It has been a long and somewhat slow journey to get here, but this week the UK finally saw the launch of a 4G network by mobile operator EE. Formed from the merger of T-Mobile and Orange, EE has rolled out the faster broadband ...
Tags: 4G network, EE, broadband, mobile networks, 4G, mobile, phone
Two AU Optronics (AUO) subsidiaries, Lextar and Wellypower, are set to merge. According to David Su, chairman of Lextar, the only overlapping technology between the two firms is packaging. Wellypower currently has CCFL and SMD LED products ...
Tags: LED lighting
OPEL appoints VP of technology as consultant on POET technology OPEL Technologies Inc of Toronto, Ontario, Canada – which makes high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) panels and solar tracker systems through its subsidiary OPEL ...
Tags: OPEL POET, Lights, Lighting, Lee Shepherd, appoints
Safety specialist First Choice Facilities has been fined £18,000 for unlicensed software following completion of an acquisition. First Choice Facilities must also pay an additional £81,000 to buy the sufficient software ...
Tags: software, unlicensed software, First Choice Facilities, software licences
Downtown-based PPG Industries is sitting on about $2 billion in cash as it goes into the fourth quarter, which is usually a cash-generating quarter, said Chairman and CEO Charles Bunch, and how the coatings and specialty materials company ...
Tags: PPG Industries, Acquisitions, titanium dioxide raw material
Clariant Ltd. and Wilmar International Limited have signed an agreement to establish a 50-50 joint venture as the global platform for production and sales of amines and selected amines derivatives. The joint venture will be headquartered in ...
Tags: Clariant, Wilmar, palm oils, lauric oils, ICS, specialty chemicals
For third-quarter 2012,epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview,NY,USA has reported total revenue of$127m,while its adjusted EBITA(earnings before interest,income taxes and amortization)and ...
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(China Glass Network) National Development and Reform Commission has issued “Opinions to Promote Structural Adjustment of Flat Glass Industry”, which brings new hope and favourable turn for the industry. It also indicates that ...
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The US-based firm reported earnings of $51m, or 28 cents per share for the three months that ended 30 September. This is down from $117m, or 67 cents per share, a year ago. Adjusted for restructuring charges and income from discontinued ...
Tags: solid volume growth, corrugated packaging, health care packaging
IDG News Service-Softbank's planned US$20 billion investment in Sprint validates the way the U.S.government handled last year's proposed merger of T-Mobile USA and AT&T,Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said Thursday. The proposed 2011 deal,which ...
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EE has released its tariffs for the UK's first 4G contracts, which will be available from the end of October. EE – created from the merger of T-Mobile and Orange and formerly known as Everything Everywhere – has outlined price ...
Tags: EE, 4G pricing plans, corporate contracts, data allowances
Board members at Sprint Nextel are expected to discuss whether to pursue a merger with rival mobile carrier MetroPCS during a meeting Friday,according to a news report. Sprint,which considered a merger with MetroPCS earlier this year,may ...
Taiwan-based LED firm High Power Opto has enlisted Semileds to become a shareholder with a close to 10% stake, which makes Semileds the largest single shareholder of the firm. High Power Opto reported net losses of NT$1.108 billion ...
A purchase agreement has been concluded under the terms of which Enbasa Laval is joining the Bekaert Textiles group. Enbasa Laval is producing woven and knitted mattress ticking and has also (about 15%) specialized non-ticking activities. ...
For its first fiscal-quarter 2013 (to 29 September 2012), optical communications and laser component, module and subsystem maker Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA has reported preliminary revenue of about $149m, below the low end of its ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, the merger, fiscal first-quarter