Sun-Tox, a Japanese producer of plastic films, has installed a new biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film production line manufactured by German engineering giant Brückner. The Japanese firm is a member of Tokuyama Group, a ...
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Researchers based in Japan claim the highest output power and external quantum efficiency (EQE) so far for deep ultraviolet (DUV) sub-270nm-wavelength light-emitting diodes (LEDs) during DC operation [Shin-ichiro Inoue et al, Appl. Phys. ...
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Central Glass has passed a resolution in its October 31, 2013 meeting of the Board of Directors to stop the soda ash production processes in the company's Ube Plant by the end of May 2015 and end production of soda ash and the related ...
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Average costs for vertically integrated first-tier makers are now forecast to fall yet another 6% in 2014 to a record low of US$0.20 per watt, according to Solarbuzz. Since 2008, solar PV wafer manufacturing costs (the combined costs of ...
Idemitsu Kosan would soon restart its olefins conversion unit (OCU) at its Chiba refinery, which was shutdown due to a fire incident earlier this week. “The fire occurred at the refinery on the morning of October 16, 2013,” ...
According to EnergyTrend, the intensive pricing competition in the photovoltaic (PV) market has gradually come to an end. Due to the increased demand in emerging markets, solar system demand in 2014 is likely to rise substantially. The ...
Tags: Polysilicon, Lights, Lighting, PV
Japanese refiner Idemitsu Kosan plans to cut bunker fuel supply from its 220,000 b/d Chiba refinery in Tokyo Bay in the second half of September due to construction at shipment facilities, a company source said Monday. The company plans ...
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Japan-based Idemitsu Kosan has lowered the operating rates at one of its benzene plants. “The benzene plant located in Tokuyama is currently operating at slightly more than 80% rates,” an Idemitsu official informed ...
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Idemitsu Kosan is operating the Xylene and benzene lines at its two aromatic plants at 100 percent capacity rates mainly due to high margins in the spot market. “The Xylene and benzene lines in the aromatics plants in Chiba and ...
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Polysilicon suppliers to the solar industry have been significantly lowering plant utilization rates during the past six months, with average quarterly utilization rates falling below 70%, according to NPD Solarbuzz. This contrasts with ...
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A Japanese research team has announced on January 10 that it developed a new efficiently deep ultraviolet sterilization LED lamp, featuring small volume, electricity saving, environmentally and long lasting ,compared to traditional low ...
HexaTech Inc of Morrisville,NC,USA has reported the results of an ongoing collaboration with development partner Tokuyama Corp of Tokyo,Japan that has demonstrated UV-C LEDs with exceptional output power and improvements in internal quantum ...
Researchers from Japan and the USA have reported the first fabrication on hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) aluminium nitride (AlN) substrates of aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that emit at the ...
Tags: DUV, LEDs, AlGaN, AlN substrates, HVPE, light-emitting diodes
HexaTech, Inc.announced the results of an ongoing collaboration with development partner Tokuyama Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, which has demonstrated exceptional output power and dramatic internal quantum efficiency (IQE) improvements. ...