After a very strong second quarter of 2010, the photovoltaics market is on track to deliver more than 15 GW of installations in 2010 - more than double the 2009 figure and up slightly on the consensus figure arrived at earlier this year. ...
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Financial results posted by leading chip manufacturer Intel and key lithography system supplier ASML suggest that demand in the microelectronics industry – a key sector for laser companies – is to remain strong. Following ...
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Installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels continues to gather momentum in the US, with another 1.4 GW of capacity added in the second quarter of 2015. That’s according to analysts at Greentech Media (GTM) Research, whose ...
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A tiny ray of blue that revolutionized the lighting industry continues to tantalize investors looking to capitalize on the rise of new technology. On Tuesday, the Nobel Prize was awarded to three scientists for their invention of a blue ...
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Economists at the World Trade Organization (WTO) have downwardly revised their world trade growth estimate for 2015 to 4 percent from the previous estimate of 5.3 percent. For 2014 also, the WTO has reduced its world trade growth ...
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Carlisle Cos. Inc. (NYSE:CSL) on Tuesday reported net income of $75.2 million, or $1.14 per diluted share, for the second quarter, up from $8.2 million, or 13 cents per share, a year earlier. The year-ago quarter included a net loss from ...
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Strengthening house prices and increased interest rates in metros across the country contributed to lower housing affordability in the third quarter, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity ...
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The DuPont Co. said strong demand for agricultural products in Latin America offset weak pricing for a key industrial pigment in contributing to an increase in third-quarter earnings. The Wilmington chemical company reported net income of ...
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Tempur Sealy International reported earnings of $40.2 million or 65 cents per share in the third quarter on sales of $735.5 million, a figure that more than doubled from a year earlier on Tempur-Pedic's acquisition of Sealy. In the ...
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LED-based sales at Philips were up 33 per cent in the latest quarter and now represent 30 per cent of total lighting sales according to the latest figures from the company. Overall lighting sales increased by 3 per cent, mostly due to ...
LED-based sales at Philips were up 33 per cent in the latest quarter and now represent 30 per cent of total lighting sales according to the latest figures from the company. Overall lighting sales increased by 3 per cent, mostly due to ...
Corning Inc. (GLW) said its will take control of a joint venture with Samsung Electronics Co.'s (SSNHZ) business that makes LCD glass in Korea and receive a $1.9 billion investment in a series of transactions to strengthen collaboration ...
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Bakery retailer Greggs has provoked cautious optimism from analysts over its latest quarterly trading update, with signs of a recovery in like-for-like sales. Analyst Sahill Shan at N+1 Singer stated the third quarter update signalled the ...
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Optoelectronic component maker rises on record sales as data centers demand more optical technology. Photonic component and subsystem manufacturer Finisar has delivered an all-time record for revenues in its latest quarter, thanks to ...
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Fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar, of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, has reported financial results for Q1 2014, which ended July 28, 2013, including "all-time record sales for a quarter",? according to executive ...
Tags: Finisar, Electrical, Electronics