Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. reported a net loss of $58 million on net sales of $4.5 billion for its first quarter ended March 31, 2014. That compares to income of $26 million on sales of $4.9 billion for the same period last year. Goodyear ...
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Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel Ltd (Kobe) has issued its financial results for the fiscal year 2013-14 ended March 31. For the given period, Kobe Steel has reported a net profit of JPY 70.2 billion ($686.4 million), compared to a net loss ...
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Delta Apparel, Inc. reported that for its fiscal 2014 second quarter ended Mar. 29, 2014, net sales were $114.5 million versus $120.1 million for the comparable 2013 period. The 5 percent sales decline was due primarily to unseasonably cold ...
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Mount Airy, North Carolina-based wire producer Insteel Industries, Inc. announced that net earnings for its fiscal second quarter ended March 29, 2014 totaled $3.5 million, or $0.19 per share compared with $3.7 million, or $0.20 per diluted ...
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TechNavio's analysts forecast the Global Automotive Coatings, Adhesives, and Sealants market will grow at a CAGR of 5.59 percent over the period 2013-2018. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the growing demand for ...
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Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki has announced that it will replace the blast furnace oil injection system at its Raahe steel plant with a new pulverized coal injection (PCI) system to improve steelmaking cost efficiency by reducing raw ...
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Austria-based steel producer voestalpine Group has announced that it aims to raise €900 million in the next three years through a company-wide program of optimizing costs and raising efficiency across all four divisions. The company ...
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European prices for polyethylene terephthalate have fallen to their lowest levels since August 2010 according to Platts data, and many sources expect further declines in March. The falls were driven primarily by import competition and ...
Emerging countries’ extensive power plant capacity additions, economic growth and the need to improve access to electricity, will see the global power transformer market increase from $10.3 billion in 2013 to $19.7 billion in 2020, at ...
TTI, Inc. is expanding its global reach of information to provide even more in-depth, comprehensive industry information to its readers through the award-winning TTI MarketEYE Resource Center. This month TTI announces and welcomes its ...
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UAE-based steel producer Emirates Steel Industries (ESI) has announced its financial results for 2013, stating that its sales revenues amounted to AED 6.5 billion ($ 1.8 billion), almost eight percent higher than 2012, despite sluggish ...
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ZHANG CHENGLIANG/CHINA DAILY Although China's economic growth is slowing down, ongoing urbanization will still strongly support demand for iron ore and steel products for a long time. "We have confidence in China's iron ore demand because ...
Mounty Airy, North Carolina-based Insteel Industries reported Thursday net earnings of $2.7 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2014 (ended December 28, 2013), compared to $2.4 million in the same quarter of the previous year. Net sales ...
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Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless (NSSC), the largest stainless steel producer in Japan announced to hike its prices for stainless cold rolled coils (CRC) and plates for January contracts, in order to reflect higher raw material costs. The ...
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Indian polyester yarn makers witnessed a sharp drop in their bottom-line during second quarter ended September 2013, hit by rise in prices of raw materials such as Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) and Monoethylene Glycol (MEG), which the ...
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