Viewing that demand for crystalline silicon solar cells has been increasing, Taiwan- and China-based solar cell makers are expected to try their best to expand production capacities as soon as possible and consequently currently idle ...
Tags: Solar Cell, Crystalline Silicon
Melbourne-based confectionery company Betta Foods has entered into administration, in an attempt to save the business by selling it. Established in 1954, Betta Foods produces liquorice and marshmallow products under the Capricorn and ...
Australia’s oldest chocolate business, the iconic Ernest Hillier has been placed into voluntary administration, and a meeting with creditors will take place on Tuesday 20 January 2014. Hillier’s administrator, Bruno Secatore ...
Tags: chocolate business, Agriculture
China-based PV module makers and Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers, in an attempt to avoid US anti-subsidization and anti-dumping tariffs, are seeking production capacities in locations outside of China and Taiwan, ...
US-based sapphire ingot producer GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) has applied for bankruptcy protection possibly because its HEM technology-based ingot growing process has seen much lower than expected yield rates at only about 40%, ...
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China-based polysilicon and solar wafer maker LDK Solar has obtained syndicated loans of CNY2 billion (US$321 million) from 11 local banks to ease its financial troubles, according to a report. State-run China Development Bank arranged ...
Tags: polysilicon, solar wafer
The Co-operative Bank is to invest another £500m in upgrading its IT systems over the next three years as the Co-operative Group cedes control of its troubled bank to US hedge funds. The news was revealed as the Bank unveiled a ...
Tags: Computer Products, bank, software
A new potential bidder for Furniture Brands International assets, which would include the purchase of the company's Lane business, emerged at a bankruptcy hearing here Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported. KPS Capital Partners, a ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
The market for semiconductors used in industrial electronics applications relished a better-than-expected first quarter as macroeconomic headwinds turned out to be less severe than initially feared, according to the latest Industrial ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, semiconductors
Executives from China-based solar firm Wuxi Suntech have visited Taiwan to hold talks with solar cell OEM firms. Wuxi Suntech hopes to continue cooperation with Taiwan-based solar firms while seeking alliances with South Korea-based firms ...
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The management team of the Swedish sawmill operator Seskaro Sag filed for bankruptcy on 9 November 2012 just a year after reopening. Beyond the general problems that the Swedish sawmill industry has faced for some time, Swedish press media ...
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The China government has been eager to develop and expand domestic solar demand because the solar supply chain faces anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations in international markets. This has caused China's state-owned enterprises to ...
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Elpida had filed for bankruptcy protection in February this year A US Court will review bankrupt Japanese chip maker Elpida Memory's planned patent deals. In July this year, US based semiconductor firm Micron Technology had agreed to ...
Tags: bankruptcy protection, Elpida, memory chip, mobile devices
Canadian pork producer Big Sky Farms,which ran into financial troubles due to high feed costs,has entered into receivership and may be put up for sale. Feed costs in Canada have soared due to severe drought in the US. The company said ...
Tags: pork, financial troubles, feed costs, drought
Continuously falling prices, unstable subsidies, and low demand in Europe have been causing China-based LED firms to face financial troubles. The LED industry continues to suffer with oversupply. Many LED firms in China have been said to ...
Tags: China LED lighting, LED lighting