The garment and textile sector in Vietnam has to work towards maintaining its market position, in order to prevent declination, according to Hoang Ve Dung, the deputy general director of the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group ...
Tags: Vinatex, Market Position, Textile
Coats, one of the leading industrial thread and consumer textile crafts companies, has announced the opening of a global services business in Vietnam, on the eve of completing 25 years of operations in the country. The new dedicated ...
Tags: Coats Global Services, Textile
In September this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 0.6 percent both in the euro area and the EU-28 as compared with August, while industrial production in August had decreased by 1.4 percent in the euro area and ...
Tags: Industrial Output, Metallurgy
According to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2014-2015/Q4 2014 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association (EUROFER), in the second quarter of the current year construction activity in the European Union (EU) ...
Tags: Steel Market, Mineral
According to the report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in September this year industrial producer prices increased by 0.2 percent in the euro area and by 0.1 percent in the European Union member ...
Tags: consumer goods, EU-28
I am writing to you on behalf of the European Alcohol Policy Alliance (Eurocare), an alliance of 57 public health organisations from 25 European countries working on the prevention and reduction of alcohol related harm. Improving road ...
Tags: road safety, alcohol sponsorship of Formula One, Agriculture
Bolivia is planning to open a quinoa milk plant in the Andean province of Potosi which is being funded by the European Union (EU). The EU-backed plant will have a capacity to produce nearly 250 liters of quinoa milk every day and 3,500 ...
Tags: quinoa milk plant, royal quinoa, Agriculture
Harvest is beginning to wrap-up, and the WASDE and Crop Production Reports estimate that yields are still claiming the title of "highest yields on record." The USDA reports that average U.S. corn yields are 173.4 bu/a, down .8 bushel from ...
Tags: Corn, Agriculture
Two-thirds of the world’s largest companies are reporting exposure to water risks, some of which have potential to limit growth. The news comes amid mounting shareholder concern around the business impacts from water scarcity, ...
Tags: Water Risk, water management data
A number of tobacco firms (including Philip Morris, British American Tobacco (BAT) and Imperial Tobacco) formed a coalition to oppose the new EU packaging rules, and the UK’s High Court has referred the case to the EU’s Court of ...
Tags: EU packaging, Packaging Rules
Economic growth in the EU has remained soft so far this year, with a particularly disappointing performance of the euro area in the second quarter, according to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2014-2015/Q4 2014 Report from the ...
Tags: Steel market, Steel Demand
In September this year, new commercial vehicle registrations increased by 13.2 percent year on year in the European Union, totaling 181,436 units, registering year-on-year growth for the 13th consecutive month, according to the European ...
Tags: Commercial Vehicle
If the bill is approved by the Senate the ban could come into force in 2016, although it will not apply to re-usable or biodegradable bags. The proposed Energy Transition Law also outlaw disposable plastic cutlery and crockery by 2020. ...
Tags: Plastic Bags, biodegradable bags
Following the anti-dumping and countervailing measures imposed by the US on China and Taiwan solar PV makers, the European Union (EU) is now investigating other Asia countries for allegedly helping China violate the terms of a solar-export ...
After falling by about 50% from 2009-2014, pricing for solar glass is set to commence a rebound starting in 2015, as anti-dumping duties levied by the European Union go into effect on China suppliers. Average global pricing for glass used ...
Tags: Solar Glass, PV