Ahlstrom is increasing prices in the fourth quarter of 2013 for its filtration materials globally. Ahlstrom says that the price increases will be made to compensate for the continued rise in raw material costs such as speciality pulps, ...
Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, will increase list and off-list selling prices for Vinyl Acetate Monomer in Europe by EUR 20 per metric ton effective immediately, or as contracts allow. This ...
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China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, raised its ex-works butadiene prices in the north by Yuan 500($81)/mt, or 6%, to Yuan 9,000/mt effective Wednesday, end-users said. The price increase comes after the state-run company late ...
The UK rebar producer Celsa has announced offer prices up by £10/ton. The company said that the local market is recovering. An official of the company indicated that energy-related investment will drive the market over the years ...
Northwest European rebar producers have raised their prices on low supply, no imports, higher costs and seasonal restocking, local market sources said this week. According to them, mills don't have large availability and delivery times are ...
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In July, global 40W equiv. LED lamp Average Selling Prices (ASP) fell slightly by 0.6% to US$ 15.5, with price drops most evident in U.S.,according to LEDinside, an LED research division of international research organization TrendForce. ...
Ashland Specialty Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc. announced plans to increase the price of its global coatings hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) by 6 percent. The increase is effective September 1, 2013, or as contracts allow.
Tags: Coatings, Construction
The Ifo Indicator for the world economic climate fell slightly. Both assessments of the current economic situation and the six-month economic outlook deteriorated somewhat. The recovery in the world economy is not really making any headway. ...
Armstrong announced that it will initiate a 3-10% increase in the United States and Canada on select solid hardwood products – mostly wider width and non oak species – and on select engineered hardwood products effective with ...
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Containerboard price rises are like buses…nothing for ages and then three come along in quick succession. If you're sat there scoffing at the seemingly incredulous prospect of three rounds of price rises this year, I'm afraid that ...
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According to Voice of China “peak evening news” reported today, “the new EU Toy Safety Directive” into effect. The EU is the world’s second largest after the U.S. toy consumer market, while the EU market, more ...
In the corrugated giant's first half of the year statement published today (31 July), chief executive Gary McGann said the growth was the result of improved pricing, continued cost take-out and enhanced efficiency programmes. Revenue for ...
The European Union's (EU) anti-dumping tariffs are spurring an increase in prices for China-made solar modules, marking the end of a period when available inexpensive photovoltaic (PV) devices enabled fast growth of installations in the ...
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West Chester, Ohio-based flat rolled steelmaker AK Steel reported Tuesday a net loss of $40.4 million for Q2 2013, ended June 30, 2013, compared to a net loss of $724.2 million for Q2 of 2012. Net sales for Q2 2013 were $1.4 billion on ...
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The main story in the UK corrugated industry remains that of material prices, although another seismic bit of industry restructuring may well be afoot (I may be able to say more next month). In the meantime, a gradual dilution in happiness ...