Japanese carmaker Mazda is planning to invest about JPY26bn ($285.5m) to build a new automatic transmission manufacturing plant in the Chonburi Province of Thailand. The new Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) (MPMT) facility, with ...
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Mazda has announced it will build a new transmission plant in Thailand, with operations set to begin between April and September 2015. At a cost of $273 million (26 billion yen) and with an annual production capacity of approximately ...
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DeSL, a global company delivering integrated web based solutions for the Fashion, Apparel, Textile and Footwear sectors, has seen increasing demand for their solutions which help to address Ethical Trading requirements for fashion industry. ...
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The export of local ceramic tableware, now hit hard by the eurozone crisis, is likely to experience a boom from May 2013, as the proposed European Commission's (EC) anti-dumping duties on Chinese products will be implemented from that ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use, Ceramic Tableware, Ceramic, Tableware
With diminishing diamond production in the aging mines globally on one hand and ever-increasing demand world-wide on the other, the industry would struggle to keep pace during 2013 with growing consumption in emerging economies like India ...
Tags: Diamond, Miners, Growing Demand
Myanmar apparel industry is expecting rapid export growth this year due to increasing demand for export orders from Japan and South Korea. Export orders for Myanmar clothing from Japan doubled from US$ 170 million in 2010 to US$ 350 ...
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BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) have completed a joint feasibility study and taken the next steps in the establishment of a world-scale isononanol (INA) plant in Maoming, Guangdong, China. Under the terms of the ...
Last Saturday, Heimtextil, the world's largest textile fair for home textiles, closed its doors in Frankfurt am Main. The 2013 exhibition took place from January 9 to 12. According to the organizers, 2,658 exhibitors from 62 countries ...
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It’s tartan and tweeds month at the online interior design store Fabricsandpapers.com, which offers one of the best selection of tartan wallpaper and fabrics on the web. The latest additions to their tartan emporium reflect the ...
A survey reveals that 90% of people said they wouldn’t change their current mobile provider to have access to 4G. According to Virgin Media Business the top reason consumers will not change providers for 4G access is to save money. ...
Tags: mobile provider, 4G network, 4G access
LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services has signed an agreement to buy BC Biomedical Laboratories for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition aims to provide better quality diagnostic services to community patients in British Columbia, Canada, ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (BRAIN) — Jim Harman, the retired CEO and president of Norco Products, died Saturday from complications following a stroke. He was 69. Harman joined Norco Bicycles — now part of Live to Play Sports ...
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International packaging and paper group Mondi will introduce its inkjet portfolio at the 2013 Hunkeler Innovationdays, which will be held from 11-15 February in Lucerne, Switzerland. Mondi will display its smooth, recycled, off-white and ...
Tags: Pigment Inks, Packaging, Printing
Shipments of smartphones with screens 5 inches or larger will more than double this year, as consumers are increasingly attracted to the large screen sizes offered by the phones, according to a prediction from IHS iSuppli. The company ...
Earlier this month, local media reported that the demand of raw milk and dairy products would increase in 2013. Raw milk supply gap is expected to be 3-4 million tons. The output of raw milk in China was 38.5 million tons last year and ...
Tags: Raw Milk, Food, Supply Gap, dairy products