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Panasonic Comments on Media Reports

8 Feb, 10:12

Panasonic Corporation (NYSE:PC)(TOKYO:6752)("Panasonic") today commented on certain media report about the company's semiconductor business. The media report is not on any official announcements by Panasonic. Though the company has been studying various plans for growth strategy of the business, nothing has been decided. continue reading »

RenaissanceRe Reports Net Income of $81.8 Million for the Fourth Quarter of 2011 or $1.58 Per Diluted Common Share; Quarterly Operating Income of $58.0 Million or $1.11 Per Diluted Common Share

8 Feb, 06:23

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: RNR) today reported net income available to RenaissanceRe common shareholders of $81.8 million or $1.58 per diluted common share in the fourth quarter of 2011, compared to $122.6 million or $2.23, respectively, in the fourth quarter of 2010. Operating income available to RenaissanceRe common shareholders was $58.0 million or $1.11 per diluted common share for the fourth quarter of 2011, compared to $189.1 million or… continue reading »

Levi Strauss & Co. Announces Fourth-Quarter and Fiscal-Year 2011 Financial Results

8 Feb, 05:00

Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended November 27, 2011. Highlights include: ($ millions) Three Months EndedNov. 27, 2011 Three Months EndedNov. 28, 2010 … continue reading »

Renesas Electronics Opens Office in Brazil to Enhance Services in South America

8 Feb, 04:00

Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today celebrated the opening of Renesas Electronics Brasil-Servicos Ltda., a wholly owned subsidiary of Renesas Electronics America located in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Company representatives from Japan and the United States of America as well as customers and industry partners will be in attendance at the opening ceremony. This new company will bolster… continue reading »

Synova Laser MicroJet® Technology Embedded in Makino Platform

8 Feb, 00:00

Having established a cooperation for common application development in 2009 with Makino Milling Machine Co. Ltd. based in Tokyo, Synova SA enters on January 1st, 2012 into an OEM Agreement for the manufacture of Laser MicroJet® (LMJ) machines based on Makino machine technology. Target markets for the new LMJ-machines are high-precision metal and hard-material processing industries. Major manufacturers of hard-material tools as well as electronic… continue reading »

Research and Markets: Japan Mobile Entertainment Market Forecast 4Q.2011 , 2008 - 2016: Total Revenues in Japan's Mobile Multimedia Market to Rise to $6.2 Billion in 2016

7 Feb, 20:22

Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8efc24/4q_2011_japan_mobi) has announced the addition of IE Market Research Corp.'s new report "4Q.2011 Japan Mobile Entertainment Market Forecast, 2008 - 2016: Total Revenues in Japan's Mobile Multimedia Market to rise to $6.2 billion in 2016" to their offering. Japan Mobile Entertainment Market Forecast provides a comprehensive forecast of country-specific mobile entertainment… continue reading »

DeNA Reports Quarterly Sales at $448 Million

7 Feb, 18:07

DeNA Co., Ltd. (2432.T), the leading global online service company, has announced that its net sales performance, during the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2011, was approximately $448 million*, 16 percent higher than the same quarter of the previous year. Operating income, in this period of investment, was reported at $178 million*, eight percent lower than the same quarter of the last fiscal year. Consumption of Moba-coins, the virtual currency on… continue reading »

Intelligent Energy and Suzuki Motor Corporation Establish Joint Venture Company to Develop and Manufacture Fuel Cell Systems

7 Feb, 13:01

Intelligent Energy, the global clean power systems company, and the Suzuki Motor Corporation, have today announced the creation of a joint venture company called SMILE FC System Corporation, to develop and manufacture air-cooled fuel cell systems for a range of industry sectors. The joint venture also includes a non-exclusive license agreement that gives Suzuki access to Intelligent Energy’s class-leading fuel cell technology for its next… continue reading »

Oversea Marketing Support Space of SME Support to Show off "nano-tech Grow Up" at Nano Tech 2012

7 Feb, 11:30

The 11th International Nanotechnology Exhibition and Conference ( February 15th - 17th at Tokyo Big Sight), thirteen Small and Medium enterprises of Japan are going to participate in the oversea marketing support space "nano tech Grow Up," organized by the Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan (SME Support, Japan), an independent administrative agency under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.… continue reading »

KYOCERA America, Inc. Doubles Flip-Chip Assembly Capacity with New State-of-the-Art Class 10,000 Clean Room

7 Feb, 02:00

Kyocera America, Inc. today announced that it has doubled its flip-chip assembly capacity for microelectronic devices with a new $3.5 million Class 10,000 clean room, offering lead-free processes as one of North America’s only Qualified Manufacturer’s List (QML)-certified flip-chip assembly providers. The new clean room offers the latest available technology, including fine-pitch flip-chip, multiple components within one operation, vacuum … continue reading »

Gigaphoton Shipping the "GT63A" - The Next-Generation ArF Excimer Laser for Multi-Patterning Immersion Lithography

7 Feb, 02:00

Gigaphoton, Inc. , a major lithography light source manufacturer, announced that the company will begin shipping the GT63A, the next-generation ArF excimer laser for multi-patterning immersion lithography scanners in the second quarter of 2012. The powerful GT63A options were designed in response to customers' needs to create additional value by incorporating the four "s" series features: sMPL (Spectrum Multi-Positioning LNM)*1, … continue reading »

Japanese Government Has Launched "JAPAN NEXT" Campaign

7 Feb, 00:50

The Government of Japan has held "Cool Japan Presentation with KODO" as part of "JAPAN NEXT" campaign on February 4-5 in Munich, Germany. "JAPAN NEXT" campaign is designed to express Japan's gratitude to the world for its support for the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11th 2011 (3/11) and showcase Japan's recovery through introduction of Japan's proud culture and technology which are referred to as "Cool Japan." A variety of events and… continue reading »

KYOCERA Introduces New KC-91 Protective Overcoat for Thermal Printheads Used in Digital Photo Printing

6 Feb, 22:07

Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) today announced the KC-91, a new protective overcoat that can be applied to Kyocera's thin-film thermal printheads commonly used in dye-sublimation printing applications such as the self-service digital photo printing machines increasingly found in public locations. Kyocera thermal printheads (up to a maximum A4-size) featuring the KC-91 protective overcoat will be sold starting Tuesday, February 7, 2012. … continue reading »

TOCOM January 2012 Average Daily Volume Down 4.2% from December 2011

6 Feb, 22:00

Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) announced today that January 2012 trading volume averaged 107,744 contracts per day, down 4.2% from December 2011. There was a notable increase in Rubber (up 26.2% to 9,488 contracts) and Platinum (up 6.4% to 12,919 contracts), but the volume of Gold, which is the most traded commodity at TOCOM and some of the other products decreased (Gold Standard, down 7% to 54,095 contracts, Gold Mini down 20.4% to 12,259… continue reading »

LG Chem and Johnson Controls Score Highest in New Pike Research Assessment of Electric Vehicle Battery Manufacturers

6 Feb, 19:00

The electric vehicle (EV) battery industry is entering a mature phase. While some companies have been developing products for as long as 15 years, others are less than a decade old. The earliest development efforts focused on nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) and lead-acid batteries, but today companies and automakers have standardized on lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries. The Li-ion automotive market is currently led by Japanese and Korean companies that … continue reading »