(i) GDP Data In 2005, the GDP of Liaoning province reached RMB800.5 billion yuan, the proportion of the primary industry, the secondary and the tertiary industry was 6.1%, 60.7% and 33.2% respectively, and the per-capita GDP was RMB18, ...
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Barry Callebaut has insisted the investments it made during the first six months of its financial year have provided it with a "good base" for future growth after it reported a fall in half-year profits. The Swiss chocolate maker ...
Blow molding and custom injection molding manufacturer, Currier Plastics plans to invest $20.8m to construct a new 55,000ft2 production and storage facility in Auburn, New York, in a bid to double the size of its existing operation. The ...
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Holidays in Brazil and in the United States in late November reduced the pace of trades in the domestic cotton market. Cotton producers were keeping the product in stock,in order to sell only in the off-season period,expecting price ...
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In response to the ongoing challenging market situation in the photovoltaic sector, Meyer Burger Technology Ltd. is further expanding its current consolidation and optimisation programme. Since the beginning of 2012, the company has ...
Energy Focus, Inc. recently has been awarded totally $6.9 million of several additional lighting retrofit contracts. The new contracts include retrofits to upgrade the lighting of an international Fortune 500 company, seven school ...
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Agri-business giant Syngenta has put multi-sourced IT at the heart of its ambitious plan to double its revenues in the next eight years. It has moved from having thousands of suppliers across the world to a selected few who it has close ...
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Ark Lighting are pleased to announce that they have been successful in securing contracts with local authorities in Milton Keynes and Sheffield. The new contracts will help the local authorities to achieve a 67% carbon reduction and a ...
Currier Plastics, a custom injection molder and blowmolder, is adding Sumitomo Injection Molding (IM) machines in a move the company says will strengthen its medium tonnage range for lid and cap molding. The new additions (HSZ and EV ...
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The trade fair Heimtextil is regarded as an important trend indicator for the home textile sector. It was reported by the Heimtextil organizers that this year a total of 2'634 companies (+2.4% compared to 2011) from 61 different countries ...
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The labelling of two IT suppliers as high-risk by government is part of a tightening-up of outsourcing,but how far can the government practically address the problem of failing outsourcing contracts? Fujitsu is among the companies ...
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At the end of August, central European buyers of Scandinavian softwood lumber were still acting very cautiously. According to information from market players, shippers have been able to arrange hardly any contracts for the third quarter. ...
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The Cabinet Office has blacklisted Fujitsu and another IT supplier from tendering for government IT contracts because they constitute too high a risk. According to FT.com, Fujitsu will not be considered by the Cabinet Office for new ...
DoD contracts round-up:summer 2012 23 Aug 2012 Substantial backing for optical countermeasure and multispectral targeting systems,including a$463million agreement with Northrop Grumman. MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter The US Department of ...
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Virgin Media posted a steady increase in sales for its second quarter of 2012, with total revenue up 4.2% to £1.03bn and business revenue up 9.8% to £166m, compared to the same period in 2011. Neil Berkett, CEO of Virgin ...
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