Manufacturers have finished negotiating for May orders, leading to smaller fluctuation in prices. Due to the interruption of trade wars, the polysilicon market still witness slight supply shortage, resulting in stronger prices. But prices ...
Tags: Sloar Cell, PV Module
China's manufacturing activity expanded for the second month in a row in April but at a slower pace, official data showed on Sunday. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) came in at 50.1 in April, slightly down from March's 50.2 and below ...
Tags: manufacturing activity, sub-index measuring production
Business activity in China's non-manufacturing sector expanded at slower pace in April, official data showed on Sunday. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the non-manufacturing sector stood at 53.5 in April, down from 53.8 in March ...
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will cut nearly 1,300 jobs at its Sterling Heights Assembly plant starting from 5 July. The layoffs come in the wake of reduced production at the facility due to declining demand for Chrysler 200 midsize ...
In preliminary estimates for its fiscal third-quarter 2016 (to 27 March), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA expects revenue of $367m, about 11.5% below the targeted $400-430m, and down from $435.8m the prior quarter and $409.5m a year ago. ...
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The Toyota Prius v is the only car which has got a good rating for headlights among 31 vehicles, according to a study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). A vehicle's price tag does not guarantee the quality of ...
Tags: Toyota Prius v, IIHS, Headlights
Rigid plastics, flexibles, and board, metal and glass packaging will drive industry expansion across the next five years. In global researcher Smithers Pira's report, called The Future of Global Packaging to 2020, it states that the $839 ...
Tags: Smith Pira, Rigid plastics, Packaging Market
Apple does its best to keep keynotes simple and free from the gritty details – hence why we’re only just finding out about this. The new 9.7-inch iPad Pro won’t be as fast as last year’s 12.9-inch iPad Pro, despite ...
The IATA reports that air cargo global growth continued to perform below its potential – “mediocre growth is now the new reality”. Growth in freight tonne kilometres (FTK) had positive momentum since 2H2015 and into ...
If there’s one thing meteorologists Dan Hicks and Dale Mohler agree on, it’s the fact that soil is warming up early this year, but it still needs a little time to dry out. However, growers can rest easy knowing soil won’t ...
Furniture was again the top-performing category and the main contributor to retail growth in February, according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. After hitting a record of +16 in January, GfK’s Major Purchase Index ...
Tags: Furniture, retail sales
The recovery in air freight volumes from a weak first half of last year continued into 2016, although subdued underlying global trade conditions suggest another modest year for volumes growth, reports the IATA. Ongoing strong capacity ...
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Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has explored the 2016 outlook for the global shipping industry and believes that global shipping companies, and drybulk and containership operators in particular, will continue to face difficult ...
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Star Wars was not the only force making a come-back in 2015. The return of generic advertising brought with it a promise of increased profitability for the diamond trade. Even as numerous stories reflecting pain in the industry vied for our ...
China's apparent oil demand in 2015 grew 5.8% year on year to 11.11 million b/d, the fastest pace since 2011, despite the country's economy growing at the slowest rate since 1990, Platts calculations based on recently released official data ...
Tags: oil demand, fuel oil