South Korea based automaker Hyundai Motor has launched the revamped version of its Elantra sedan in the home market in order to strengthen its presence. The new vehicle is powered by the 1.6L diesel engine that generates an output ...
Asia could be looking at a shortfall of around 120,000 mt/month of isomer-grade mixed xylenes from late September through October due to refinery turnaround season in Japan and South Korea, a market source said Tuesday. "Supply in Asia is ...
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Kumho Electric, Inc., a global leader in lighting technology, is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. However, it intends to move its operations to produce light-emitting diode (LED) lighting devices to China. This is the first occasion for ...
According to the data released by the Export and Import Division of South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MOTIE), the country's trade balance indicated a $2.7 billion surplus in July of this year, remaining in the black for the 18th ...
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According to the statistics released by the US International Trade Commission (US ITC), in the first half of the current year the US exported 9.75 million mt of steel scrap, falling 3.85 percent compared to the first half of 2012. In June ...
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Apple’s App Store still pulls in twice as much revenue as the Google Play Store, despite the continued growth in Android smartphone use, according to a report from mobile app tracking firm Distimo. However, Android app sales have ...
In order to stimulate the sales of OLED TV, Samsung announced to cut the price of its 55-inch curved OLED (organic light emitting diode) TVs by 34%. In addition, the increasing market competition and failure in lawsuit lead to divestment of ...
In July this year, South Korea's total car output decreased by 16.1 percent compared to June this year and was down 6.1 percent year on year, totaling 334,139 units, according to a report released by the Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy ...
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South Korea based vehicle manufacturer Ssangyong Motor has reported sales of 69,460 units in the first half of 2013, an increase of over 22%, compared to the corresponding period of 2012. The company sold 29,286 units in the domestic ...
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Holden, the Australian subsidiary of US automaker General Motors (GM), has introduced the new Trax small sport utility vehicle (SUV). The new SUV is offered in two trim levels, the LS and LTZ, which are powered by 1.8L DOHC 16-valve 4 ...
Songhao Liu, an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the famous optics and lasers scientist professor, recently stated that LED lamps will replace incandescent bulbs soon, occupying the lighting market. He believes that the ...
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China is still proceeding with its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy probes into polysilicon and wine imports from the European Union, a trade official said on August 7, 2013. Experts said that trade frictions between the two sides will keep ...
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Global demand for precursors, a material used in the manufacturing of LEDs, is set to more than double from 2012 to 2016, according to a research firm. Precursors are used in the metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) ...
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Later this month, IC Insights’ August Update to the 2013 McClean Report will show a ranking of the top 25 semiconductor suppliers in 1H13. A preview of the top 20 companies is listed in Figure 1. The top 20 worldwide semiconductor ...
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Hyundai Cosmo (HC) Petrochemical Ltd. is operating its Daesan, South Korea-based No.2 aromatics plant at reduced rate. “The No. 2 aromatics plant is running at 80 percent operating rates due to lower Mixed Xylene (MX) – ...
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