Growing vegetables in greenhouses extends crop production seasons in northern latitudes, but the greenhouse environment is far from ideal for providing plants with optimal photosynthetic light. In fact, available photosynthetic daily light ...
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Researchers from China are collaborating with a crop eco-physiologist with the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Uvalde toward the goal of improving cotton production in south central Texas, AgrilLife said in a press ...
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Automobile major Skoda will carry out optimization of its three manufacturing units in Mladá Boleslav, Kvasiny and Vrchlabí in the Czech Republic during a three-week break on account of factory holidays. While work for ...
FedEx has joined Southwest Airlines to buy out Red Rock’s entire eight-year jet fuel inventory — key milestone for project construction. Red Rock takes waste biomass from forests and sawmills, and using a proprietary process, ...
BASF and PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) will build a new world-scale production plant for highly reactive polyisobutene (HR-PIB) at the site of their existing joint venture, BASF PETRONAS Chemicals Sdn Bhd, in Kuantan, Malaysia. ...
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Capital equipment and engineering firm Barry‐Wehmiller is acquiring paper processing product line of Germany’s Bielomatik Leuze. With a pact already inked to that effect, the transaction is likely to be closed in the coming ...
The final ruling of U.S.’s review of 2012 anti-dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) against certain Chinese PV cells addressed the importance of PV capacities in countries out of China and Taiwan. The AD/CVD rates for PV cells ...
Producer and marketer of recycled nylon fibres Aquafil has entered into a partnership with Outerknown, a new menswear apparel brand founded by 11 time world champion surfer Kelly Slater. An Aquafil press release informed that ...
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Sports car manufacturer Porsche, an arm of German automotive giant Volkswagen, will pump in more than Eur1.1bn for modernizing its manufacturing units for launching more car variants by 2020. The initiative comes under an agreement, ...
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Food ingredients company Bunge North America (BNA) has decided to shut down its oil packaging unit in Bradley, Illinois, in the US. The closure will take place in 18 to 24 months. Besides, operations at the administrative building, ...
Since the implementation of policy of subsidies for purchasing agricultural machinery in 2004, China agricultural machinery industry has maintained double-digit growth, even with the operating revenue growth rate of 33.8% in 2011. However, ...
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The three-day International Textiles, Weaving Machinery and Accessories Expo held in Erode in Tamil Nadu generated business of over Rs 200 crore, according to media reports. In a press release, M A Rayappan, chairman of Hi-Tech ...
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Supporting the increasing demand for ecologically sound and user friendly products, BASF commissioned a new production plant for form release agents that is among the most advanced and most efficient in Europe. Opened at the company’s ...
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Pan-European investment firm Aurelius Group has purchased UK-based compounder and recycler of post-use rigid plastics Regain Polymers Holdings. Previously owned by Chamonix Private Equity, Regain provides plastic recycling services to ...
China auto association downgrades growth rate China's vehicle sales plunged deeper in June, forcing the country's leading auto organization to slash the industry's estimated growth rate. Statistics from the China Association of ...
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