For the third consecutive time, Federal Corp. announced that it has been honored with the 2014 Taiwan Excellence Award for its two latest tire models, the Formoza AZ01 FRF runflat passenger car tire and Federally G-10 gravel rally tire. ...
Tags: tyre, tire, Auto Parts
Global 40W equiv. LED bulb ASP decreased 2.7 percent to US $15.4 (NT $462), with price decline most evident in the China region, according to market intelligence organization Trendforce’s LEDinside division’s latest LED bulb ...
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LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Formosa Epitaxy expects flip chip LED components for use in lighting and LCD TV backlighting to account for 15-20% of its 2014 consolidated revenues, according to company chairman Frank Chien. Formosa ...
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Taiwan's National Science and Technology Program-Energy (NSTPE) will implement its second phase during 2014-2018 with an annual investment of NT$5 billion (US$167 million) in energy research to attain three major goals: energy ...
Quotes for a solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer have risen to US$0.98-0.99 due to strong demand and those for a high-efficiency wafer have exceeded US$1, according to Chinese-language newspaper Economic Daily News (EDN). Prices are ...
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Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade recently issued a decision on application of provisional antidumping measures on certain imported cold-rolled stainless steel. The ministry said on its website on Friday that the decision was ...
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Negotiations for the January Asian Contract Price for paraxylene remained slow Friday, the final negotiation day, with neither buyers nor sellers revising their prices to narrow a wide gap, sources close to the talks said. There are four ...
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Taiwan's CPC and Formosa Petrochemical have both raised domestic retail prices of gasoline and diesel by T$0.50/liter ($0.020/liter) effective Monday, according to the companies' websites. The change raises both refiners' retail prices ...
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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Mar. corn closed at $4.20 and 1/2, down 1 and 1/2 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $12.87, down 25 and 1/2 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $423.80, down $13.90 Jan. soybean oil closed at 38.51, ...
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The famous Washington, D.C., think tank Brookings recently put out a report noting that Taiwan's economy has shifted to a virtual dependency on IT supply chain businesses. The briefing paper, which can be found here, has some pretty serious ...
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Chung Hung Steel, one of the major carbon steel flat re-rolling mills in Taiwan, has announced to hike its new price for next January. The company will raise its new price by NT$300/ton for hot roll and cold roll coils and increased ...
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Taiwanese steel pipe makers expect to adjust their prices until January 3, 2014 due to postponed price release by Taiwanese Chung Hung Steel. They predict the latest steel pipe prices released by Chung Hung Steel would be steady but will ...
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Feng Hsin, one of the major electric furnace mills in Taiwan has announced to cut its list price for this week. The company decided to cut its prices for rebar and scrap by NT$200/ton and decrease prices for section steel products by ...
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Yeou Yih Steel, one of the major stainless steel heavy plate manufacturers in Taiwan, said the company's fourth-quarter order received situation has stayed firmly and the rising price will help the company to remain profitable in the fourth ...
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Quintain Steel, one of the major carbon steel wire rod re-rolling mills in Taiwan, has calculated its net operating loss from this January to November totaled NT$129 million, the number of loss has narrowed down a lot from 2012. The ...
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