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Wednesday 2 November 2011
LDK Solar breaks ground for polysilicon plant
LDK Solar, a China-based vertically integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) products, has announced that the city government of Hohhot, the capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous...
Wednesday 2 November 2011
Trina Solar establishes Asia Pacific regional headquarters in Singapore
Trina Solar, a China-based integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products, has announced the establishment of its Asia Pacific operating headquarters in Singapore.
Wednesday 2 November 2011
Price competition between China and South Korea solar firms heats up
Price competition between China- and South Korea-based solar firms continues to heat up, putting pressure on Taiwan-based solar firms. Industry sources indicated that average quotes...
Wednesday 2 November 2011
HannStar denies lay-off rumors
Panel maker HannStar denies rumors that it has laid off 20% of staff at its module plant in Nanjing, China. HannStar indicated the employees are simply being transferred to another...
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Technological improvement is key to survival of solar firms, says Motech chairman
Technological improvement will be the key to solar firms' survival, according to Simon Tsuo, chairman of Taiwan-based solar cell maker Motech. The industry should have seen oversupply...
Tuesday 1 November 2011
China mobile phone users top 952 million in September
There were 952.31 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of September 2011, growing 1.30% on month and 14.28% on year, and 102.46 million, or 10.76%, of...
Tuesday 1 November 2011
China software industry posts January-September revenues of CNY1,300 billion
China's software industry generated total revenues of CNY1,300.2 billion (US$199.9 billion) during January-September 2011, growing 31.7% on year, according to statistics from the...
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Compal sees decline in 3Q11 revenues
Compal Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$172.81 billion (US$5.77 billion) for the third quarter, down 2% sequentially and 19% on year. The company has recently...
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Asustek and Acer quibble over notebook vendor rankings in China and Europe
Asustek Computer, citing figures from research firm IDC, pointed out that the company's notebook shipments in China have already surpassed Acer and it has become the second largest...
Monday 31 October 2011
The role of Internet of Things in China's 12th Five Year Plan
During China's 12th Five Year Plan, the central government and local governments have begun working on a range of standards, industry supply chains and applications with the goal...
Monday 31 October 2011
GCL Group enters sapphire substrate market
Following its recent accouncement to suspend development of its LED epitaxy due to low demand in the LED industry, Hong Kong-based GCL Group has spelt out the intention to enter the...
Friday 28 October 2011
Digitimes Research: Greater China solar cell spot prices show signs of stabilization
The decline of solar cell spot prices has slowed down this week in the Greater China region due to increased installation demand from Germany as the new subsidy cut of 15% has been...
Friday 28 October 2011
Development trends in the Greater China large-size TFT LCD industry
The Greater China region (Taiwan and China) is expected to account for 44.5% of global large-size TFT LCD panel shipments and 42.5% of global large-size capacity in 2011. Geographically...
Friday 28 October 2011
Nokia developing new Linux-based entry-level smartphones, say sources
Nokia, while relying on Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) to compete with iPhone and Android-based mid-range and high-end smartphones, is developing a new Linux-based operating system to...
Friday 28 October 2011
Microsemi unveils driver for LED street lights
Microsemi unveiled a new LED driver designed specifically for North American street light installations. The LXMG221D-0700040-D2F LED driver eliminates step-down transformers typically...