from $4.0 million or 48 cents, a year ago. Revenues were down 7.6 percent to $123.5 million from $133.6 ...
Tags: Delta Apparel, Earnings, Sporting Goods
AXT Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which makes gallium arsenide, indium phosphide and germanium substrate and raw materials, has appointed Gary L. Fischer as vice president & chief financial officer, responsible for the firm’s global ...
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For full-year fiscal 2014 (ended 29 June), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported record revenue of $1.65bn, up 19% on fiscal 2013’s $1.39bn. Fiscal Q4/2013 Q1/2014 Q2/2014 Q3/2014 Q4/2014 Revenue $375m $391m $415.1m $405.3m ...
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IQMS Innovative and impressive, IQMS customers share their stories of overcoming challenges and implementing change to become true manufacturing leaders IQMS, a manufacturing ERP software and MES developer with an ongoing, proactive ...
India-headquartered steel giant Tata Steel Group has issued its group financial results including Tata Steel Europe for the first quarter ended June 30 of the financial year 2014-15. In the first quarter, Tata Steel Group's net profit ...
In the first six months of 2014, while releasing its interim report, Finland-based Marimekko Group, said that despite decline in net sales, operating loss fell by half from the same period of 2013. In the period January to June 2014, net ...
NGC announced that Lucky Zone Design, a private label apparel manufacturer based in New York, is implementing NGC’s ERP XPress platform. NGC ERP XPress provides the robust features of NGC’s enterprise ERP application in a ...
Medtech giant Medtronic apparently hasn't slowed down on its appetite for using Apple technology internally—even as the iconic tech company is signaling its interest to compete more actively in the healthcare market. Fridley, ...
St. Jude Medical and Volcano Corp. have apparently decided to stand down when it comes to lawsuits related to technologies including tunable lasers used in optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging systems. The two companies have agreed ...