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| Glass/glass touch panel by Kyocera now available up to 19 inches |
| LCD touch panels by Kyocera |
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Kyoto/Neuss, 22 March 2010 – The Japanese technology corporation Kyocera, a pioneer in the field of fine ceramic products and a manufacturer of industrial liquid crystal displays (LCDs), is extending its touch panel line. The touch-sensitive displays are now available in sizes of up to 19 inches. Compared with film on glass systems, the new glass on glass technology achieves higher reliability and enhanced image presentation.
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| KYOCERA’s Recrystallized Ruby Used in CASIO G-Shock Watch Design |
| First use for unique gemstone material in a decorative application |
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Kyoto/Neuss, 23 March 2010 — Kyocera Corporation today announced that the company’s recrystallized ruby — also known as ‘created ruby’ — has been employed for the first time in a decorative design application as watch parts. Previously the company’s original crystal technology, which produces synthetic gemstones with crystalline structures identical to naturally occurring gemstones, was only used for traditional jewelry applications.
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| 215 watts and 14.4% efficiency: New high-performance module from the KD series |
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Kyoto / Neuss, 09 March 2010 − The Japanese technology corporation Kyocera, one of the leading manufacturers in the photovoltaic field, is bringing a new solar module from the successful KD series onto the market. With its high nominal output, extreme stability under mechanical pressure and optimized junction box, the new KD215GH-2PU fulfils high requirements in every field.
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| KYOCERA’s Recrystallized Ruby Used in CASIO G-Shock Watch Design |
| First use for unique gemstone material in a decorative application |
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| Kyoto/Neuss, 23 March 2010 — Kyocera Corporation today announced that the company’s recrystallized ruby — also known as ‘created ruby’ — has been employed for the first time in a decorative design application as watch parts. Previously the company’s original crystal technology, which produces synthetic gemstones with crystalline structures identical to naturally occurring gemstones, was only used for traditional jewelry applications.
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| 215 watts and 14.4% efficiency: New high-performance module from the KD series |
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| Kyoto / Neuss, 09 March 2010 − The Japanese technology corporation Kyocera, one of the leading manufacturers in the photovoltaic field, is bringing a new solar module from the successful KD series onto the market. With its high nominal output, extreme stability under mechanical pressure and optimized junction box, the new KD215GH-2PU fulfils high requirements in every field.
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| KYOCERA Develops World’s Fastest Thermal Printhead for Card Printers |
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| Kyoto/ Neuss, 08 March 2010 — Kyocera Corporation announced that it has successfully developed the new KLE Series thermal printhead for desktop card printers used to print onto rigid materials such as ID cards and credit cards. The new printhead is capable of 300-dpi, full-color, high-resolution printing at 50mm per second — the industry’s highest speed*1 for this type of printhead. The company started mass production March 1, 2010.
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| Kyocera starts manufacturing of solar modules in the USA |
| New plant in San Diego |
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| Kyoto / Neuss, 05 March 2010 – The Japanese technology corporation Kyocera, one of the leading manufacturers in the photovoltaic field, plans to begin manufacturing solar modules in California, to serve the U.S. market’s growing demand for clean energy. The expansion will contribute to Kyocera’s plans to achieve a new milestone in its solar module manufacturing – attaining global production capacity of one gigawatt per year, by March 2013.
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| Kyocera Announces Upward Revision of Annual Solar Cell Production to 1GW by March 2013 |
| Aiming to provide greater number of solar products to meet increasing global demand |
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| Kyoto / Neuss, 03 March 2010 – The Japanese technology corporation Kyocera, one of the leading manufacturers in the photovoltaic field, will increase its annual solar cell production targets to meet the growing demand for solar energy products in the global market. New targets aim for an incremental increase to 1 gigawatt (GW) per year by March 2013 — 2.5 times more than the current fiscal year 2010 production volume of 400MW.
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| Kyocera achieves 16.6% efficiency with polycrystalline solar modules |
| World record in conversion efficiency |
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| Kyoto/Neuss, 19 February 2010 − The Japanese technology corporation Kyocera, one of the leading manufacturers in the solar sector, has achieved an efficiency of 16.6 per cent with polycrystalline solar modules. This success is the result of Kyocera’s proprietary back-contact technology.
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Daniela Faust Manager Corporate Communications e-mail: daniela.faust@kyocera.de
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