Gerald White, CEO Berforts Group, plans to carry on the good work that has gone before in his new role as BPIF President. Tony Garnish, Chief Executive, ASG Europe, and previous President recently stepped down. He commented that, ...
Tags: printing sector, Office Supplies
Diamond manufacturers are entering an era of fierce competition as the looming decline in rough diamond supply is expected to place additional pressure on their already razor-thin profit margins. Manufacturer always operates with a ...
In Japan, core machinery orders in October fell for the first time in five months, down 6.4% on year. The orders, widely regarded as a leading indicator of capital spending, signals the corporate sector has become cautious about boosting ...
Tags: Core Machinery
Food manufacturing was one of four manufacturing sub-sectors to expand in November 2014, according to the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI). Food manufacturing expansion Among the ...
Tags: Dairy Products, beverages, tobacco
This was supposed to be the diamond decade. Back in 2010, De Beers executives were touting that the coming 10 years would bring unprecedented demand and growth to the industry. Almost halfway through, it feels anything but, especially for ...
Tags: Diamond Decade, diamond dealers
China's non-manufacturing sector activity showed a slight improvement in November, as new export orders and employment added stabilizers to the economy. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the non-manufacturing sector came in at 53.9 ...
Tags: Service Sector, PMI
According to a new report by Markets & Markets, “Micronized PTFE Market by Application (Inks, Thermoplastics, Coatings, Grease & Lubricants, Elastomers), by Geography - Global Forecast to 2019,” the market has a projected value ...
Tags: PTFE, Construction
Last year China leapfrogged past Germany to become the world’s largest market for solar equipment, according to industry figures. True, a September report showed the former is also set to push global carbon emissions to a record high ...
Tags: Solar Energy, PV
In the third quarter of the current year, South Africa's seasonally adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 1.4 percent quarter on quarter, while the country's unadjusted GDP also increased by 1.4 percent compared to the same ...
Tags: gross domestic product, rubber products, plastic products
Taiwan's industrial production index in October this year increased by 8.97 percent as compared to October 2013 and was up 3.3 percent month on month, according to the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Meanwhile, Taiwan's ...
Continuing strength in China and a resurgent US economy are combining to drive accelerated growth in the worldwide market for semiconductors used in industrial applications in 2014, according to IHS. Global market revenues for industrial ...
Tags: industrial semiconductors, Global market revenues, Lights
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland rose 1.3 percent in October from a year earlier, standing at 8.53 billion U.S. dollars, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Tuesday. The rate of growth was lower than the 1.9 ...
Tags: FDI, financial sector
Global demand for decorative laminates is expected to rise 5.6 percent per year to 10.7 billion square meters in 2018, valued at $40.8 billion. Demand will benefit from expected increases in the manufacture of products such as cabinets, ...
Tags: Decorative Laminates, coating
In October this year, China's overall value-added industrial output increased by 7.7 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on November 13, with this growth rate 0.3 percentage points higher than ...
Tags: Industrial Output, finished steel
The US market research firm said in its report – titled ‘World Protective Packaging’, that growth will represent a significant improvement over the performance during the 2008-2013 period, when demand lagged in many of the ...
Tags: Protective Packaging, Packaging