3M has reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.81 per share, an increase of 11.7 percent versus the fourth quarter of 2013. Sales grew 2.0 percent year-on-year to $7.7 billion. Organic local-currency sales grew 6.3 percent with acquisitions ...
Tags: income margins, shareholders, Construction
Alliant Techsystems Inc. stockholders approved Tuesday the company's proposed merger with Orbital Sciences Corp., clearing the way for the spin-off next week of its firearms and Bushnell business as a new publicly traded company called ...
Tags: Vista Outdoor, Sporting Goods
Hardide Coatings, Inc., a UK-based provider of advanced surface coating technology, has today announced investment in a new Virginia manufacturing plant worth approximagely $7 million. The investment will see Hardide Coatings expand ...
Tags: surface coating technology, gas, aerospace, Construction
Chairman Jimmy Chu of the Fair Friend Ent. Group (FFG) announced that his company will enter into alliance with Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC) to develop and manufacture composite materials for aircrafts. FFG, Taiwan's ...
Tags: manufacture composite materials, aircrafts, Manufacturing
Alfalight Inc of Madison, WI, USA, which designs and manufactures infrared and visible laser and electro-optical systems for defense and security applications, has received a contract to deliver semiconductor laser modules for an aerospace ...
Tags: Laser Subsystems, Electrical
Averna Deal Strengthens Averna’s Test-Solution Expertise and Provides Strategic Positioning on the U.S. West Coast Averna, an industry-leading developer of test solutions and services for communications and electronics device-makers ...
Tags: Cal-Bay Systems, Health
Averna Resource Center Offers Best Practices, White Papers, and Industry-Specific Information on Product Testing Averna, an industry-leading developer of test solutions and services for communications and electronics device-makers ...
Averna Honored for Highest Level of Excellence Delivering Customer Solutions Based on NI Technology Averna, an industry-leading developer of test solutions and services for communications and electronics device-makers worldwide, has been ...
The following installment of MarketEYE offers the reader both an annualized summary and a month-by-month analysis of the global passive electronic component markets for calendar year 2014. Passive electronic components are defined for the ...
Tags: electronic components, Electrical
PPG Industries reported fourth quarter 2014 net sales from continuing operations of $3.71 billion, up $207 million, or 6 percent, versus the prior-year figure of $3.5 billion. Net sales in local currencies grew 10 percent year-over-year, ...
Tags: portfolio management, earnings-accretive cash deployment, Construction
Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney has announced the commencement of its fifth U.S. Paint & Coatings Industry study. According to the firm, the industry is continuing its recovery from the global recession of 2008-2009. Consumption is projected to ...
Torquing Group has smashed its Kickstarter goal of £250,000 to fund its Zano drone - a selfie taking and swarming nano drone. British tech company Torquing Group has raised over £2m on Kickstarter to fund the launch of what it ...
Tags: selfie-taking functions, flight photo, Toys
Murata Electronics North America Inc (a subsidiary of Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd of Kyoto, Japan) and Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA have celebrated the closing of Murata’s acquisition of Peregrine. To ...
Privately held laser and photonics company Sheaumann Laser Inc of Marlborough, MA, USA has acquired Axcel Photonics Inc in a stock and cash transaction, effective from 1 January. Axcel is a multidisciplinary semiconductor laser ...
Tags: industrial, medical, military, Electrical
RadTech, the non-profit trade association for UV+EB technologies, has announced its board of directors for 2015. Peter Weissman of Quaker Chemical Corp. has assumed the RadTech presidency while Lisa Fine of Joules Angstrom UV Printing ...