In CMAI’s Apparel Index for the July to September 2014 quarter, ‘Big Brands’ scored an impressive growth of 9.98 points, while ‘Small Brands’ reached a meagre 4.24 points. “In fact, Small Brands low ...
Tags: Big Brands, CMAI's Apparel Index, Apparel
Aschenbrenner printing house in Austria has invested in the first Polar BC 330 to be used in the country. The new equipment enabled the company to increase the production speed of its perfect-bound brochures. The eco-conscious ...
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Almost 9,000 visitors head to Middle East trade show. The recent Toyzeria trade show in the Middle East enjoyed an increase in both exhibitor and visitor numbers over 2013. 8,972 visitors (2013: 8,721) from 48 countries visited the ...
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Shimano Inc. reported sales for the nine months ended Sept. 30 were up nearly 21 percent compared with the same period last year thanks in part to a weaker yen. Sales of of Bicycle Components were brisk in North America, while sales of ...
Tags: Bike Components, Sporting Goods
Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis generally remained steady but displayed signs of slipping amid persistent weakness in the physical buying interest, market sources said ...
India-based Parksons Packaging will be adding two additional Rapida 106 sheetfed offset presses manufactured by Koenig and Bauer (KBA) to their facilities to increase production capacity. Apart from the two current orders, Parksons has ...
Xinchuang Li, deputy secretary general of the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), has stated at China Mining 2014 held in Tianjin that China's demand for imported iron ore will indicate slower growth, but will remain strong. The CISA ...
Dean Naylor, plant manager of Graphic Packaging in Leeds, said the makeready and running speed, colour quality and overall production control were all factors in the decision to buy the Speedmaster XL145-6+LX. Logistics material handling ...
Sales of BASF Group grew by 3% compared with the previous third quarter, reaching €18.3 billion. A sharp rise in volumes in the Natural Gas Trading business sector was mainly responsible for this growth. Income from operations (EBIT) ...
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Fairway Injection Molding Systems will invest $1m annually for the next three years to purchase production mold manufacturing machinery and injection molding machines The company is going ahead with this investment to meet the growing ...
Double Coin Holdings LLC and its American subsidiary, China Manufacturers Alliance LLC (CMA), plan to fight the U.S. Department of Commerce’s preliminary decision to impose a duty of 105% on CMA’s imports of off-the-road (OTR) ...
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Weak retail traffic and ramped-up discounts to clear merchandise, once again hit profits at denim jeans marketer - Levi Strauss & Co for the third fiscal quarter ended August 24, 2014. In the third fiscal quarter, Levis posted profit of ...
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Airlight Energy of Biasca, Switzerland, which supplies proprietary technology for large-scale production of electricity using solar power and for energy storage, has partnered with IBM Research, aiming to bring affordable solar technology ...
Tags: CPV IBM, Electrical, Electronics
Nippon Paper Industries will likely report a 25% year-on-year increase in operating profit to around 13 billion yen ($118 million) for the six months ending Tuesday, falling short of a prior projection of 16 billion yen amid soft corporate ...
Tags: Paper, printing paper, Office Supplies
Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis remained steady for the fourth consecutive week amid thin trade, market sources said Wednesday. Sources said physical buying interest ...
Tags: Copper Cathode, Copper, Metallurgy