India's industrial production indicated a contraction of 2.2 percent year on year in June this year, according to government data released on August 12. A cumulative year-on-year decline of 1.1 percent was observed for the April-June ...
Tags: Industrial Production
Nigeria’s Bank of Industry (BoI) has announced that about N56.48 billion of the N100 billion Cotton, Textiles and Garmenting (CTG) Revival Fund allocated by the Federal Government has been distributed till date. This was ...
Tags: Cotton, Textiles, Garmenting
After posting anemic growth of 0.1% in 2012, Latin America's manufacturing sector is poised for moderate growth through 2014, according to a new report. The Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation's Latin America ...
Tags: Processing Machinery, Machinery
Laser markets keep on an even keel 31 Jul 2013 Longbow Research finds vendors reporting no rude surprises, while fiber laser players continue to tussle. Materials processing The fortunes of US laser vendors during the second quarter of ...
Tags: Laser markets, Electrical, Electronics
Air Liquide Group, the world's largest industrial gas producer by revenue, has launched the second phase of its investment program, called Tengfei II, in China this year. The program caters to the country's growing demand for oxygen, ...
Tags: Clean Energy Boom
In the January-July period of this year, China's total fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) amounted to RMB 22.1722 trillion ($3.6 trillion), up 20.1 percent year on year, the same as the year-on-year growth recorded in ...
Tags: Fixed Asset
According to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), the country's manufacturing production in June this year decreased 0.4 percent compared to May, after a month-on-month decrease ...
Tags: Metal Industry, basic metals
June May Increase Rate over Last Month Historical Average in June Manufacturing PMI 50.1 50.8 -0.7 52.1 Production Index 52 53.3 -1.3 ...
Tags: China, economy, Manufacturing Purchasing
June May Increase Rate over Last Month Historical Average in June Non-manufacturing PMI 53.9 54.3 -0.4 57 New Orders Index 50.3 50.1 0.2 ...
In a move to boost automotive manufacturing sector in the country, the Australian Government has provided A$200m($180m) support package to the industry. The new package has been announced following the criticism from automotive industry ...
WESTEC, the leading West Coast manufacturing event, returns to California amidst an encouraging environment that has seen a measurable increase in exports, production, overall employment growth, and recent legislation designed to enhanced ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Business confidence levels are showing signs of stabilising, with the year-end outlook for profits, sales, employment and capital investment beginning to level out. After declining through much of the year, initial expectations for the ...
According to Voice of China “peak evening news” reported today, “the new EU Toy Safety Directive” into effect. The EU is the world’s second largest after the U.S. toy consumer market, while the EU market, more ...
The Australian Federal Government has awarded $7.3 million to 13 automotive suppliers to help them “develop new markets beyond the automotive sector”. With Ford having announced it will close its manufacturing operations in ...
Tags: Automotive Suppliers
Oil prices surged on Thursday as economic data around the globe added optimism to economic growth. In the week ending July 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial jobless benefits claims decreased 19,000 to 326, 000, the ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Global Growth Optimism