According to the statistics released by the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, in the first five months of this year France's basic steel product and ferroalloy exports amounted to a value of €4.02 billion, increasing by ...
The U.S. is looking for concessions from China to kick start international negotiations on liberalizing trade in high-technology products. Trade Representative Michael Froman told reporters the U.S. wants to resolve differences with China ...
Tags: liberalizing trade, business, economy
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in June for the 13th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 61st consecutive month, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Retailing in India is one of the pillars of its economy and accounts for 14 to 15 percent of its GDP. The Indian retail market is estimated to be US 500 billion dollars and one of the top five retail markets in the world by economic value. ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories, Textile
The price of palladium, hitting $865 an ounce on Friday, made a notable record. It hasn't, as Reuters notes, traded so high since February 2001. What's more, it also surged by highs it hit back in 2011 when it traded in the mid-$800s an ...
Tags: palladium, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) announced on June 17 the withdrawal of FIT certifications for 144 solar plant facilities with capacities totaling 290MW. While there are 288 approved PV projects totaled at 1950MW ...
Tags: Solar, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
China's massive investments in LED manufacturing capacity are paying off, with a Chinese company entering the top 10 global ranking (by revenue) of packaged LED makers for the first time, according to the IHS LED Intelligence Service of ...
Tags: LED, LED Market, LED Suppliers
At present, the annual sales of stationery market is100 billion yuan or above, and grows by the size of more than 20% every year, a large stationery procurement market is rapidly forming pulled by smallware.With the sustained and rapid ...
Dubai has announced plans to build the largest shopping mall in the world under a giant glass dome. The mall ranks as one of the most ambitious projects ever attempted in the emirate – even by the elevated standards of the region. ...
Tags: Shopping Centre, Service, Lighting
Now that the world has come to rely heavily on the Asian economy, countries in the region need to contribute to its stability if they wish to win investor confidence. One company acutely aware of this is General Motors. America's largest ...
Tags: Asian Economy
Back in 2010, the European Union's Ad-Hoc Working Group on Defining Critical Raw Materials published its first criticality analysis for raw materials. Its goal was fairly simple: to define the raw materials critical to the EU’s ...
Tags: Tantalum, Raw Materials
Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials, fabrics, leather, technical textiles and composite materials, announces the opening of its South Korean subsidiary. Lectra has been ...
Tags: Textile
PPG Industries has announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Consorcio Comex, S.A. de C.V. ("Comex"), an architectural and industrial coatings company with headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico. The transaction is valued ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Coating
The recycling of beverage cartons in Europe has reached 42% in 2013, according to new data provided by the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE). Compared to 2012, it represents a 3% rise, while the total recovery rate, ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, beverage cartons
Recycling and preparing for reuse of packaging waste is to be increased to 80% (by weight) by 2030 with individual materials? required to recycle more. Paper, ferrous metal, aluminium and glass have been set a 90% target while plastic ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Paper Recycling