Switzerland-based PET products developer Sidel has launched a new PET blowing solution, which will replace hot oil with electrical heat resistance (eHR) to heat the mould for the PET bottle body. The new Sidel Matrix blower eHR creates ...
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Foresight Energy is slowly moving forward to return its idled Deer Run thermal coal longwall mine in Illinois to operation, although officials still did not know Thursday exactly when that return might occur. Mine rescue teams have ...
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The world's largest wind turbine maker, Denmark-based Vestas', third- quarter results on Thursday were boosted by strong orders for its turbines as analysts reported the group was obtaining higher prices for its products. Vestas CEO ...
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Rollouts of new smartphone models will stimulate demand for mobile DRAM memory in the fourth quarter of 2015, with the chip prices falling at a slower pace, according to DRAMeXchange. With the peak season for smartphone shipments ...
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An outbreak of cautious optimism in optics and laser markets is fueling the hope that the economic slowdown may be over. Not all vendors are cheerful however, with the order books of some in the materials processing sector continuing to ...
Pocket projector; mini projector; pico-projector; nano-projector. The muddle of names that has sprung up around these miniature display products succeeds at least in dragging our thoughts away from the projectors that we are more familiar ...
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In 2007 Sony grabbed the world's attention with its XEL-1 TV, offering pitch-black blacks and superb motion resolution from a wafer-thin, low power consumption panel. Despite its modest 11-inch size, the milestone product put organic light ...
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Solar-generated electricity will become just as cheap as that produced by natural gas in most parts of the world by 2025, according to a new analyst report. Lux Research, which specializes in predicting the impact of emerging and ...
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Demand for photovoltaic modules and systems in 2014 will be dominated by the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, which will account for around half of all new solar shipments as the industry continues its rapid transition away from Europe. ...
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Falling product costs will help to propel the market for LED-based luminaires to some $25 billion in 2023, up more than a factor of 12 from today’s figure of $2 billion and equivalent to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25 per ...
More than 13 GW of solar power generating capacity is now in place across the US, after 2013 witnessed a record 4.8 GW of installations, including some 2.8 GW in utility-scale projects. The explosive growth figures come from GTM ...
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Market analysis on the consumption and technology trends of commercial (non-military) fiber optic collimating lens assemblies, widely used in optical communication applications, predict that these technologies will experience strong demand ...
Pricing pressures and a varied international outlook are still facts of life for industrial laser vendors, but overall demand remained in line with expectations during the first quarter of 2014. The regular survey of vendors carried ...
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Annual production of laser-based manufacturing systems made by companies at German locations for the first time exceed the billion euro mark, according to data compiled by the German Engineering Federation (VDMA), Laser and Laser Systems ...
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New reports from two analyst companies have confirmed continued rapid growth in demand for solar photovoltaics (PV) in the US, partly as a result of a looming tax credit deadline for utility-scale projects. The second reason is a sharp ...