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At Least Three US PVC Producers Have Announced June Price Increases

May 24, 2013

At least three US PVC producers have announced June price increases, looking to increase June contracts by 2 cents/lb, sources said this week. The initiative was led by OxyVinyls, which announced an increase Monday, and was followed by ...

Tags: PVC Makers, Chemicals

DKL Has Selected a Number of 'ambassador' Stores for Its New Trix Tracks Brand

May 24, 2013

Selected 'Ambassador stores' will get special POS and demonstration space. DKL has selected a number of 'Ambassador' stores for its new Trix Tracks brand. The stores will offer the full Wonderworld range on dedicated fixtores with ...

Tags: DKL, Retail, Toys

Lenzing Will Sell 85 Percent of Its Shares in Lenzing Plastics

May 24, 2013

Lenzing AG, Austria, reports it will sell 85 percent of its shares in Lenzing Plastics GmbH to a consortium led by Invest AG, the investment arm of the Raiffeisen Banking Group Upper Austria. The sale is part of Lenzing's strategy to focus ...

Tags: Textile

Attendees "Loved The Play Zone" at Mums Show Live Last Weekend

May 24, 2013

Attendees "loved the play zone" at Mums Show Live last weekend. Play advice and toy review site Good Toy Guide enjoyed a busy stand at Mums Show Live last weekend. Parents and children flocked to the company's play zone between May 16th ...

Tags: Toys, Good Toy, Parents

The New Osram Light Finder APP

May 24, 2013

The new Osram Light Finder app helps you find the right lamp or luminaire in a few short steps Osram's Light Finder, an app that greatly simplifies the purchase of lamps and luminaires, is now available for immediate download. App users ...

Tags: Osram App, Lamps

Flair Is Launching The Kixi Scoot Safe Campaign This Summer

May 24, 2013

Firm to promote safety during the summer holidays among children aged three to five. Flair is launching the Kixi Scoot Safe Campaign this summer - complementing a TV strategy in promoting safety during the school holidays for youngesters. ...

Tags: Kixi, Toys, summer holidays

US Atlantic Coast Wholesale Gasoline-pump Price Spread Narrowed 8 Cents/gal Monday

May 24, 2013

The US Atlantic Coast wholesale gasoline-pump price spread narrowed 8 cents/gal Monday to the lowest level since early April, according to US Energy Information Administration data and Platts assessments. East Coast regular gasoline ...

Tags: Gasoline, Wholesale-Pump

US' Big Upstream Operator Newfield Exploration Has Opened Its Long-awaited Data Room

May 24, 2013

US' big upstream operator Newfield Exploration has opened its long-awaited data room for its Malaysia and China assets, three months after announcing it would exit its overseas operations to focus on North American resource plays, its CEO ...

Tags: Newfield, Chemicals

Nordson Corp Has Added VersaBlue? Plus Melters to Its Family of OptiBond?

May 24, 2013

Nordson Corp. — a Westlake, Ohio-based producer of precision dispensing, plastic extrusion, injection molding, electronics testing and inspection and surface preparation equipment — has added VersaBlue? Plus melters to its ...

Tags: Textile

Rapid Pace Has Traders Scrambling to Assess Constantly Moving Crude Differentials

May 24, 2013

The rapid pace of new US crude production has traders scrambling to assess constantly moving crude differentials as supporting infrastructure grows and changes the dynamics. Not long ago, there was too much crude in Cushing, Oklahoma, the ...

Tags: US Debottlenecking, Chemicals

Product Will Be Featured on The Show This Friday at 5pm

May 24, 2013

Product will be featured on the show this Friday at 5pm. Article has been amended to reflect the product's price change and improved features. Thames and Kosmos' new ‘Smart Car Robotics’ Augmented Reality Concept Car ...

Tags: AR Car, Toys, CBBC

SATO Corporation Celebrates 50 Years of Success Providing Handheld Labelers

May 24, 2013

SATO Corporation, a pioneer in Marking Solutions and a leader in barcode printing, labeling, and EPC/RFID solutions, celebrates 50 years of success providing handheld labelers to customers worldwide. In 1962, SATO introduced one of the ...

Tags: Textile, label

Yukos Was Preparing for a Game-changing Merger with Another Private Russian Oil Company

May 24, 2013

In 2003, Yukos was preparing for a game-changing merger with another private Russian oil company, Roman Abramovich's Sibneft, to create a 2.3 million b/d Russian oil producing giant. The deal was scuppered, however, in large part because ...

Tags: Yukos Demise, Giant Oil Producer

Bigjigs Toys Has Further Bolstered Its Headcount, Welcoming Two New Team Members

May 24, 2013

Bigjigs Toys has further bolstered its headcount, welcoming two new team members. Sarah Rowe-White has joined the company as e-commerce coordinator, with the remit of helping to reverse the devaluation of the Bigjigs Toys brand, which has ...

Tags: Toys, Brace, Bigjigs

The Following Column by Reed Langton Is Part of Modern's Other Voices Column

May 24, 2013

Editor’s Note: The following column by Reed Langton, senior application engineer, Bastian Solutions, is part of Modern’s Other Voices column. The series features ideas, opinions and insights from end users, analysts, systems ...

Tags: Automation, Machinery

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