Companies should be using the high dollar as an opportunity to invest in businesses offshore, says Francesco de Ferrari, a senior private banker with Credit Suisse. "Big companies should go on a shopping spree. The entrepreneurs get it ...
Tags: Credit Suisse Banker, economy
France’s exports values of basic steel products and ferroalloy totaled €2.4 billion in the first quarter of this year, falling by 11.8% year on year, according to data released by the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and ...
Tags: Steel Products, Steel
The video, a spoof of Coca-Cola adverts featuring youngsters drinking the beverage, while seabirds fall to the ground dying, has been released by Greenpeace. Greenpeace’s beef with Coca-Cola Amatil stems from Coke’s decision ...
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'Everything that can become digital will become digital – and print is no exception'; discuss. Well, actually, no need. An instinctive handle on digital technology comes hard-wired into the DNA these days; just check out the natural ...
Tags: Packaging, Packaging Industry
The inability to secure finance is a significant barrier to SME winning tenders in the resources industry, a new report commissioned by Australia’s export credit agency (EFIC) has found. The survey of 2,000 Australian SME showed ...
Tags: Finance, SME Growth
IACSC and IARW have published The Guide to Effective Warehouse Design, Maintenance, and Modernization, which provides engineers and operators of refrigerated warehouses with design, maintenance and repair guidelines for all major structures ...
Top industry speakers from big names, including Marks & Spencer and B&Q, will be descending on Birmingham's NEC next month to take part in the Total Processing and Packaging Exhibition's seminar programme. The show runs from 4-6 June and ...
According to the survey published last Wedsday, global consumer confidence raised in Q1, especialy the U.S, Japan and northern Europe. Nielsen's survey showed that Indonesia has become the most optimistic consumers market in the world, ...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, economy
TMK, one of the major steel pipe producers in Russia shipped 1.058 million tons of steel pipes in the first quarter of this year, remaining flat from a quarter ago. Among them, 625,000 tons were seamless steel pipes, down by 1.2% year on ...
Tags: Steel Pipe, Steel
Reportedly, France’s steel pipe maker Vallourec posted a net profit of €35 million for the first quarter of this year, soaring by 21% year on year. In the given period of time, the company’s sales revenues totaled ...
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Dr. A Sakthivel welcomed the move by RBI to lower the repo rates by 25 BSP. He said, On behalf of the entire Textiles Industry I welcome move by RBI to lower the repo cut by 25 bsp. These measures will spur the demand and boost the ...
Tags: AEPC Chairman, Repo Rate
GreenBlue's Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) held its Spring Conference recently in San Francisco, bringing together professionals from companies, government agencies and other non-profits interested not only in packaging ...
Tags: How2Recycle, Label, Packaging
Turkey imported 33,752 tons of stainless steel flat products in March, rising by 18.9% from a month ago and increasing by 6.8% year on year, according to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). In March, the ...
Ezz Steel, the largest steelmaker in Egypt posted a net profit of EGP 8 million for 2012, slumping from EGP 202 million in a year ago. Meanwhile, Ezz Steel realized sales revenues of EGP19.8 million, rising by 6% year on year. Ezz Steel ...
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The 500 intermittent-motion leak-resistant stretch overwrapper is designed for red meat, pork, poultry and produce, and features an open stainless steel frame and a wrap rate of up to 40 trays per minute. The 500im uses servo-driven ...
Tags: Overwrapper, Packaging