The European Commission decided to launch antidumping and anti-subsidy investigation into wireless communication network and key equipment from China, focusing on European business under top two Chinese communication equipment makers Huawei ...
The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) has announced its preliminary decision regarding the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation on aluminum-zinc coated steel and galvanized steel imports from China. The ACBPS has ...
Tags: Galvanized Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Germany-based PV inverter firm SMA has revealed its financial results for the first quarter of 2013. In the first quarter of 2013, SMA Solar Technology AG sold PV inverters with an output of 1.2GW, lower compared to 1.9GW reported in the ...
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The Chinese government has been cutting back on subsidies to manufacturers of LED chips, a reason some companies are blaming for their poor first quarter results. This points to a change in approach to policies over the once-hyped sector ...
Tags: LED industry, LED Sector, LED
The Gillard government has pledged an additional $12.9 million to showcase the potential of the National Broadband Network as part of the 2013 budget. The funding will provide training to small- and medium-sized businesses and ...
Tags: NBN, National Broadband Network
AT&T launched a new wireless subsidiary called Aio Wireless on Thursday that offers phones like the iPhone 5 with no annual contract. The creation of Aio (pronounced Ay-oh) was partly a response to T-Mobile USA's no-contract, low-subsidy ...
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon (SAS) expects its solar business to reach breakeven and may obtain profits in the second quarter as market conditions have been improving. Doris Hsu, president of SAS, stated that since ...
Tags: SAS, Solar Business
The trade war in the solar market does not seem to be stopping. Following the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariff levied on China-based firms from the US, the EU is likely to follow suit with a tariff rate above 30%. If this tariff comes ...
In the past April, the overall performance of the domestic automobile market seemed well, especially Japanese cars, although sales remained the downward trend, but the decline has slowed down. In April, Toyota's vehicles’ sales in ...
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Due to rising capacity utilization rates and rising solar cell prices in the first quarter of 2013, Taiwan-based solar cell maker Motech saw gross margin rise to negative 8% from negative 15.7% in the fourth quarter of 2012. According to ...
Parliamentary Standing Committee report on Labour has criticized the Indian Textiles Ministry for its failure to use the budgetary grant of Rs. 70 billion for 2012-13, which was later revised to Rs. 45 billion. In its report submitted ...
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The merger of Taiwan-based solar cell makers Neo Solar Power (NSP) and DelSolar, a solar subsidiary of Delta Electronics, will be completed on May 31, 2013, said Quincy Lin, chairman and CSO of NSP. Lin added that the merger occurred at a ...
Another anti-subsidy investigation in the solar energy sector has been officially opened by the European Commission (EC). The investigation will look into imports of solar glass from China to the EU. Image Credit: Solar Glass via ...
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Solar demand in major markets in Europe continues to grow steadily as governments lower incentives. In the first quarter of 2013, total new solar installations in Germany, Italy, and the UK reached 2GW, accounting for 30% of global new ...
Tags: Solar
The national government provides financial support to manufacturers and consumers to help enhance the sector’s competitiveness. China continues to push its LED program to boost the energy conservation campaign while strengthening ...
Tags: LED industry, LED, Lighting