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Designers Discuss What Their Clients Are Asking for When It Comes to New Furniture
Aug 12, 2013Every market has style trends, and it is important to understand current color and decor influences. But the bottom line is that design must also make money, and consumer preference is one of the most important factors to consider in the ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
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Kingsdown Said It Has Successfully Previewed Its High-Tech Sleep Smart Bed
Aug 12, 2013Top 15 bedding producer Kingsdown said it has successfully previewed its high-tech Sleep Smart bed with a group of retailers and is showing an enhanced version of the system at the Las Vegas Market. The Sleep Smart system uses technology ...
Tags: bedding, Furnishing
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The Net Margin of Rio Tinto Falls by 18 Percent in H1
Aug 12, 2013Australian iron ore giant Rio Tinto has announced its financial results for the first half of 2013, registering decreased earnings amid lower average market prices and a higher effective tax rate. However, the decrease in the company's ...
Tags: Net Profit, Rio Tinto
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The Net Margin of NMDC Falls by 17.5 Percent in June Quarter
Aug 12, 2013Indian state-owned miner National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) has announced its financial results for the first quarter ended on June 30 of the financial year 2013-14. In the first quarter, NMDC's net profit decreased by 17.5 ...
Tags: miner, net profit
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The Improvment of North American Railroad Carloads of Steel and Scrap in July
Aug 12, 2013The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday that total US rail traffic was mixed for July 2013, with intermodal setting a new July record for average weekly volume and carload volume decreasing slightly overall compared ...
Tags: Railroad Carloads, Steel
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New Orders for Hot Rolled Steel Products in German Steel Market Increase by 3% in Q2
Aug 12, 2013New orders for hot rolled steel products received in the German steel market increased three percent in the second quarter of this year compared to the second quarter of the previous year, according to the German steel federation ...
Tags: Steel Market
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China's PPI Decreased by 2.3 Percent While CPI Increase of 2.7 Percent,According to NBS
Aug 12, 2013In July of the current year, China's producer price index (PPI) decreased by 2.3 percent year on year and was down 0.3 percent month on month, according to data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on August 9. In the ...
Tags: price index
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The Export Volume of US Steel Has a Decrease Represented by NAFTA in June
Aug 12, 2013The American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) reported that based on US Government data, steel exports declined in June compared to May by 8.5 percent. "Exports declined in every major steel export market in June, with over 86 ...
Tags: Steel Export
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The Yield of Fujian Sangang's Crude Stee Increases by 22 Percent in H1
Aug 12, 2013Fujian Province-based Chinese steelmaker Fujian Sangang (Group) Co. has announced that in the first half of the current year its crude steel output totaled 3.9416 million mt, up 22.26 percent year on year, on the back of improvements in ...
Tags: Fujian Sangang, Crude Steel Output
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IWLA Announces a Series of Premier Educational Events Focused Solely on Business Growth
Aug 12, 2013The International Warehouse Logistics Association has announced a series of premier educational events focused solely on business growth and development for warehouse-based third-party logistics professionals. The events are tailored to ...
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The Yield of British France's Metal Industry Falls by 0.7% in Q2 From Q1
Aug 12, 2013According to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), the country's manufacturing production in June this year decreased 0.4 percent compared to May, after a month-on-month decrease ...
Tags: Metal Industry, basic metals
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Cardium Files for Excellagen Advanced Wound Care Product Based on Research and Activities
Aug 12, 2013Cardium Therapeutics has filed a new 510(k) submission for its current FDA-cleared Excellagen advanced wound care product based on the company's supplemental research and development activities. The new 510(k) submission describes ...
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Tetra Pak Has Supplied The Cawston Press with Resealable 330ml Cartons
Aug 12, 2013Swedish food packaging and processing company Tetra Pak has supplied the UK-based apple juice manufacturer Cawston Press with resealable 330ml cartons. The DreamCap closure on the 330ml Tetra Prisma Aseptic carton has also been developed ...
Tags: food packaging, Tetra Pak
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Pamarco Technologies Has Acquired Absolute Engineering for an Undisclosed Value
Aug 12, 2013US-based Pamarco Technologies, a manufacturer and distributor of components for the printing industry, has acquired Absolute Engineering for an undisclosed value. According to Brabners, the company's corporate associate Mark Traynor led ...
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Va-Q-Tec Has Announced The Opening of a US Office in East Rutherford , New Jersey
Aug 12, 2013German developer and manufacturer of vacuum insulation panel (VIP) va-Q-tec has announced the opening of a US office in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in a bid to expand into the North American market. The new presence will allow the ...
Tags: vacuum insulation panel
