Cheil Industries, a leading electronic materials company in the display industry, and Novaled AG, a world class provider in OLED technologies and materials, announced today that Cheil Industries acquires a majority stake in Novaled in a ...
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A new joint venture between drinks giant Diageo and creative business investor Independents United will offer up to £15M of investment to entrepreneurs looking to break into the spirits sector. The spirit maker will invest ...
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Transistors in ultra-high definition displays (UHD) possess particularly fine structures. Only extremely pure sputtering targets are suitable for use as the input materials for the fine conductor paths. "UHD-ready" will be the motto when ...
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The shake-out of the mobile phone market has continued with the news that Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic is to discontinue making smartphones. It comes a week after its rival NEC announced a similar withdrawal. However, ...
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Specialty chemicals producer Clariant and Tasnee & Sahara Olefins have signed an agreement to establish a masterbatches joint venture (JV) in Saudi Arabia. Tasnee will acquire a 40% stake in Clariant's masterbatches operations in the ...
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For fiscal third-quarter 2013 (to end-June), Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, has reported revenue of $33.5m. This is down ...
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We’re now into our sixth year since the amended Canadian hours-of-service regulations came into effect on Jan. 1, 2007. Remember those heady days? I remember being impressed by the sleep research that had been done leading up to those ...
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UK-based diversified insurance company Aviva is reportedly considering divesting its 26% shareholding in its Indian life insurance joint venture (JV) Aviva India, which represents its exit from the business in the country market. The ...
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Tilaknagar Industries (TI), an India-based spirit maker, is in talks with global players like Suntory and Pernod Ricard to off-load 15-20% stake in the company for INR6bn ($98.8m). Chairman and managing director Amit Dahanukar and family, ...
Osram achieved a good performance in a challenging macroeconomic environment in the third quarter of fiscal 2013. Revenue rose 2% year over year on a comparable basis – excluding portfolio and currency effects – to almost ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, and GE (General Electric) have announced a ...
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The creditor banks for Chi Mei Lighting Technology Corporation are demanding the company's shareholder groups like Innolux Corportation and Chi Mei Corporation to repay the company's debt. However, Innolux Corportation's response was that ...
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The bid by Michael Dell to take the eponymously titled company he founded private looks to be heading for failure after the special committee set up by the company to handle the buy-out rejected a request to change the voting rules. ...
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On August 2, Hubei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Co. (WISCO) announced that the first phase of the Bong mine iron ore project in Liberia was successfully commissioned on July 30. WISCO owns a 60 percent ...
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Italy-based auto parts manufacturer C.L.N. Coils Lamiere Nastri S.p.A. (CLN) has announced that it has closed its equity investment agreement with Japanese steelmaker Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. (MISI) according to which MISI now owns a ...
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