German automaker Daimler is planning to invest in commercial vehicle production in Brazil after winning an order for 2,884 heavy trucks from Brazilian agricultural development ministry. Mercedes-Benz do Brasil, a subsidiary of German ...
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Hyster, a part of NACCO Materials Handling Group, is set to commence the production of its new Hyster Reach Truck at the NMHG production plant in Masate, Italy. For this initiative, the company has closed the plant for four weeks in ...
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The Freudenberg Group is further expanding its strategic global network, adding to the existing offices in China and the USA. The two Regional Corporate Centers in India and Brazil were opened in June and July. The first began operating ...
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Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem will expand its domestic linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) production capacity with an investment of about BRL50m ($23m). With the expansion, the LLDPE production is expected to increase by ...
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Mercedes-Benz do Brasil, a subsidiary of German truckmaker Daimler Trucks, has received an order for 2,884 Mercedes-Benz Atron dump trucks from the Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA). All these trucks will be delivered to ...
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The earliest socks can be traced back to the 8th century with the word sock derived from the Latin word soccus, meaning “a light, low-heeled shoe”. Socks have come a long way since the 8th century, and in particular, ...
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CNOOC Limited announced that the Company, as part of a consortium comprised of Petrobras, Shell, Total and CNPC, has been awarded a 35-year production sharing contract to develop the Libra pre-salt oil discovery in the Santos Basin, ...
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Vitrum is always held in fall and hence near the end of the fiscal year. This makes it quite useful for assessing the progress made during the year and formulating an accurate forecast for the following year. And hence, as Vitrum opens ...
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World crude steel production in September showed an increase of 6.1 percent year on year, reaching 132.54 million metric tons, while a two percent growth was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association ...
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According to a report released by Alacero on Monday, finished steel apparent use in Latin America and the Caribbean reached 44.9 million tons from January to August 2013, similar to the same period of 2012. Finished steel production ...
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According to a statement released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD), Turkish crude steel production, which had been indicating a slowdown since the last quarter of 2012, exceeded 3 million mt in September, for the ...
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South Korea imported 4,055 mt of denatured ethanol from Brazil in September, after an absence of close to two years, according to customs data released Tuesday. Brazil last shipped 6,231 mt of denatured ethanol to South Korea in October ...
Brazil has imported more than US$ 5 billion worth of textiles between the period of January and September, 2013, as per the estimates of Brazilian Association of Textile and Apparel (ABIT). According to a statement issued by ABIT, the ...
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China's Dalian Commodity Exchange on Friday launched the country's first iron ore futures with physical delivery, which ended the trading day with smooth performance. The May 2014 contract, the most actively traded of the day, rising 1.77 ...
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AGC, a world-leading manufacturer of glass, chemicals and high-tech materials, announced today that AGC Glass Brazil, Inc. has started production of architectural glass at its industrial glass complex in Guaratinguetá, São ...