Chinese shares ended higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index surging 3.13 percent, or 134.06 points, to finish at 4,417.55 points. The Shenzhen Component Index soared 3.10 percent, or 454.74 points, to close at ...
Costs - related to areas like more efficient manufacturing processes, applications, use of energy and logistics – were a major focus of attention at the European Coatings Show (ECS) in Nuremberg, Germany, in April. The three-day ...
Asian polyethylene terephthalate production margins remain in positive territory despite a sharp fall in PET prices Wednesday, May 13, underpinned by seasonal demand peak and even sharper falls in feedstock prices, Platts data shows. ...
The U.S. consumer price index (CPI) for jewelry dropped 3.5 percent year on year to 165.6 points in March, which was basically unchanged from February. Comparatively, the CPI for watches was basically flat, or up 0.2 percent year on year, ...
The Pakistan Mercantile Exchange (PMEX) has re-launched International Cotton (ICotton) contract which is duly approved by Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), it said in a statement. The contract aims to offer opportunities ...
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Sun Chemical Performance Pigments is introducing to ormulators a variety of new pigment shades which expand the color gamut for architectural, industrial and automotive coatings applications. Additionally, experts from Sun Chemical and DIC, ...
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Methods Workshop, the leading provider of engineering and costing software solutions for the fashion and sewn products industries, is set to present its recently redesigned costing software solutions at the Texprocess trade fair in ...
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Australia’s packaging company Amcor will be acquiring the internal tobacco packaging operations of Souza Cruz in Brazil for $30m (BRL96m). Majority-owned by British American Tobacco, Souza Cruz is considered to be one of the ...
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Registration is now open for the longest-running polyurethanes conference in North America. The 2015 Polyurethanes Technical Conference, hosted by the Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council, brings ...
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Advanced weaving technology producer Picanol reached an impressive milestone this week when the 20,000th OptiMax rapier weaving machine rolled off the production line at its plant in Ypres, Belgium. “The first OptiMax which was ...
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Sheffield City Council has unveiled exciting new plans that will transform the heart of Sheffield city centre and significantly increase its ranking as a key performing retail centre in the UK. The proposed £480m scheme, designed ...
Chevrolet said that the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro will be 200 pounds lighter than its predecessor, which will help the vehicle provide better handling, acceleration and fuel economy when compared to its previous model. According to the ...
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Cotton Council International is organising an ‘Invitation only’ Seminar Evening on April 10, 2015 at Trident Oberoi, Mumbai. The Seminar will offer useful insights on the global scenario of cotton and the cotton textile ...
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Researchers at University of Notre Dame (UND) in the USA have claimed record high breakdown voltage for aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN/GaN) lateral Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) on silicon [Mingda Zhu et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, ...
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South African retailer Woolworths is on a mission to save water and to do so, is changing store designs in its retail store network across the whole African continent. The retailer has set out to drastically reduce the amount of water ...
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