Makers in China's handset supply chain have geared up efforts to win component orders from Xiaomi Technology, affecting rival suppliers in Taiwan and Japan, according to industry sources. While sales of Xiaomi's high-end models have been ...
Tags: Handset, smartphones, flat panel
Prices for 2835 LED devices, currently the mainstream specification among China-based LED packaging service providers, have dropped 50-60% so far in 2015 due to overcapacity, according to Taiwan-based LED makers. Many China-based LED ...
Tags: LED devices, LED packaging, LED chips
Two of the best known Taiwanese personal computer (PC) vendors, Acer Inc. and Asustek Computer Inc. (Asus), are aggressively targeting the mobile-device market, especially the smartphone segment, by launching several new cellphone models in ...
Tags: PC Vendors, Smartphone
Inventec Corp., a major EMS (electronics manufacturing services) provider headquartered in Taiwan, reportedly has become a supplier to Fitbit, the American vendor of wearable devices that recently went public on the New York stock exchange ...
Sales of new powered two-wheelers (PTWs) in Taiwan continued a recovering trend in August, increasing 10.7% year-on-year (YoY) to 61,445 units, according to statistics compiled by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC). ...
Quiksilver, Inc. announced that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has approved a variety of First Day Motions related to its voluntary Chapter 11 restructuring. Collectively, the orders granted by the ...
Tags: Quiksilver, Roxy, DC
Researchers in Japan have been developing ways to increase minority carrier lifetimes in lightly doped silicon carbide (SiC) with a view to insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) [Tetsuya Miyazawa et al, J. Appl. Phys., vol118, p085702, ...
China's independent teapot refiners are showing little interest in participating in Russian M100 tenders that are set to be issued in late September or early October, market sources said Thursday. Only two 40,000 mt cargoes of Russian ...
Tags: Teapot Refineries, Refineries
Technische Universit Wien (TU Wien) in Austria has improved its bi-functional 6.8μm quantum cascade laser and detector (QCLD) technology [Benedikt Schwarz et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol107, p071104, 2015]. It is hoped that monolithic ...
Toyota is planning to invest Rs10bn ($150m) into its Indian subsidiary Toyota Kirloskar which is expected to be used for the company’s new engine plant and new projects including production of Innova, Fortuner and a mid-size sedan. ...
Tags: Toyota, engine plant
China's Ministry of Commerce on September 1 put an end to the exemption of anti-dumping and anti-subsidization tariffs on polysilicon imports from Europe-, US- and South Korea-based makers via export processing zones (EPZs), and this is ...
Tags: PV module, Solar Cell
FMCG major ITC is planning to venture into dairy business with the launch of ghee (clarified butter) by the end of the current quarter. The company is likely to roll out its range of dairy products within the next few years. The range ...
Tags: Dairy Products, clarified butter
Japanese global establishment Mitsubishi has agreed to acquire 20% stake in agri-business firm Olam International, in two deals that are valued at around S$1.53bn ($1.09bn). Under the agreed terms, Mitsubishi will acquire 332.73 million ...
Tags: agri-business, Mitsubishi, edible nuts
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
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 ...
Tags: LPG prices, crude oil