Assocomaplast, the association of Italian plastics and rubber machinery producers, has announced the industry’s estimated turnover for 2011, showing growth of 11.1%. Production value increased from €3.6bn in 2010 to €4bn ...
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During the course of 2011, more extensive investment measures were announced for the first time again within the European laminated-wood industry following a period of quiet investment activity. The regional focus of the announced measures ...
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In a surprising reversal, a 5-cent North American polyethylene price increase that seemed to have faded away in December actually took hold in the market. Many buyers contacted mid-month by Plastics News indicated that they did not expect ...
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Indian conglomerate J K Cement has launched the construction of a new cement factory in Fujairah with an investment of Dhs550m, Gulf News has reported. The plant will have a capacity of 600, 000 tonnes per annum of white cement with a ...
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Prototype LEDs fabricated from GaN-based layers grown on 150-mm-diameter silicon substrates are similar in performance to standard production devices grown on sapphire. Osram Opto Semiconductors has reported a set of R&D results from LEDs ...
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The number of LED chips used in LED TVs has been decreasing. Industry sources believe LED TVs will only require 10-12 units of high-power LED chips in the future. Hence global demand of MOCVD equipment will likely decrease from 5,000 to ...
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According to data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the global new solar capacity grew 54% to nearly 28GW in 2011 with Germany and Italy leading in installations. Jenny Chase, head of solar analysis at the research company, advised that PV ...
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The low demand of the solar market in 2011 has been pushing China to develop its own domestic solar demand. However, according to China news outlet NE21, most power plants are under the control of state-own enterprises, and it would be ...
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Beck Joins the Company as Chief Communications Officer Lighting Science Group Corporation (OTCBB: LSCG), one of the world's leading LED lighting manufacturers, announced today that it has hired Andrew "Andy" Beck to serve as chief ...
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More governments around the globe are expected to set compulsory standards for LED lighting devices in 2012, which in turn will help reduce vicious price competition in the LED lighting segment. Taiwan's Bureau of Standards, Metrology and ...
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Recently, LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs has reported its fiscal first-quarter 2012 (to end-November 2011) revenue. The company has reported revenue of $6.75m, down 48% on $13m a year ago but rebounding 27% from $5.3m last quarter ...
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The unexpected high number of solar PV system installations in Germany in 2011 may ignite the possibility for the government to initiate incentive cuts. The latest possible version is that incentives for Germany-based businesses will be cut ...
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Dorner's 2200 Series low profile belt conveyor with the latest advancements in belt and drive technology increases its weight carrying capacity to a 200 pound maximum load. The 2200 Series is able to move these heavy load while maintaining ...
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Citizen Machinery UK's MACH 2012 stand will embrace both the Citizen range of CNC sliding-head turn-mill centres and Miyano fixed-head turning centres, with most of the machine models being demonstrated for the first time at a UK ...
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Spansion Inc., provider of Flash memory technology, has won the 2011 City of Austin Environmental Awareness Award for its outstanding success in water conservation and greenhouse gas reduction. Spansion began a multi-year water conservation ...
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