For full-year fiscal 2015 (ended 28 June), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $1.63bn, down just 1% on fiscal 2014's record $1.65bn. Specifically, revenue for Lighting Products (mainly LED lighting systems and bulbs) grew ...
Tags: LED Product, LED chips
For second-quarter 2015, Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $7.1m, down 51% on $14.5m a ...
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BorgWarner supplies its wet friction technology for ZF's new eight- and nine-speed automatic transmissions. The 8-speed transmission features BorgWarner's multi-segment friction plates with intricate groove designs, and the torque ...
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Sun Chemical introduced its new SunSys resistance coatings, a series of water-based coatings formulated to impart or enhance resistance properties to paper and board substrates while at the same time being FDA compliant for direct food ...
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Despite an Australian economy growing at a moderate 2.3 per cent according to March quarter figures released by the ABS this month, the latest data on trade payments reveals that businesses are paying their invoices at the fastest rate on ...
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As UV (ultraviolet) LED applications are growing fast, production value as a percentage of total production value for all UV light sources will rise to 40% in 2018, according to Digitimes Research. Of total production value for all UV ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced the next generation of its BR30 LED flood light, claimed to be the first LED BR30 replacement to deliver no-compromise, high-performance LED lighting at a ...
Tags: LED Flood Light, LEDs
Bosch has introduced a packaging machine SVE 2520 DZ that produces up to 100 Doy Zip bags a minute. The vertical bagger allows for the production of seven styles of bags, and gives them a glossy finish. Manufacturers have bag style ...
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At PCIM (Power Conversion Intelligent Motion) Europe 2015 in Nuremberg, Germany (19-21 May), silicon carbide (SiC)-based power product maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA — exhibiting with distributor partner MEV Elektronik Service GmbH ...
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Reliance Retail, part of Reliance Industries, plans to launch multi-channel shopping across all its formats to tap the fast growing e-commerce segment, according to media reports. The company, which operates its business under five ...
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has launched its fourth generation of gallium nitride on ...
Tags: GaN Technology, silicon carbide
For first-quarter 2015, AXT Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which makes gallium arsenide, indium phosphide and germanium substrates and raw materials, has reported revenue of $20.1m, up 2.5% on $19.6m last quarter and 4% on $19.3m a year ago. ...
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Researchers in USA and Saudi Arabia have been producing 610nm-wavelength red lasers with III-nitride nanowires (NWs) grown on silicon [Shafat Jahangir et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p071108, 2015]. With a view to plastic fiber optical ...
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M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has announced initial production shipments of two modulator ...
Tags: Coherent Modules, metro market
Ford and DowAksa have partnered to explore developing automotive-grade carbon fiber composite parts, which could make vehicles lighter. The agreement will bring together DowAksa's feedstock capacity, carbon fiber conversion and downstream ...
Tags: Carbon Fiber, Ford