US-based private-equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners will acquire Berlin Packaging, a supplier of plastic, glass and metal containers for an amount close to $1.43bn, including debt. Oak Hill will pay a price for Berlin Packaging that is ...
Falken recently opened a regional distribution center in Robbinsville, N.J. Falken Tire Corp. has expanded its East Coast presence with a new regional distribution center in Robbinsville, N.J.. It is located close to the Port of New York. ...
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Brazilian sales of flat steel are expected to slow down this year, steel distributors said recently. Brazil distributor association Inda said domestic sales of flat steels reached 2.5 million mt from January to July, reflecting a 1.9 ...
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Listed companies in Japan saw average pretax profits rise 2% on the year in the April-June quarter, despite April’s consumption tax hike. Automakers and consumer electronics companies were among the top performers in a Nikkei pretax ...
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According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), Brazilian crude steel production in the January-July period this year amounted to 19.68 million metric tons, 0.9 percent lower year on year. In the same period, Brazilian rolled steel output ...
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Taiwan's largest steelmaker China Steel Corporation (CSC) has announced that in July this year its carbon steel sales volume amounted to 801,789 metric tons, decreasing by a slight margin compared to June and accounting for 65 percent of ...
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With the weakening of domestic sales, Brazil steelmakers are looking to expand exports. According to executives from companies like Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) and Usiminas, the strategy of increasing exports would help steel ...
In July this year, Mexico's car and light commercial vehicle production volume decreased by 9.6 percent compared to June but increased by 8.5 percent year on year to 259,634 units, according to the release from the Mexican Association of ...
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Carter’s, Inc., the largest branded marketer in the United States of apparel exclusively for babies and young children, reported its second quarter fiscal 2014 results. Highlights: -Net Sales $574 Million, Up 11% -Total U.S. ...
According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), Brazilian crude steel production in the first half of the current year amounted to 16.7 million metric tons, 1.5 percent lower year on year. In the same period, Brazilian rolled steel output ...
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Taiwan's largest steelmaker China Steel Corporation (CSC) has announced that in June this year its carbon steel sales volume amounted to 810,581 metric tons, increasing by a slight margin of 0.2 percent compared to May and accounting for 64 ...
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Brazilian sales of civil construction materials fell 13.6 percent in June, year-on-year, according to the country’s construction materials industry association (Abramat). According to Abramat, sales decreased 11 percent in June over ...
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Raspadskaya Coal Company (Raspadskaya), one of the largest coking coal producers in Russia, has announced that in the second quarter this year its raw coal production volume increased by 38 percent compared to the first quarter of this year ...
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UK-based mining giant Anglo American Corporation has announced its production results for the second quarter of the current year. In the given quarter, iron ore production from Kumba Iron Ore increased by two percent year on year to 11.5 ...
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In June this year, the seasonally and working-day adjusted turnover in the German manufacturing industry increased by 0.4 percent compared to May, according to the preliminary data reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office ...
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