Sentiment on the North Sea mixed butane market has turned slightly more bullish on tighter availability, according to industry sources Tuesday. During the summer North Sea mixed butane is used in Northwest Europe by the gasoline-related ...
LED forecast plays down GaN-on-silicon impact 23 Jul 2013 Sapphire is set to remain the entrenched wafer technology for solid-state lighting, say analysts at Lux Research. Despite the transition of LED-based solid-state lighting (SSL) ...
As LED lighting becomes an US$80 billion industry, the market for the epitaxial wafers (epi-wafers) LEDs are made from will grow to US$4 billion in 2020, according to Lux Research. The vast majority of these epi-wafers are gallium nitride ...
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LED lighting is forecast to become an $80 billion dollar industry by 2020 and the market for epitaxial wafers (epi-wafers) is predicted to grow to $4 billion, according to new research. A survey of LED wafer manufacturers carried out by ...
The cold spring and problems in emerging markets are likely to put a chill on Unilever's second-quarter and half-year results, predicts City analyst Investec. The cold spring in the northern hemisphere threatened to put the chill on ...
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U.S. manufacturers can breathe a sigh of relief that the global economy has taken a few steps back from the brink, with the Federal Reserve and other central banks playing key roles, according to a new report. In the Manufacturers ...
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World demand for silicones is expected to rise 5.9 percent per year to $18.9 billion in 2017. Gains will represent an acceleration from recent historical trends, fueled by an improved outlook for global manufacturing and construction ...
LED lighting is forecast to become an $80 billion dollar industry by 2020 and the market for epitaxial wafers (epi-wafers) will grow to $4 billion, according to new research. A survey of LED wafer manufacturers carried out by Lux ...
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Intel reported another drop in profits for the second quarter and narrowed its sales outlook for the full year, as the declining PC market continues to eat away at its business. Intel's profit for the quarter, ended June 29, was down 29 ...
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A rebound for IBM failed to materialize in the second quarter, as profit and sales declined along with a slump in revenue from hardware and services. However, in its quarterly financial report Thursday, the company raised its forecast for ...
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The global LED market value recorded a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 20-30% during 2010-2012, but most of Taiwan-based LED makers did not see substantial growth in revenues, and this was possibly because they worked separately in ...
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Real steel consumption in the European Union is forecast to decline almost 4.5 percent in 2013, according to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2013-2014/Q3 2013 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association ...
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Brazilian Iron and Steel Institute (IABr) recently indicated that 13 million tons of finished steel on the first half year of 2013 were consumed in Brazil, increasing by only 0.6% compared to the same period last year. Following two ...
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IBM saw its net income for its second quarter of 2013 drop by 17 per cent compared to the same period in 2012. The company earned $3.23bn, compared with $3.9bn 12 months ago. Total revenue for Q2 stood at $24.9bn, down three per cent on ...
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A rebound for IBM failed to materialise in the second quarter, as profit and sales declined along with a slump in revenue from hardware and services. However, in its quarterly financial report Thursday, the company raised its forecast for ...
Tags: Computer Products, IBM, software