The Foodservice Packaging Institute, Inc. (FPI) and QSR magazine announced the kick-off of the 2013 Foodservice Packaging Awards competition to honor industry innovation. This year's contest will mark the seventh time the trade association ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Foodservice Packaging
EGC Critical Components has selected Victrex® PEEK for a self-actuated abeyance seal system in one of the most performance-critical industries, nuclear energy generation. The material selection and design of this application was ...
Canadian distributor Market Solutions International, which services the oil sands region of Canada, recently purchased 100% recycled STRUXURE® Construction Mats from AXION. The 16 ft long mats are to be used in Northern Alberta as a ...
Designed to capture and sync a bottle's unique serialized label with its individual line code, the LabelSync 450 Vision Module can handles bottles 30-1,500 milliliters in volume at speeds up to 300 per minute. Seamlessly compatible with a ...
In a trading update for first-half 201, epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says it expects first-half performance to be ahead of market expectations, with revenue approaching £63m, EBITDA (earnings ...
Tags: IQE, Electrical
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has signed an agreement with Public Service Company ...
Tags: Solar Power Plants, Electrical
Construction expenditures in China are expected to rise 8.5 percent per annum in real terms through 2017. Ongoing urbanization and industrialization, rising income levels, further population and household growth, and the government’s ...
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Monday that US raw steel production rose 1.2 percent in the week ending July 20, following a 0.3 percent increase the previous week and a 3 percent increase the week prior. Total raw ...
Tags: Weekly Steel, Mineral
On July 22, Beijing-based state-owned China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) announced that the new high-speed wire rod production line of Sichuan Province-based Chinese steel producer Weiyuan Iron and Steel Co. has commenced ...
Tags: Weiyuan Steel, Wire Rod Line
Australia's third-biggest iron ore producer Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (Fortescue) has announced its operating results for the second quarter of the current year. Fortescue CEO Nev Power pointed out that the company cut costs by 18 percent ...
Tags: Fortescue, Iron Ore Demand
Germany's Federal Cartel Office Bundeskartellamt has announced the imposition of further fines amounting to almost €100 million on eight rail companies in a case involving price fixing for train track rails, with Essen-based ...
Tags: Rail Cartel Case, Cartel Office
Cremona-based Italian steel producer Arvedi Group has stated it is interested in leasing Ferriera di Servola, the Trieste-based iron and coke producing unit of Italy's second-largest steelmaker Lucchini, and may subsequently buy the plant. ...
Tags: Steelmaker, Mineral
As of July 22, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 73.45 million mt, indicating a decrease of 0.84 million mt or 1.33 percent week on week, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the same date, the ...
Tags: Iron Ore Inventory, Chinese Ports
Alacero, the Latin American steel association, reported Monday that apparent finished steel use was 28 million tons between January-May 2013, similar to the same period in 2012. Finished steel production reached 23 million tons, 1 percent ...
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that during last week (July 15-21) the average steel price in China rose by 0.3 percent compared to the previous week. In particular, in the given week prices in China of 145 mm x 20 mm hot ...
Tags: Average Steel, Slight Rise