The scale of China’s LED package market is projected to expand 16% year on year to RMB 61.4 billion in 2015, according to the latest Chinese LED Industry Market Report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. The growth of Chinese LED ...
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Taiwanese LED manufacturer Lextar announced recently it formed a partnership with Leadray Energy and Cree in LED streetlight R&D. The new streetlights integrates Lextar and Cree LED light source technology, and Leadray Energy’s ...
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UBS forecasted oversupply situation in the LED industry will continue into 2016, while sliding LED prices will nullify growing shipment volume advantages, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. These projected market ...
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The European Commission has launched an in-depth investigation into Mondi's proposed acquisition of two industrial packaging plants from Walki in a bid to ensure that the deal is pursuant to the EU Merger Regulation. The regulator is ...
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) CEO Sergio Marchionne is pursuing a tie-up between FCA and its US based rival General Motors, giving it ‘high priority’. The move is aimed at reducing the number of players in the industry and ...
India has become the fastest growing photovoltaic (PV) market and replaced the U.K. as one of the top three exports markets for Chinese modules, found EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce. Based on EnergyTrend’s latest report, the ...
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Asahi Kasei completed its acquisition of Polypore International. On February 23, 2015, Asahi Kasei announced a definitive merger agreement to acquire Polypore through a US subsidiary. This acquisition was completed on August 26, 2015, US ...
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Affinia Group has inked a definitive merger pact to sell its global filtration operations to Germany-based Mann+Hummel, exclusive of its South America business. Though Mann + Hummel remained tightlipped about the terms, a regulatory ...
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Chinese LED enterprises are spending a fortune in acquiring foreign manufacturers in 2015. A couple of examples include Shenzhen Kaifa Technology (Kaifa) recent acquisition of U.S. LED manufacturer Bridgelux, Shanghai Felio Acoustics ...
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The European Commission has launched a probe into the proposed purchase of UK-based can manufacturer Rexam by the US firm Ball Corporation, to ascertain whether it conforms to the EU Merger Regulation. The investigation is born out of ...
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The share of total global solar photovoltaic (PV) production capacity taken by conventional crystalline silicon (x-Si) solar technologies is forecasted to decline further, from 84.7% in 2014 to 78.4% by 2019, as they approach their ...
Driven in large part by the rapid expansion of shale oil and gas drilling and production in North America, the world market for oil field specialty chemicals at the service company level reached $25 billion in 2014, up from nearly $16 ...
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US based vehicle remarketing services Cox Automotive has voluntarily pulled out its filing under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act as amended to provide the US Department of Justice additional time for reassessing the ...
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A merger among automotive players may be the need of the hour but there is no further development about Fiat Chrysler Automobile’s (FCA) intention of joining hands with US automobile major General Motors (GM), said FCA CEO Sergio ...
Australian meat processor Bindaree Beef has agreed to merge with meat marketing and distribution company Sanger Australia. The combined company will be known as Bindaree Beef Group and will cater to the increasing consumer demand for meat ...
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