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KOLKATA: India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) estimates a possible refinancing opportunity for more than Rs 56000 crore out of the total debt of Rs 1.73 lakh crore across various infra sub-sectors in its portfolio till FY19. Of this, solar is expected to be in the forefront in terms of the number of deals with refinancing to the tune of 33%,...

Cologne – Specialty chemicals company LANXESS has successfully completed the acquisition of U.S. company Chemtura, one of the world’s leading suppliers of flame retardant and lubricant additives, earlier than originally expected effective April 21, 2017. All required regulatory authorities have cleared the transaction. Already in February 2017, Chemtura’s shareholders voted to approve the acquisition. With a total enterprise value...

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) today introduced Check Point Infinity, a revolutionary cyber security architecture designed to meet the critical security needs of enterprise organizations. Check Point Infinity is the first consolidated security across networks, cloud, and mobile, providing unparalleled threat prevention to keep customers protected against the growing number of cyber-attacks. “Check Point Infinity is the culmination of...

New Delhi: India’s solar power prices may be set to fall below those of thermal (coal) energy. This is based on an expected cost of around Rs2.90 per unit for the solar power projects at Bhadla in Rajasthan that have received 51 bids. This price is less than the average rate of power generated by the coal-fuelled projects of India’s...

TOKYO—Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) announced that high performance train propulsion systems it has delivered to Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. have entered service today driving the “Revaty,” Tobu’s new series 500 trains. The unchallenged benefits of Toshiba’s advanced permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) include a 97% rated energy efficiency and a totally enclosed design that eliminates the need for cleaning throughout...

April 19, 2017 – Mouser Electronics, Inc., the New Product Introduction (NPI) leader that empowers innovation, is now stocking LPC546xx 32-bit microcontrollers from NXP Semiconductors. These flexible and scalable devices dramatically improve dynamic power consumption and provide advanced peripherals that enable designers to create building control, communication, automotive infotainment and navigation, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The NXP LPC546xx-M4...

April 19, 2017 – Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry's leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is now stocking the SCALE-2 IGBT gate drivers from Power Integrations. These extremely flexible insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) gate driver cores integrate commonly required driver functions — including galvanic isolation, protection, and DC/DC conversion...

April 20, 2017 – Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry's leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is now stocking the DURIS E 2835 LEDs from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors. Aimed at providing uniform, homogeneous light distribution, the DURIS E 2835 family are mid-power light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that combine good efficacy and a...

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) reported net revenue of $581 million for its third quarter of fiscal 2017 ended March 25, 2017, a 5% increase from the $551 million revenue recorded in the prior quarter, and a 5% increase from the same quarter of last year. Tunc Doluca, President and Chief...

Munich, April 20, 2017 -- The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) estimates that more than 75 billion devices will be networked worldwide by the year 2025. Network operators are working now to prepare their networks for this virtually unending number of IoT wireless modules, with a focus on device categories Cat 1, Cat M1 and Cat NB1. Too many IoT devices...