As clients are adjusting inventories of LED chips used in backlighting and lighting, demand for LED chips in the third quarter of 2014 will significantly decrease sequentially, according to chairman Lee Biing-jye of Taiwan-based LED ...
Tags: LED Demand, LED Chips
Russia-based TMK, one of the world's leading oil and gas steel pipe producers, has stated that for the second half of the current year it foresees growth in the pipe market in Russia mainly due to higher consumption of large diameter (LD) ...
Taiwan-based solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer makers have decreased quotes from US$1 before the US Department of Commerce imposed preliminary anti-subsidy tariffs on PV products imported from China in early June to US$0.96 ...
Tags: China, Wafer Prices, Lighting
PV manufacturers are still conservative about market demand even though the result of the US-China anti-dumping preliminary verdict will be announced soon. These circumstances have led to weak PV demand in July 2014 and slow stock clearance ...
Tags: PV Manufacturers, Market, Lights
Crocs, Inc. hit reverse Tuesday, saying it will trim its product line, close stores, cut back on direct investment overseas and focus on efficiency. The latest restructuring plan coincided with release of the company’s financial ...
Tags: Crocs, Stores, Sporting Goods
Aramark, received recognition for Performance Excellence by American Honda Motor Company, Inc., for outstanding uniform services provided at five automotive plants in Ohio and Indiana, it was announced. The 2014 Honda Indirect Products ...
Tags: Aramark Uniform Services, Performance Excellence Award, Apparel
Economic data confirm that the recovery in the EU is taking hold, although growth momentum remains rather modest, according to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2014-2015/Q3 2014 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel ...
Tags: Recovery, EU, Metallurgy, Mineral
Impacted by the US-China trade war, PV cell manufacturers’ utilization rates continued to drop in June, and thus affected manufacturers’ sales performances, according to EnergyTrend, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based market ...
Tags: PV cell, Solar Cell
Quiksilver, Inc. entered into licensing agreements for several product categories, including Roxy young girls and children's apparel, watches and socks/legwear, as well as other product categories including luggage, beach towels and ...
Tags: Apparel, Sporting Apparel
Since the US Department of Commerce in early June imposed preliminary anti-subsidy tariffs on solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, solar cells and PV modules imported from China, China-based wafer makers have lowered quotes from ...
Tags: Solar-Grade Wafer, Anti-Subsidy
Despite weak fundamentals and largely negative sentiment, the futures and swaps markets recovered some ground through the day, leading to some support for ore prices. Platts assessed the 62% Fe Iron Ore Index up 50 cents from Monday at ...
Tags: steel rebar, ore prices
Import volume at major U.S. container ports is expected to increase 7.5 percent in June as retailers bring unusually high quantities of merchandise into the country early to avoid any potential disruptions after the labor contract with West ...
Tags: Apparel
Brown-Forman Corporation (NYSE:BFA, BFB) reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended April 30, 2014. For the full year, reported net sales increased 4% to $3,946 million (+6% on an underlying basis2), reported ...
Tags: Brown-Forman, net sales
Delta Apparel, Inc. plans to consolidate fabric production for basic, blank tee shirts to its Ceiba Textiles facility in Honduras. The consolidation transfers the production of some fabric for basic tees currently manufactured at the ...
Tags: Delta Apparel, fabric production
The price spread in Asia between styrene monomer and its main feedstock benzene fell to a three-month low of $284/mt on Tuesday, as benzene supply has tightened while SM supply has increased, Platts data showed. The FOB Korea benzene ...