Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Hakata Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, have agreed to collaborate in the joint development of a 1,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) container carrier. On March 18 the two ...
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Idemitsu Kosan and Mitsui to sign a basic agreement to commence study on Alpha Olefins production in the United States Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. have signed a basic agreement to commence studies through the ...
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Amoco Mitsui PTA Indonesia declared force majeure on purified terephthalic acid supplies from its 485,000 mt/year plant at Merak, with effect from Monday this week, after the operating rate at the plant unexpectedly dropped, sources close ...
LED firm Formosa Epitaxy plans to install 12-13 sets of MOCVD equipment before the end of first-quarter 2013 and expects production to begin in the second quarter. Monthly capacity at the firm's Taiwan plant is likely to increase by 50,000 ...
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Australian coalseam gas junior WestSide has decided to bring talks over a potential takeover to a conclusion in the "near term," the company said in a statement Tuesday. Westside announced in November 2012 that it had received an ...
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South Korea's S-Oil nominated its paraxylene Asia Contract Price for March at $1,750/mt, up $65/mt from its February settlement, sources close to the negotiations said Monday. There are four ACP sellers in Asia -- ExxonMobil, Idemitsu ...
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Japanese based Mitsui Chemicals has scheduled a maintenance turnaround at its Monoethylene Glycol (MEG) plant in the third quarter of 2013. A Mitsui official told fibre2fashion, "The company has scheduled a maintenance turnaround in ...
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Sollers-Bussan, a Russia-based vehicle-assembly joint venture (JV) between auto maker Sollers and Japan’s Mitsui, has started the production of Toyota Land Cruiser Prado sport utility vehicle (SUV) at its Vladivostok plant in Russia. ...
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XL Group has revealed plans to set up a new office in Manchester, US, intended to leverage business with middle market clients and brokers. The company has also appointed Mick Turvey as regional underwriting manager, UK middle markets, to ...
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The four paraxylene Asia Contract Price-based sellers, ExxonMobil, Idemitsu Kosan, JX Nippon Oil and Energy and S-Oil, who typically lower their nominations to meet bid levels have not done so for the February ACP as spot prices have ...
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Sumitomo Chemical has decided that it will close down an ethylene plant at its Chiba Works located in Ichihara, Chiba, Japan, in or before September 2015 when the next periodic shutdown maintenance will take place, to reinforce the ...
Mitsui & Co. acquired Paul Stuart, which is a franchise of its namesake brand luxury clothing and accessories retailers. Mitsui Company achieved an agreement with the Paul Stuart on December 28 in 2012, to purchase all the shares to own ...
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Due to falling LED chip prices, market observers believe Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar will need to rely on AlGaInP LED sales to increase the firm's profit margin while it is unlikely for Formosa Epitaxy to return to profitability ...
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The ¥70 million (approximately US $900,000) contract from Mitsui (MES) will be to further develop the Company’s PowerBuoy technology for Japanese sea conditions. Under the contract, OPT will continue to analyse methods to ...
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Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd established Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical LLCin 2008, together with Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Kuwait Petroleum International, and PetroVietnam in order to develop a workable concrete business scheme for the ...
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