IATA’s latest quarterly survey of airline CFO and heads of cargo points to further year-on-year gains in profitability during Q1 2016, following a record year in 2015. However, expectations of further gains in profitability over the ...
Tags: passenger volumes, Airlines
In cooperation with international partners, Germany’s Forschungszentrum Jülich and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Villigen, Switzerland have presented what is claimed to be the first semiconductor laser consisting solely of ...
Tags: Group-IV Lasers, clock signal, Electrical
US-based flexible packaging solutions provider LPS Industries has introduced two new packaging films to its portfolio. One is ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) while the other is ultrathin made of nanoparticles. Both films offer oxygen ...
Driven mainly by heat spreaders for high-power device thermal management, the diamond materials market for semiconductor devices will rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14% to more than $43m in 2020, according to the base ...
Tags: Semiconductors, Diamond Materials
Hartlepool Borough Council is proposing to replace all of Hartlepool’s 13,644 street lights with LED luminaires in a 12-month scheme. The council says the scheme, which it is estimated will cost £5 million, will save the ...
Tags: LED Upgrade, Lighting
Ducatt NV has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% of Centrosolar Glas GmbH & Co KG. Ducatt NV is a specialist in ultra-thin, extra strong and patterned glass for solar applications, whereas Centrosolar Glas, based in Germany, ...
Tags: Solar Glass, Glass
Bloomberg reported that trading in iron ore swaps, used to bet or hedge on the future cost of the steelmaking commodity, rose almost threefold to a record this year as prices slumped to the lowest in nearly three years before rebounding. ...
Tags: iron ore, steelmaking commodity, future cost, SGX AsiaClear
Mississauga, Canada, hopes to begin a city-wide conversion to LED street lights. Meanwhile, the Amerlux SmartSite SSL platform combines intelligent lighting and multimedia messaging for both safety and advertising applications. Canada's ...
Tags: Market View, street light, led light