Syngenta today announced that it has received the safety certificate for its Agrisure Viptera trait (MIR162) from China’s regulatory authorities, formally granting import approval. The approval covers corn grain and processing ...
Specialty chemicals Group Altana has acquired two companies in Brazil. As a result, the Actega division now has its own sites in South America's largest country. Both of the acquired companies are owner-operated and headquartered in the ...
Tags: packaging industry, overprint varnishes, printing inks, Construction
Global crude steel production in November this year slightly increased by 0.1 percent year on year, amounting to 130.5 million metric tons, while a 4.5 percent decrease was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel ...
Tags: Crude Steel Output, Mineral
Kortrijk, Belgium-based Bekaert, one of the world's largest steel cord and wire manufacturers, has announced that it has successfully closed the acquisition of the Pirelli steel cord plants in Italy, Romania, and Brazil. As a part of this ...
Tags: steel cord, wire manufacturers, Metallurgy
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Friday the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping (AD) order on stainless steel bar from Brazil. The review covers one company — Villares Metals S.A. — ...
Tags: stainless steel, Metallurgy
The World Cotton Research Conference-6 (WCRC-6) will be held in Goiânia, the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Goiás, from June 20-24, 2016. The WCRC-6 will be organised under the auspices of the ...
Tags: cotton agriculture, Textile
According to a USDA December report, global cotton output in 2014/15 is forecast at 119 million bales, slightly below the previous season as a yield reduction more than offsets increased area. “Considerable production declines in ...
Tags: cotton output, Textile
India’s auto component manufacturer Pricol has acquired a Brazilian auto component firm Melling do Brasil through its wholly-owned Spanish subsidiary Pricol Espana. The company has informed BSE that its Board of Directors has ...
Tags: oil, water pumps, cold start valves, Auto
On a global scale, Southeast Asia represents the fourth largest market for synthetic latex polymers, accounting for 8% of the global consumption, according to the recently published Synthetic Latex Polymers: Southeast Asia Market Analysis ...
Tags: synthetic latex, polymers
Sports Direct International Plc reported group revenue rose 6.5 percent to .43 billion in the 26 weeks ended Oct. 26. The UK-based retailer, which has been acquiring retailers across Europe, reported revenues at its Sports Retail division ...
Tags: Premium Lifestyle, Sporting Goods
Food manufacturing was one of four manufacturing sub-sectors to expand in November 2014, according to the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI). Food manufacturing expansion Among the ...
Tags: Dairy Products, beverages, tobacco
US based food safety company Neogen Corporation has purchased the food safety business of Beijing Anapure BioScientific for an undisclosed amount. Anapure, the Chinese distributor of Neogen, has been serving the company for more than 10 ...
Tags: Food Safety, Neogen
Online and mobile payments worldwide are forecast to reach €3 trillion in the next five years, according to a report by Hamburg-based business intelligence organization yStats.com. Mobile payment is the growth leader, outpacing ...
Tags: outpacing online, Apparel
Due to the cheap price, Chinese family and restaurant commonly use soybean oil. Beijing has imported more than 6300 ten thousand tons of transgenic soybeans from the United States, Brazil and Argentina in 2013. According to the national ...
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"In the recent 5 years, the domestic coffee consuming has maintained 30% growth. It is the 3rd rapidly-developing period in domestic coffee market." The reporter from 2014 Guangzhou coffee expo said. The potential coffee consumers in ...
Tags: coffee, coffee market