Brazil's national statistics agency (IBGE) has reported that in January this year industrial production in the largest Latin American country increased by 2.9 percent compared to December and was down 2.4 percent from January 2013. In ...
With US refineries expanding their capacity to process more domestic light oil in the coming years, the US Energy Information Administration on Tuesday said it expects refinery crude inputs to reach 15.52 million b/d this year and 15.61 ...
Tags: US Refinery, Domestic Production, light oil
Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Sprüngli has expanded its presence to South America with its first own subsidiary company, L&S (Brazil) Holding. The company has entered into a joint venture (JV) with CRM Group, which operates retail ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
U.S. beef, pork and lamb exports all opened the new year on a positive note, although market conditions suggest 2014 could be a challenging year for U.S. red meat exports, according to statistics released by the USDA and compiled by the ...
Tags: beef, Agriculture, Food, Red Meat
In booth 3448 at the Optical Fiber Communication (OFC 2014) conference & exposition in San Francisco (11-13 March), CIVCOM Devices & Systems Ltd of Petach Tikva, Israel (a subsidiary of optical transmission system maker Padtec S/A of ...
Tags: Civcom, Electrical, Electronics
World Cup organizers said Wednesday that an estimated 320 tons of solid waste which the June 12 to July 13 event is expected to generate will be sent for recycling. The government World Cup web portal said organizers expect each match to ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
The retailer offers unique and independent items from arts and crafts to toys from across the globe. Online retailer, Loubilou is "well on the way" to becoming the "largest marketplace for independent children's goods on the planet," only ...
Tags: Toys
US ethanol exports in January totaled 326 million liters (86 million gallons), the highest monthly volume since December 2011, according to US Census Bureau data released late Friday. Exports are up 36% month on month and up 33% from ...
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In booth #1531 at the Optical Fiber Communication conference & exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC 2014) in San Francisco, CA (11-13 March), GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog ...
Tags: coherent optical link design, live demonstration, VCSEL driver
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released January performance data showing a strong rise in air freight growth compared to a year ago. Global freight tonne kilometres (FTK) rose 4.5% in January compared to January 2013. ...
Tags: Air Freight, Service, Logistics
BASF has strengthened the production capabilities of its production site in Ludwigshafen, Germany to produce more quantity Ultramid C for flexible food packaging films. As part of the project, the company enhanced a part of its Ultramid B ...
Tags: food packaging, German Plant
Considerable amplitudes to the top as well as to the bottom without any obvious trend shaped the development of the CIF Bremen index. After a short decline the index tended firmer by the end of the reported week.The currency development was ...
US railroads are rerouting ethanol shipments to avoid bottlenecks in Chicago, particularly for delivery to the East Coast, where supplies are running low, rail company officials said Thursday. David Garin, BNSF's vice president of ...
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February steel imports are expected to hold at elevated levels seen in January, which was already a near 27% boost from December, according to Department of Commerce data that was updated Tuesday. The US had 2.9 million mt of steel ...
Tags: Steel Imports, Plate products
The German IT and communications sector is set to return to growth in 2014 driven by smartphones and tablet computers but still trail a booming global market, an industry lobby said Sunday. On the eve of the world's biggest hi-tech fair, ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, smartphones, tablet computers