TV vendors have begun slashing prices for Ultra HD TVs in preparation for the Black Friday period in North America, with Vizio maintaining pricing for 50-inch units below US$1,000, according to a report from the China Times. The report ...
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Armstrong will initiate a price increase in the U.S. and Canada on commercial vinyl composition tile and BioBased tile by 4%, commercial wall base by 4% and select residential tile products including Units, Afton and Classic tile by 5%, ...
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Rechi Precision Co., Ltd. executives predict the company to comfortably attain its goal of shipping 13 million air conditioner compressors in 2014 due to steady shipments in the low months. While Q3 is typically a low season, Rechi has ...
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Prices for LEDs have come down dramatically, and the market for LED luminaires and lamps is set to explode in the residential segment as prices continue to fall, efficacy improves, and new use cases for lighting develop. Accompanying the ...
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Lone Star Transportation has announced its merger with Texas based open-deck transportation carrier company, Daseke. Lone Star specialises in transporting heavy shipments and is also known for transporting wind turbine components in North ...
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An early spike in sales sees the toy giant cap its shipping to Canada's independent toy retailers until 2015. Independent toy retailers across Canada could be facing a LEGO shortage this Christmas. Following the success of The LEGO ...
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For a lot of U.S. farmers, a relevant number may have passed unnoticed this year. The USDA reveals that China imported a volume of 84,000 tons of sorghum in 2011/2012. Just two years later, during the 2013/2014, the Asian giant imported 3.4 ...
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PC shipments in the Japan market in August 2014 came to JPY44.8 billion (US$410 million) in value, decreasing 26.8% and hitting the lowest monthly level since April 2007, according to the Japan Electronics and Information Technology ...
Tags: PC Shipments, Computer
Karachi-based Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) has announced that it has received two shipments of 20,000 mt and 50,000 mt of iron ore, while another shipment of 50,000 mt of iron ore was being unloaded as of September 19, with all these cargoes ...
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Global semiconductor market value is estimated to reach approximately US$336.3 billion units in 2015, up 3.1% in comparison to 2014, delighted by the arrival of the Apple Watch and IoT (Internet of Things) devices, according to MIC. ...
LCD TV shipments are expected to reach 229 million units in 2015, up from 217 million in 2014, and are expected to further grow to 245 million in 2017. According to supply chain estimates, shipments will increase 3-5% on year throughout ...
Tags: LCD TV, OEMs, Electronics
China makers' shipments of touch panels used in handsets, tablets and notebooks grew 32.6%, 0.3% and 32.2%, respectively, on quarter in the second quarter of 2014, according to Digitimes Research. Tablet touch panel shipments decreased as ...
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Tuesday that for the month of July 2014, US steel mills shipped 8,492,744 net tons, a 2.4 percent increase from the 8,291,823 net tons shipped in the previous month, June 2014, and a 2.6 ...
Tags: Hot Rolled Sheet, Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel
Shipment volumes of Taiwan's notebook industry stood at around 36.06 million units in the second quarter of 2014, up 4.7% sequentially and 0.4% on year, according to MIC. "Shipment growth was mainly upheld by the back-to-school demand. ...
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) published NEMA LSD 64-2014 Lighting Controls Terminology. This white paper, which was originally published in 2012, was updated to clarify terminology related to daylight responsive ...