Lextar Electronics is expected to see gross margin rise from 6.82% for the first quarter of 2013 to 13-14% for the second due to growing orders for LED backlight units used in TV, monitor, tablet and smartphone panels, according to market ...
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According to data released by Taiwan Customs, Taiwan exported 6,831 tons of welded steel pipes in April, falling by 27% from March. Among them, 2,049 tons were exported to Vietnam, 1,317 tons were to China and 1,070 tons were to Thailand. ...
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On Friday, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) made an affirmative preliminary injury determination in the antidumping investigation of diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products from Japan. The vote was five to ...
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On Friday, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) made an affirmative preliminary injury determination in the antidumping investigation of diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products from Japan. The vote was five to ...
Tags: Nickel-Plated Flat Steel, Mineral
Canadian group Manulife Financial and MetLife in the US are understood to be among the potential bidders to acquire a major stake in AmLife Insurance, the life insurance business of Malaysian bank AMMB Holdings. Sources familiar with the ...
Companies should be using the high dollar as an opportunity to invest in businesses offshore, says Francesco de Ferrari, a senior private banker with Credit Suisse. "Big companies should go on a shopping spree. The entrepreneurs get it ...
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Subaru, the automobile manufacturing division of Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI), is planning to expand the capacity at its Lafayette plant in central Indiana, US, by about 30% to accommodate the production of the Impreza compact car by 2016. ...
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Solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) on May 7 announced a merger with Sino Solar, its joint venture which makes crystalline silicon solar cells, through the acquisition of a 58.12% stake at NT$7.05 per share for NT$810 ...
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According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's ferrous scrap exports totaled 865,536 metric tons in March this year, rising by 3.5 percent month on month and up 26.4 percent compared to March 2012. Meanwhile, in ...
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According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's hot rolled (HR) flat steel exports totaled 1.4 million metric tons in March this year, increasing by 13.7 percent month on month and up 11.8 percent compared to March ...
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Malaysia-based banking group AMMB Holdings is looking for potential buyers to dispose of certain stake in its life insurance operations, in a bid to raise nearly $600m from the deal. Sources familiar with the deal were quoted by the Wall ...
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India's Ministry of Steel has rejected claims by local steel mills that steel products were being dumped by Japanese and South Korean producers under Comprehensive Economic Partnerships Agreements (CEPAs) signed between India and the two ...
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The market of sapphire substrates, an upstream material for LEDs, has been in oversupply with prices falling. The prices are lower than the production costs of many firms. This has also caused many tier-two sapphire firms to purchase ...
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On Wednesday, the Department of Commerce announced the initiation of an antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products from Japan. The petitioner for this investigation is ...
Tags: Nickel-Plated Flats, Mineral
Energized by a surge of shipments in Asia, the global PV inverter market in 2012 bucked weak worldwide solar industry conditions to expand by 5% and break the US$7 billion level for the first time. Global PV inverter market revenue last ...
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