Sol Voltaics AB of Lund, Sweden, which provides nanomaterial technology for enhancing solar panels and other products, has raised $17m in a Series C round of equity investment and grant funding, led by new investor Riyadh Valley Company ...
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In booth 9-242 at PCIM (Power Conversion Intelligent Motion) Europe 2016 in Nuremburg, Germany (10–12 May), Wolfspeed of Research Triangle Park, NC, USA — a Cree Company that makes silicon carbide (SiC) power products including ...
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Solar Frontier Americas, the US subsidiary of Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – says that the firm's solar modules have been ...
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For its fiscal third-quarter 2016 (to 26 March), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $101.1m, up 7.4% on $94.1m last quarter (a third ...
For first-quarter 2016, NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, USA (a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of hybrid photonic integrated optoelectronic modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks) has reported ...
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Makers in the handset supply chains in Taiwan and China are becoming more conservative about building up inventories for parts and components due to intensifying competition in the China market as a result of the release of the iPhone SE, ...
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Steeve by Arper wins Architizer A+ Award The Architizer A+ Award is the largest awards program focused on promoting and celebrating the year’s best architecture and products. Designed by Jean-Marie Massaud, Steeve is the ...
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Sol Voltaics AB of Lund, Sweden, which provides nanomaterial technology for enhancing solar panels and other products, has confirmed the successful alignment and orientation of nanowires in a thin film. The firm reckons that the achievement ...
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In hall 9, booth 316 at PCIM (Power Conversion Intelligent Motion) Europe 2016 in Nuremberg, Germany (10-12 May), Japan's Rohm Semiconductor is showcasing its latest power products for high-speed switching and high-power performance, while ...
Faurecia has agreed to sell its auto exterior business to Plastic Omnium for an enterprise value of €665m. The sale covers Faurecia's bumpers and front-end modules business, which had sales of €2bn in 2015. The business employs ...
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Siemens and Valeo have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture (JV) to develop powertrains for electric cars. The JV will have headquarters in Erlangen, Germany, and facilities in France, Norway, Poland, Hungary and China. ...
Tags: Siemens, Valeo, JV, Joint venture, Powertrains, Electric cars
Excelitas Technologies Corp of Waltham, MA, USA, which provides customized photonic solutions to OEMs, has launched its OmniCure AC5 Series UV LED systems for small-area curing. Designed with a combination of high-output LEDs and custom ...
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Fabless high-temperature and and extended-lifetime semiconductor firm CISSOID of Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium has delivered the first prototypes of a three-phase 1200V/100A silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET intelligent power module (IPM) to ...
Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – says that its CIS modules will be installed by California-based engineering, procurement & ...
Tags: CIS thin-film PV modules
Wolfspeed of Research Triangle Park, NC, USA – a Cree Company that makes silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) wide-bandgap semiconductor devices – says that its GaN-on-SiC RF power transistors have completed testing ...