The top three most popular truck tire sizes in 2013 were the same as they were in 2012. And 2011. And 2010. And.... Well, you get the picture. According to the preliminary edition of the Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) 2014 ...
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Taiwan exported US$1.5 billion worth of machinery in January, down 4.4% from the same month of 2013 due chiefly to a 31.1% decline in exports to mainland China, the biggest overseas market for the island's machinery. The Taiwan ...
Indonesian thermal coal exporters are now required to produce a certificate clearing the miner to produce coal before they ship material overseas, a government official said. The latest move is the second regulatory obstacle encountered ...
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Offer prices in the Argentinian ferrous scrap market are up 50% in February compared with January levels, a reflection of the steep devaluation of its currency, sources said Wednesday. On January 23, the central bank of Argentina scaled ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue for full-year 2013 of $331.7m, down 36% on 2012's $516m, with all of the firm's businesses experiencing down cycles. LED & ...
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Driven by surging demand from the lighting, tablet and cellphone backlighting segments, global revenue for gallium nitride (GaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) rose 10.6% from $11.2bn in 2012 to $12.4bn in 2013, but this could mark the last ...
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Worldwide silicon wafer revenues declined by 13% in 2013 compared to 2012, while silicon wafer area shipments increased 0.4%, according to SEMI. Silicon wafer area shipments in 2013 totaled 9.067 billion square inches, up slightly from ...
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China reported robust exports for January, but assessing the nation’s true economic strength is no easy task. The Lunar New Year holidays that began at the end of January apparently created an export surgeA transient variation in the ...
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Demand for polysilicon used in solar and semiconductor applications is expected to rise to 282,000 metric tons in 2014, up 25% on year. According to Solarbuzz, the growth in demand for polysilicon is being driven by the rapid increase in ...
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LED TV backlighting demand is expected to remain flat on year in 2014 while pricing and the penetration rate for LED lighting is expected to increase, according to industry sources. The increases for LED lighting is expected to bring in ...
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Driven by surging demand from the lighting, tablet and mobile backlighting segments, global revenues for GaN LED climbed 10.6% in 2013, but this could mark the last hurrah for the era of double-digit dollar growth for the market, according ...
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The world’s love affair with the smartphone continued unabated in 2013 with consumers snapping up more than 1 billion handsets during the year, according to an IDC estimate published on Wednesday. The figure, which represents a new ...
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Most local LED driver IC vendors in China outperformed international and Taiwan-based rival companies in terms of shipments in 2013. Bright Power Semiconductor and Silan Microelectronics were the top-two LED driver IC suppliers in China in ...
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In January this year, total shipment volumes by Russian railway monopoly Russian Railways (RZD) - including ferrous metals, coal, oil, fertilizers and timber - increased by 1.2 percent year on year to 96.3 million mt, according to the State ...
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Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced that it delivered 1,800,000 mt of rolled steel to Russia-based pipe manufacturers in 2013, registering a 10 percent increase compared to 2012. Severstal stated that the growth was primarily ...
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