Paperlinx's net loss was $266.7 million for the year to 30 June, 2012, compared to the $108 million loss to the end of June, 2011. Investors were told on 26 June that the expected loss for the year would be $171 million. Chairman Harry ...
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As more places around the world seek to ban or limit plastic bags, Malaysia's plastics industry association believes it's persuaded the national government to look at alternatives beyond more bans. The Southeast Asian nation of 27 million ...
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While a weak domestic market has hurt Malaysia's plastics processors, economic problems in Europe and Japan have actually given them an unexpected lift as companies are outsourcing more to Malaysia to reduce their own costs, a top official ...
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There are a hundred reasons to replace your light fittings, probably a million: the main one being, 'if you switch out your old fixtures for more energy-efficient ones, you'll save yourself some money'. But it's not just homeowners who ...
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Today BMW unveiled its first BMW i Store in Park Lane,London.The store offers a completely new brand experience focused on sustainable mobility. "BMW i Park Lane marks a completely new approach,"commented Ian Robertson,Member of the ...
In China, surplus capacity and sliding prices are sounding the death knell for half of the companies making light emitting diode (LED) chips used in Samsung television panels and Sharp computer monitors, with only the large, state-backed ...
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In China, surplus capacity and sliding prices are sounding the death knell for half of the companies making light emitting diode (LED) chips used in Samsung television panels and Sharp computer monitors, with only the large, state-backed ...
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Oman Daily Observer reported that cement sector players in Oman are scaling up their production capacity to meet the ever rising local demand and also from the countrys export markets like Yemen and some East African nations. Till recently, ...
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Tucked into a corner of town is a company where the cutting edge is part of everyday life. SOG Specialty Knives and Tools Inc. grew from a niche business in 1986 in the apartment of owner Spencer Frazer in Santa Monica, Calif., to one that ...
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Paperlinx is looking for a new chief financial officer following the news that Tony Kennedy will retire on June 22. Kennedy has been with the financially-troubled paper company for 22 years, having been CFO of the company's North American ...
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Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, made it very clear after the Keystone XL pipeline was rejected by the U.S. that Canada would be seeking other markets for its natural resources. Indeed, he has wasted no time pursuing that goal, and ...
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Industrial valve revenues will rise to nearly $65 billion in 2017 up from $51 billion this year. This prediction is included in the Industrial Valves: World Markets report published by the McIlvaine Company. The big growth (nearly $8 ...
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After reeling under acute power shortage, the State Government is actively looking at making usage of Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) bulbs mandatory across all households in Karnataka,� as a measure to reduce power consumption. ...
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At the end of 2009, following back-to-back years of devastating, unparalleled loses, most industry executives said the upcoming year couldn't get any worse. Well, on one hand they were essentially correct. But, just because things didn't ...
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