Just at the end of the year, Voith has again been successful in securing contracts in its small hydro business in South America: There, the company has been awarded to contracts for the erection of hydro power plants in the small hydro ...
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The Global Glass Alliance of Unions at Owens Illinois (O-I) officially announced their coalition of workers at the company in four continents to CEO Al Strouken on 10 January 2013. The alliance will rally globally during the week of 4 ...
The 25th edition of Colombiatex de las Américas — an annual trade show produced and organized by the Institute for Export and Fashion (Inexmoda), Medellín, Colombia — was held Jan. 22-24, 2013, at Plaza Mayor in ...
Havells Sylvania is an international designer and manufacturer of lighting products. It has plants throughout Europe, Asia, North Africa and Central and South America, and is one of the few lighting companies that produces both lamps and ...
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Atlas Copco was again recognized as one of the most sustainable companies by the annual Global 100 list. The list, presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, ranks companies that show they are increasing productivity while ...
On the heels of the PGA TOUR's recent tournament expansion across Canada and Latin America, Perry Ellis International (PEI) is extending its license for PGA TOUR golf apparel into these exciting, untapped markets. With increased penetration ...
On Tuesday, US trade representative Ron Kirk announced his resignation and plans to step down in February. No successor was immediately named although a couple international economic policy aides are said to be frontrunners. "From ...
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China imported 289 million mt of coal in 2012, up 57.9% year on year, a compilation of the monthly China customs data released on Tuesday showed. Of the total imports, thermal coal comprised 35.14%, coking coal 18.55%, anthracite ...
According to Colombia’s steel institution ANDI, the domestic steel production was down by 0.33% in 2012 compared to 2011, reached 1.63 million tons. On the other hand, the imported steel product was up by 6.6 % between January ...
According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in November 2012 Turkey's coking coal imports increased by 17.2 percent month on month following the month-on-month rise of 31.7 percent recorded in October 2012. ...
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Production in the Colombian manufacturing industry (excluding coffee processing) decreased by 4.1 percent in November 2012 compared to the same month of 2011, as announced by the Colombian National Administrative Department of Statistics ...
The Latin American country of Colombia has announced imposition of US$ 4 per kg tariff on imports of textiles and apparels into the country. The announcement was made by President Juan Manuel Santos during the inauguration of Colombiatex ...
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Grupo Yoli produces and distributes Coca-Cola, Yoli, Fanta, Del Valle, and other trademark beverages of The Coca-Cola Company mainly in the Mexican state of Guerrero. Grupo Yoli shareholders said: “Since our founding almost 100 ...
According to a report by Latin American steel association Alacero, crude steel production in Latin America totaled 67.3 million metric tons during 2012, falling one percent compared to 2011. In December alone, 6 million metric tons of crude ...
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Colombian Minas Paz del Río (PDR), a subsidiary of Brazilian steelmaker Votorantim Siderurgia, plans to make investments to increase met coal output. The company extended two contracts with Colombia's mining and energy ministry and ...
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