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Spire reported record revenues from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2010 of $79.8 million, a 14.3% increase from $69.9 million in 2009. Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2010 was $0.4 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $5.3 million, or $0.63 per diluted share, for the same period of 2009. These results include a gain on the sale of the assets of its Medical Device business to Bard Access Systems, Inc. of $1.6 million, net of a tax provision of $1.0 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, for 2010 and a gain of $5.5 million, net of a tax provision of $2.2 million, or $0.66 per diluted share for 2009. In addition, the Company recorded gains of $1.9 million and $3.1 million, respectively, on terminations of contracts for 2010 and 2009. Spire‘s revenues for the fourth- quarter ended December 31, 2010 were $18.0 mil- lion from continuing operations, a decrease of 8.6% from $19.7 million in the fourth-quarter of 2009. Net loss for the quarter was $0.2 million, or $0.02 per di- luted share, compared to net income of $4.3 million, or $0.52 per diluted share, for the fourth-quarter of 2009.
Furthermore, Spire is providing a 20 megawatt (MW) solar PV module line to Tecnometal Equipamentos (Tecnometal) of San Paulo, Brazil.
http://www.SpireCorp.com
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hermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) announced plans for a new manufacturing
facility in China within the Suzhou Science and Technology Town – part of the company‘s strategy to aggressively expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific region. The new facility, scheduled for completion in early 2012, will develop and manufacture laboratory instruments, equipment and consumables for China‘s
growing life sciences markets. The project will play an important role in the future growth of the Suzhou New District, which has been designated as a cen- ter for technology development. The new Suzhou Science and Technology Town is a key component of the regional plan developed by the Jiangsu Province and Suzhou municipality to create a technology- based infrastructure. http:/
www.thermofisher.com
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OK and CEA-Leti announced that TOK will join the new industry/research multi-partner program
IMAGINE that is developing maskless lithography for IC manufacturing. The three-year project is led by CEA-Leti, a research center committed to crea- ting and commercializing innovation in micro- and nanotechnologies, and also includes semiconductor manufacturers TSMC and STMicroelectronics. It is evaluating a maskless lithography infrastructure and the use of MAPPER Lithography tools for high throughput. The multiple e-beam-lithography pro- gram covers a global approach to the technology, including tool assessment, patterning and process integration, data handling, prototyping and cost analysis.
http://www.tok.co.jp/en/ T
ronox Inc. (
TROX.PK) announced price increases for all grades of its titanium dioxide effective
April 1, or as contracts allow. The new prices in Europe/Middle East/Africa markets is EUR225 per ton or $300 per ton in U.S. dollar markets; Asia Pacific, $300 per ton; Australia, $300 per ton; Japan, Yen 40 per kilogram; Latin America markets, $300 per ton. Other increases may be announced locally within each region. Tronox is one of the five largest produ- cers and marketers of titanium dioxide pigment, used
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