Internet of Things (IoT) will be the semiconductor industry's next growth driver, spurring demand for chip components for use in applications particularly automotive, medical/healthcare and smart family, according to TSMC president and ...
Tags: chip components, Mobile devices, semiconductor industry
The US LED lighting market should grow to $5.2bn in 2015, driven by continuously declining LED prices (due to decreasing production) cost coupled with US government initiatives such as the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and increasing consumer ...
Tags: LED market, Lighting market
Sika achieved "highly dynamic growth" in the first quarter of 2015, thereby making a strong start to the year despite the very high sales growth in the reference period (2014: 23.3%). At constant exchange rates, sales rose by 5.1% to CHF ...
With ongoing concerns about health and the reduction of sugar in the diet, the sugar-free confectionery market should be booming, particularly in the face of ongoing technical developments that have improved sensory properties, and the ...
Wheat futures told the story best early Monday morning: An 11-cent drop in the nearby futures contract in overnight trading was a surefire sign that it rained in the Plains . . . or that the trade thinks it did. Rain did fall, but it ...
The LED industry is now fully embracing the fast-growing lighting market as (based on revenues) LED lighting has become the largest sector among LED applications, surpassing LCD backlighting in 2014, and is expected to be the major driver ...
Tags: LEDs MOCVD, LED Chip
A recent study by ASSOCHAM-Deloitte has found that e-commerce encompassing an increasing range of economic activities such as retail, travel, tourism, food and beverages, has emerged as India’s new sunrise industry and is set to notch ...
Tags: E-Commerce, Sun-Rise Industry, home markets
If farmers in the Corn Belt can get through the next 10 days or so, it should be time to plant corn like crazy. That's if the latest forecast for the region, one that shows lingering moisture is going to keep a lot of fieldwork and ...
Tags: Forecasters, farmers, Agriculture
Monday's USDA Crop Progress report showed more than 40% of the nation's winter wheat crop in good or excellent condition. Yet many wheat farmers say their wheat acres are in trouble as the drought continues its onslaught in areas where ...
Tags: Wheat Wrap, farmers, Agriculture
In its recently updated roadmap document (first published in 2011, and last updated in 2013), the Joint European Platform for Photonic Integration of Components and Circuits (JePPIX) predicts a €1bn market size for PIC-enabled products ...
Tags: Magnolia Solar Flexible CIGS, foundry approach, Electronics
Better weather has pushed planting progress forward in southern states, but corn planting is still well behind the 5-year average. In Mississippi only 4% of corn planting is completed compared to the 5-year average of 39%, according to ...
Tags: weather, Texas, Agriculture
Surya will host several educational and social events as its flagship showroom – Showplace 4100 – during this spring’s High Point Market, attendees will have the opportunity to explore the latest color and design trends, ...
In the first two months of 2015, prices of competing crops like wheat, maize, and soybean all declined while cotton prices held steady. “The recent gain in cotton price has made sowing of the white gold attractive and may mitigate ...
Tags: ICAC, world average yield, Textile
Despite efforts from the leading Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) to carry out some cotton farming projects, Vietnam’s cotton production in 2014-15 is forecast less than the previous marketing year, according to ...
Energized by growing demand for power supplies, hybrid and electric vehicles, photovoltaic (PV) inverters and other established applications, the emerging global market for silicon carbide and gallium nitride power semiconductors will grow ...
Tags: GaN SiC Power electronics, power supplies, Electronics