GIA has released a comprehensive global report on Polymeric Polyols markets. Global market for Polymeric Polyols is forecast to reach 33.1 billion pounds (lbs.) by 2020, driven by growing demand for polyurethane in the automobile, ...
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BitPay, the world leader in business solutions for the bitcoin digital currency, announces a new pricing plan which offers basic payment processing free-of-charge, forever. With the new pricing plan, BitPay is lowering the barrier to entry ...
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Packaging firm Delta Packaging plans to open a new 10,000m2 production facility in Katowice, Poland. Katowice facility will house rotary flexographic and sheet-fed lithographic printing technologies, in-line functional barrier coating ...
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In the first quarter of this year, world stainless crude steel output increased by 6.1 percent quarter on quarter and by 6.8 percent year on year, amounting to 10.22 million mt, according to the preliminary report released by the ...
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Global demand for specialty silicas -- which include precipitated silica, silica gel, silica sol, and fumed silica -- is forecast to grow 5.0 percent per year through 2018 to 2.9 million metric tons, valued at $6.9 billion. This will ...
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Daimler AG (stock-exchange symbol: DAI) is continuing along its path of profitable growth. In the second quarter of 2014, the Group achieved new record levels of unit sales and revenue and significantly increased its operating profit from ...
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Project MarineClean was launched in December 2011 in Eastern Europe as a three year project. It is nearing completion. The 1.1 million Euro undertaking aims to decrease marine litter, one of the major ecological threats, in four areas of ...
Continued rainfall in the east-central Plains and northwestern Corn Belt in the U.S. is just one of several moisture extremes making weather headlines as the week begins. The rain is falling in spots where it's badly needed, and it's ...
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According to EnergyTrend, Taiwan-based solar cell makers' capacity utilization has dropped recently because of countervailing duty (CVD) and anti-dumping duty (AD) issues. However, it is rumored that some makers plan to expand their module ...
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DuPont Nutrition & Health has announced the opening of a new technical service center in Kiev, Ukraine, in a move to support dairy manufacturers in the Eastern European market. The new center, which is an addition to the company's global ...
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Volvo Group's truck division has sold 17,410 vehicles during May 2014, an increase of 4% compared with the same month previous. May experienced an unfavorable product and market mix. Deliveries of heavy duty trucks were on the same level ...
Volkswagen Group has sold 4.11 million vehicles from January to May, representing a 6.3% increase compared to the same period of 2013. The company handed over 864,600 (May 2013: 816,300; +5.9 percent) units to customers in May. "The ...
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Clean Clothes Campaign has released a new report that uncovers the truth behind high-end fashion chains and the Eastern European and Turkish garment workers that make their clothes. "Stitched Up – Poverty wages for garment workers in ...
Volkswagen has sold 2.55 million vehicles during the first five months of 2014, a 4.4% rise compared to the same period of 2013. Deliveries grew by 3.9 percent in May, with the brand handing over 531,100 (May 2013: 511,000) vehicles to ...
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KODA has reported a 15.2% rise in the sales during May 2014 to 91,200 vehicles compared against the 79,100 units sold during same period of 2013. Western and Central Europe were driving force behind the growth increasing by a quarter. In ...