In the first five months of this year, Japan's cold rolled sheet and strip shipments decreased by 0.61 percent on year-on-year basis to 2.69 million metric tons, according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) data. 55 percent of ...
For first-quarter 2014, NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for high-speed ...
In the first four months of this year, Japan's galvanized sheet output amounted to 3.98 million mt, up 2.13 percent compared to the same period of 2013. In April, the country's galvanized sheet output decreased by 13.54 percent compared to ...
In April this year, Japan's hot rolled plate and sheet shipments decreased by 10.36 percent compared to March and were up 2.04 percent on year-on-year basis, amounting to 860,207 metric tons. 80 percent of shipments were made to the ...
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After the recession in 2011 and 2012, the LED industry saw a turning point in 2013 when the die and package LED markets rose 8.3% from 2012 to about $15.188bn, according to the 'Global and China LED Industry Report, 2013-2014' from Research ...
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OUtlook for Taiwan's machine tool forecast to be bright. While cautious industry executives feel Taiwan's machine-tool exports are likely to rise 8% year on year this year, optimistic insiders project?exports to rise 10% to US$4 billion ...
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Contrary to PV manufacturers’ high utilization rates spurred by UK and Japan market demands in first quarter of 2014, pricing in the PV industry is likely to drop in the following quarter, according to EnergyTrend, a subsidiary of ...
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Large-size panel pricing is continuing to increase due to makers shifting production to small- to medium-size units. This is creating a shortage in supply for various panel sizes, which is expected to remain throughout most of 2014, ...
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Shipments of high-power LED chips used in streetlights, direct backlit LCD displays, spotlights, and other applications that require higher brightness are expected to grow at a CAGR of 13% between 2014-2017, according to DisplaySearch. The ...
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Taiwan solar cell makers' utilizations remained high between the beginning of June and mid-June, but are expected to substantially drop by the end of the month, which will affect cell price quotes, according to EnergyTrend. Relevant ...
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LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Genesis Photonics began flip-chip LED shipments to China-, South Korea- and Japan-based vendors in the fourth quarter of 2013 and aims to increase the revenue proportion from 15% for the first half of 2014 ...
Hiwin comes with a bright picture for its robot shipments this year. (A Hiwin medical robot shown) Impressed by the sanguine outlook of the robot market, Chairman Eric Chuo of the Hiwin Group recently forecasted its?industrial robot ...
Tags: taiwan, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, Robot, Machine
Synutra International, which owns subsidiaries in China that produce, distribute and sell nutritional products for infants, children and adults, announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2014 ended March 31, ...
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Global 2014/15 cotton mill use is forecast at 112.3 million bales, 2 percent above the previous season. Mill use in China is expected to rebound in 2014/15 to 37.0 million bales—up from an estimated 35.5 million bales this season and ...
Tags: Cotton, World cotton trade
The over-the-counter price for 8,800 Btu/lb Powder River Basin coal dipped again Monday, as rail issues overhang the Western market. Mines in BNSF Railway's service area, in the northern reach of the basin, are having trouble guaranteeing ...
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