One Commerce Department official expressed in an interview that China’s self-sufficiency in rice is over 98%. Rations including rice will be in abundant supply. The price rise at home and abroad led to the import rice’s growth. ...
Tags: China, rice, import&export
Domestic prices of Chinese herbal medicine have increased since 2009, which severely impacted foreign trade of Chinese herbal medicine. The export of Chinese herbal and Chinese herbal pieces is 200,000, by 31% year on year. The export ...
Tags: Chinese Herbal Medicine, Medicine, China
Hydraulic Institute (HI) has introduced CD Version 3.1, its latest offering of ANSI/HI Standards presented in CD format. An update of an earlier CD offering, the new release is “state of the art” and contains a full set of all ...
Tags: Volume Metering Pumps, Rotodynamic Pumps, Submersible Pumps
The Food Hoses made from polyurethane of the Master-PUR range were tested by an independent institute according to the most stringent requirements of the food industry. The result: the entire range has been awarded the sought-after ...
Tags: Food Hoses, food industry, food grade hoses
Three representatives of the European Commission have agreed to speak to the industry. The conference aims to help European pump manufacturers implement correctly the Ecodesign regulations for water pumps and circulators. The conference ...
Tags: pump manufacturers, water pumps, circulators
The 300th mud pump in the TPK 2200 series successfully completed its trial run on the 6 and 7 November 2012 after it was put through its paces in a rigorous 48 hour endurance test. The pump is part of an order for Aker Solutions, the ...
The Province of Missan has emerged as a major oil producer in Iraq as more of its oil fields come on stream. Ali Muaarij, the head of Missan Oil Company, said foreign firms are developing these fields and currently the province produces ...
Tags: oil, Iraq, oil industry
A non-dimmable, single-stage architecture seeks to minimize the bill of materials for LED A-lamps, thereby opening the market to greater SSL adoption. Power IC specialist iWatt has introduced a single-stage LED driver IC that is ...
Tags: LED A-lamps, SSL adoption, lighting
Minister for Industry Greg Combet says manufacturers should not sit back and wait for a fall in the Australian dollar – they must change with the times or risk failure. Mr Combet’s warning, reported by The Australian ...
Iraq has again told Exxon Mobil that it must choose between working in its southern oilfields or in Kurdistan. Reuters reports that Oil Minister Abdul Kareem Luaibi [Elaibi] expects the company to make a final decision within a few days, ...
Germany/Austria - Lighting designer Tino Weinhardt from Dessauer based rental company i:TECS Germany recently lit two high profile gala fundraiser events - in Munich and Vienna - for the Ronald McDonald Kinderhilfe. Together, these ...
Tags: Robe Lights, Lighting design, ECS Germany
India - A Milos MR5 roof system was recently used for a high profile open-air concert by Oscar award winning Indian megastar A R Rahman, staged at the YMCA Grounds in Chennai, India. Organised by popular Tamil broadcaster Jaya TV, the event ...
Tags: Milos MR5 roof system, lighting, India
UK - A squad of Clay Paky Sharpys proved the must-have gadgets for lighting designer Nick Gray at the latest Bond film premiere party at London's iconic Tate Modern. Gray, of London-based lighting creator Renegade, specified 24 ...
Tags: Clay Paky Sharpys, Nick Gray, lighting
UK - At midnight on New Year's Eve, the Mayor of London's New Year's Eve Firework Display celebrated an extraordinary year for the capital. Jack Morton Worldwide, the award winning global brand experience agency, created the display for the ...
Tags: Firework Display, London, Stage Electrics, lighting
Australia-based miner Royal Resources Limited has announced that it has completed the pre-feasibility study on its Razorback iron ore project in Adelaide, South Australia. Accordingly, Royal Resources anticipates an annual mining rate of ...