China's producer prices continued to fall in July, pointing to looming deflation risk, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Sunday. The producer price index (PPI), a measure of costs for goods at the factory gate, ...
Tags: PPI, PPI contraction
For fiscal third-quarter 2015 (to end-June), Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA (which provides compound semiconductor-based chip-level devices, optical components, subsystems and systems for broadband and specialty fiber-optics markets) has ...
For second-quarter 2015, GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) has reported a fifth consecutive quarterly revenue increase, ...
Chinese LED enterprises are spending a fortune in acquiring foreign manufacturers in 2015. A couple of examples include Shenzhen Kaifa Technology (Kaifa) recent acquisition of U.S. LED manufacturer Bridgelux, Shanghai Felio Acoustics ...
Tags: LED industry, LED Chip
GfK’s UK Consumer Confidence Index decreased three points to 4 in July. Joe Staton, head of market dynamics at GfK, says: “Concerns about the general economic situation in the UK for the next 12 months appear to be weighing ...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, Furniture
Methanex, the world's largest producer and supplier of methanol to major international markets, has posted new regional contract methanol prices for North America, and Asia-Pacific regions, on its website. For the Asia-Pacific region, ...
Tags: methanol, methanol prices
Brookfield has introduced an Automatic Gap Setting feature for its RST-CPS Touch Cone/Plate Rheometer. Previously, customers used a dial indicator gauge to manually set the critical gap between the nose of the spindle cone and the plate of ...
Tags: LCD touch screen, Plate Rheometer
After prices for LED chips and packaging services fell 10-17% in first-half 2015, prices are expected to be stable in third-quarter 2015 due to peak demand, but may fall again in fourth-quarter 2015 and first-quarter 2016 due to slow ...
Tags: LED market, LED Prices
The state governments of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have requested the Central Ministry of Finance to increase import duty on raw silk from the current 10 per cent to 30 per cent or at least to 15 per cent. In a written reply to Lok ...
Tags: Raw Silk, import duty
US based apparel marketer Columbia Sportswear Company said its net sales for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 grew 17 per cent year over year and thereby created a record for second quarter sales. In a press release, Columbia Sportswear ...
Tags: Sportswear, apparel
Organic yogurt producer Wallaby Yogurt has expanded its product portfolio with the launch of new Organic Whole Milk Kefir. New Organic Whole Milk Kefir is available in four flavors, including strawberry, cherry, peach, and plain. ...
In the recent, China, India and the U.S. unveiled ambitious solar installation targets up to 100GW. China targets to install a total of 100GW of solar by 2020, India sets an 100GW goal by 2022, while Hilary Clinton, a candidate of ...
Tags: solar panel, solar arrays
Designer and manufacturer of school buses Blue Bird has launched gasoline-powered Type C Vision school bus, powered by Ford 6.8L V10 engine, at School Transportation News (STN) Expo Conference and Trade Show in Reno, in the US. Claiming ...
Tags: Blue Bird, Gasoline-Powered Bus, School Bus
NYSE listed Avery Dennison, a marketer of labeling, packaging materials and solutions reported a 6 per cent year over year slip in sales in the three months to June 30, 2015. An Avery Dennison press release informed that net sales ...
Tags: packaging materials, label
Xidelang Holdings (XDL), China-based manufacturer of sports and leisure wear, has signed an agreement to acquire the entire existing business and undertakings of Jinjiang Yangsen Garments Company, including all of its assets and certain ...
Tags: sports wear, leisure wear