A total of 30.8 million millimeters of two-inch equivalent sapphire ingots will be used for Apple Watch covers in 2015. This accounts for 18% of sapphire ingots produced worldwide for the entire year. Facing this new surging demand, the ...
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BOSSG Clothing Co., the owner of famous apparel brand BOSSG has purchased a few sets of Gerber paragon cutting systems. With the new cutting systems, the apparel firm plans to expand its production capacity of menswear and thereby meet ...
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At the long-awaited “Spring Forward” media event hosted by Apple on March 9, all eyes will be on the reveal of the Apple Watch, which will have a watch cover made of sapphire glass. By incorporating this material into its newest ...
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Belgian manufacturer ThermoFlexX, a part of Xeikon Prepress, has installed its first ThermoFlexX 80-S imager in Europe at digital flexo platemaking company AtoutFlex. The equipment is capable of exposing plates up to 1,270 x 2,032 mm at ...
Gross profit at apparel retailer American Eagle Outfitters surged 13 per cent year over year in the fourth fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2015 driven primarily by reduced markdowns. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, gross profit ...
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The latest data from the Australian Industry Group (AIG) Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) indicates that Australia's manufacturing sector has contracted for the third month in a row, and that subdued domestic demand is ...
Polished diamond prices remained under pressure in February. Sentiment improved ahead of the Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem and Pearl Show taking place from March 2 to 6 but trading volume was low and liquidity tight in the ...
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Activity in China's services sector grew modestly in February as new orders rose at their quickest pace in three months, a private survey showed just a few days after the central bank cut interest rates to stimulate the world's ...
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LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker and LED packaging service provider Lextar Electronics, in view of fast growing demand for LED lighting, will expand its monthly LED epitaxial wafer production capacity by 20-25% from 300,000 wafers ...
HE Spring Festival holiday last week did not upset plans for the East China Fair which will open tomorrow as originally scheduled, although some small firms decided not to attend, the fair organizers said yesterday. The fair, the ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue for full-year 2014 of $392.9m, up 18% on $331.7m in 2013. Fourth-quarter 2014 revenue was $113.6m, up 22% on $93.3m last ...
Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers have been generally in a weak price-negotiating position due to the negative impact of US anti-dumping tariffs, and consequently the industry is expected to be reshuffled in 2015, with ...
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Due to strong demand for LED backlighting in smartphones and LED lighting, global demand for LED chips has rebounded in the first quarter of 2015, earlier than previously as the first quarter is traditionally an off season , according to ...
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LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has received orders with shipments scheduled through the end of the first quarter of 2015 and consequently is expected to see consolidated revenues for the quarter grow sequentially by 20-25% and ...
Following months of speculation and the gradual shortening of release windows, we may be closer to narrowing down the release date for the long-awaited Apple Watch. Following the initial promise of an 'early 2015' on-sale date, Apple CEO ...
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