Currier Plastics has revealed plans to invest in two more Aoki injection stretch blow molding machines in view of higher demand, with the machines to be installed in September and October respectively. The new additions would take the ...
Pakistan's largest cement maker and exporter Lucky Cement Ltd has evinced interest in setting up a manufacturing plant in India in the first such overture since New Delhi allowed foreign direct investment (FDI) from its western neighbour ...
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Southern Province Cement announced a 16% increase in net profit to $199m for the nine months to September 30, and an 11% increase in year-on-year profits to $53.3m for the three months since June 30. The company, which operates three plants ...
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Softwood sawlog prices continued their slide throughout the world in the 2Q/12, and the Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) was down for the fourth consecutive quarter to $82.90/m3. The Index was down 3.4 % from the 1Q/12, and 11.5 % from ...
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Milacron LLC, a global supplier of plastics processing technologies, announced an open house at its new technology center, which combines machinery sales, and aftermarket parts and services in one location. The new facility is located in ...
JDSU’s quarterly revenue rises 7.4%, driven by growth in North America On a non-GAAP basis, for fiscal 2012 (to end-June), JDSU of Milpitas, CA, USA has reported net revenue of $1682.7m, down 7.4% on fiscal 2011’s USD1816.2m. ...
According to Yengst Associates and as indicated in the table below, growth in sales for tractors was about 2 percent in 2011 and it is expected to gain another 2 percent in 2012, with total tractor sales reaching just under 200,000 units ...
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Aixtron's revenue rebounds by 10%; non-LED activities gaining traction Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany says that, for second-quarter 2012, its revenues and orders have stabilized at the levels of Q1/2012. ...
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A landmark mortgage law approved by Saudi Arabia on Monday would tackle soaring property prices, spur lending and give a strong boost to the economy but it will take time before its full results are felt, a local study said on Wednesday. ...
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Sri Lanka s post-war reconstruction and floods have helped boost demand for cement in the country, according to Tokyo Cement. The Sri Lankan and Japanese joint venture said that much of the demand has come from the government s large scale ...
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In their annual results for 2011, coatings producers in Europe have been predicting that 2012 will be much the same overall as last year in terms of growth in sales and profits. There would, nonetheless, be one major difference between the ...
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Oman Daily Observer reported that cement sector players in Oman are scaling up their production capacity to meet the ever rising local demand and also from the countrys export markets like Yemen and some East African nations. Till recently, ...
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In order to meet higher demand for locally made machines, KraussMaffei has started to make injection moulding machines in its Haiyan, China, factory, which will double its production space and capabilities. Hans Ulrich Golz, the new ...
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Kobelco's sales of construction equipment totalled JPY 355 billion (US$ 4.40 billion) in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012 - level with the previous year.A +17% increase in crawler crane sales compensated for a fall in the company's ...
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The combined Canadian and U. S. Lumber industries shrunk by about 30 percent as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis that, in 2008, sparked the U. S. 's worst recession since the Great Depression, according to a summary in the 2012 ...
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