CB&I and Clariant announced its new Ziegler-Natta (ZN) polypropylene catalyst production plant in Louisville, Kentucky, is on schedule to begin production in 2015. The plant is part of a long-term strategic partnership between ...
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Triumph Group, Inc. reported financial results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2015, which ended June 30, 2014. Highlights: -Net sales for first quarter fiscal year 2015 were $896.9 million -Operating income for first quarter ...
Culp Home Fashions, a leading marketer of mattress fabrics for bedding and a division of Culp, Inc. has announced plans to invest $9.5 million in the company’s mattress fabrics operations. This capital project is designed to support ...
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Australian iron ore giant Rio Tinto has announced its financial results for the first half of 2014, posting a net profit of US$4.4 billion in the given period, increasing from a net profit of US$1.7 billion in the same period of the ...
Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest has announced that Black Iron Inc. has received the fourth and final installment payment of $5 million from Metinvest as part of the previously announced closing schedule for the ...
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After recently unveiling the world’s largest terry towel plant, Trident Group aims to surpass the bounds of being the world’s largest integrated home textile manufacturer and continues to expand and modernize its capacities ...
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The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has revised the time of gas supply to captive power plants of the large-scale textile spinning industry at the request of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Punjab, reports The ...
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Global steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced that it is currently mining and shipping 5 million mt of iron ore per year in Liberia from its operations in Yekepa and Buchanan. The company is also working on an expansion project that will ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA has set a record for cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) research cell conversion efficiency of 21.0%, as certified at the Technology and Applications Center (TAC) PV Lab of Newport Corp. The cell ...
WhiteWave Foods, a leading consumer packaged food and beverage company that makes Silk, Horizon, International Delight and Earthbound Farm products, has announced green building certification of its beverage manufacturing facility in ...
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Beginning with the 2015 model year, Ram will become the first automaker to adopt the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) J2807 standardized tow rating practices across all three fullsize pickup truck segments, including the ½-ton ...
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Every year in the month August NITRA offers a bouquet of intensive manpower training programs on distance learning mode to help the aspiring and existing textile & garment industry professionals. The programs enable them to update ...
Analog Devices Inc (ADI) of Norwood, MA, USA (which provides semiconductors for signal processing applications) has commenced a tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of Hittite Microwave Corp of Chelmsford, MA, USA ...
Custom Building Products’ Emerald System of products were used by the builders and developers of Township 14 to pursue LEED Gold certification as well as gain carbon offset credits. The builders and developers of Township 14, a ...
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Leading outdoor furniture manufacturer Agio International has signed a lease with, and will be a part of, the Las Vegas Market starting in July 2015. This long-term lease will find Agio International anchoring the 12th floor of Building C ...
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