Ford has inaugurated its $1bn integrated manufacturing facility along with an engine plant in Sanand, Gujarat which will double the company’s manufacturing capacity in India. The facility, which is spread across 460 acres, will ...
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Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers have lowered quotes for PERC (passivated emitter and rear cell) monocrystalline models from US$0.49/W at the beginning of 2015 to US$0.45/W currently due to lower-than-expected demand, ...
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The lowest price for an LED light bulb will drop from US$8 in 2014 to US$5 in 2015 and ex-factory prices will slip to US$2-3 in 2015, according to chairman Lee Biing-jye for Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar. The ...
China's industrial profits for the first two months of the year declined 4.2 percent year on year, narrowing from the 8-percent decrease seen last December. Profits of Chinese industrial businesses hit 745.24 billion yuan (121.5 billion ...
NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks, ...
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Skoda has announced plans to expand the capacity of its Kvasiny plant and Vrchlabí plant in Czech Republic with an investment of CZK 7.2bn ($300m) and €25m respectively. The company has also signed a memorandum of ...
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BASF has made progress in its plans to build a world-scale methane-to-propylene complex on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The company has selected Freeport, Texas, as the potential site. It will use Air Liquide’s proprietary Lurgi MegaMethanol ...
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Wai Wai noodles producer CG Foods is planning to ramp up its noodle production capacity in India, a move that could require an investment of around INR50bn ($801.4m). The investment will be used to establish two manufacturing units in ...
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Chinese auto maker XCMG has commenced production at its $406m heavy truck manufacturing facility at Xuzhou High-tech Industrial Development Zone in China. The facility is spread across 228 acres of land, and it has production capacity of ...
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Toyota is planning to construct its first passenger car assembly plant in Mexico, which will produce Corolla compact sedan. Reuters cited sources familiar with the matter as saying that the company is waiting for the approval of its board ...
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BASF has selected Freeport, Texas as the potential site in its plans to build a world-scale methane to propylene complex on the US Gulf Coast. BASF in a press release said, it will use Air Liquide’s proprietary Lurgi MegaMethanol ...
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China will accelerate the overhaul of its overly-invested iron and steel sector to bring it back to a "basically balanced level" by 2017, the industry ministry said. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said it would ...
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LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics has acquired an existing factory in central Taiwan from optical disc maker Ritek at a price of up to NT$1.3 billion (US$41.3 million) to expand production capacity by 25%. Production at ...
Waterloo based food processor DC Foods is set to expand its manufacturing capacity to strengthen its business and create 50 new jobs in the region. The company will receive a grant of $800,050 from the Southwestern Ontario Development ...
China-based sapphire makers Biel Crystal Manufactory and Lens Technology, in view of growing adoption of sapphire optical applications in wearable devices and smartphones, have expanded production capacities, according to industry sources ...
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