Hailed as the next generation of photovoltaic material, it is hoped that perovskite solar cells will drive adoption in new applications. While there are challenges to be overcome, perovskites offer several new opportunities for partnerships ...
Tags: Thin-film PV
All series of Xichai Engines win widespread popularity in markets including heavy-duty trucks, middle-duty trucks, light-duty trucks and non-road trucks, etc. recently.The data showed that, in the first quarter, the manufacturing volume of ...
Tags: forklift trucks, trucks
In the China market, polysilicon has been slightly shortage in supply because newly added mono-si wafer and multi-si wafer capacities cause difficulties to procure spot products. Therefore, mainland China's polysilicon price had reached RMB ...
Tags: Polysilicon, PV Cells
Dunelm's revenue for its third quarter (ending 2nd April) grew by 5.9% to £229m, and total like-for-like (LFL) growth (combining LFL stores and home delivery) increased by 1.1%. Sales performance in the quarter reflected strong ...
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Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. entered into a restructuring support agreement (RSA) with affiliates of Golden Gate Capital, the holder of its secured term loan provider under the company's financing facilities. In conjunction with the ...
Tags: Pacific Sunwear, RSA, Golden Gate Capital, Bankruptcy
Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total US$3.49 trillion in 2016, a decline of 0.5% over 2015 spending of US$3.5 trillion, according to Gartner. This is down from last quarter's forecast of 0.5% growth. The change in the forecast is ...
Tags: device market, printers
The results from Dun & Bradstreet’s March Business Expectations Survey have highlighted a second consecutive decline in expectations, with businesses issuing subdued forecasts for the three-month period to June 2016, despite reporting ...
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TreeHouse Foods’ subsidiary Bay Valley Foods is planning to close spoonable dressings production facility in Ayer, Massachusetts. The company is planning to stop production in the first half of 2017, while the full closure of the ...
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Ford has invested $170m at its Silverton Assembly plant in Pretoria, South Africa to manufacture new Ford Everest and Ford Ranger. The American car-maker says that this investment will create about 1200 jobs in Ford South Africa and in ...
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In preliminary estimates for its fiscal third-quarter 2016 (to 27 March), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA expects revenue of $367m, about 11.5% below the targeted $400-430m, and down from $435.8m the prior quarter and $409.5m a year ago. ...
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Tyson Foods has made significant progress in its transition from a protein producer to a branded, value-added food company with stronger, more stable earnings, company executives told investors at the Consumer Analyst Group of Europe annual ...
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BOBST Group SA and WIFAG-Polytype Group have entered into exclusive negotiations regarding a potential acquisition of WIFAG-Polytype’s coating technology business, as part of the BOBST strategy to expand its existing product ...
Tags: Bobst Group, WIFAG-Polytype Group, Coating Technology Business
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA - which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services - have entered into a framework agreement for ...
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Jack Astor's launches coin-operated tabletop beer taps in restaurants across the country. This first-of-its-kind innovation is designed to make beer more accessible to guests and meet rising consumer demand for immediacy and unique ...
Mead Johnson, the producer of high-quality milk powder for babies and infants, has made the move from a can to IML packaging. Thanks to the top-quality appearance of Metallic IML labels from Verstraete IML, the packaging now boasts a ...
Tags: Mead Johnson, Milk powder, IML packaging