Commission encourages Chinese steelmakers to boost global footprint Chinese steelmakers that have lost money because of volatile global iron ore prices should invest more in foreign mineral resources to gain greater pricing power, the ...
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Asset management and investment group Alcentra has completed unitranche investment in the plastic packaging division of France-based Chesapeake. The investment will provide capital to increase business in areas of high agricultural ...
Ruhrpumpen is opening a new manufacturing plant this year in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro. The 80,729 ft state of the art facility is strategically located near a major highway in Rio in order to provide optimum delivery service. The ...
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The International Fashion Showcase launched in 2012 and celebrates London’s position as an international fashion city with a reputation for nurturing emerging talent. Organised by the British Council and British Fashion Council, the ...
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JDA Software Group, Inc., The Supply Chain Company, announces that Showroomprive.com, a French private online sales club dedicated to ready-to-wear fashion, has selected JDAWarehouse Management to support the international deployment of a ...
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Driven by robust sales numbers, Brazil’s Cia Hering, which is engaged in the fashion industry, witnessed a healthy rise in net profit in the third quarter of 2013. The company, which is one of the largest retail and apparel ...
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According to the World Steel Association (worldsteel), in 2013 global crude steel output reached 1.61 billion mt, increasing by 3.5 percent on year-on-year basis. In December of the same year, world crude steel production for the 65 ...
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Despite a challenging global and domestic economic scenario, Brazilian textile company Pettenati SA Industria Textil posted strong sales revenue in the first quarter of the current fiscal 2013-14. The company, which is primarily ...
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Research commissioned by ABB Group, the power and automation technology company headquartered in Switzerland, confirms that energy efficiency remains a high priority for industrial executives. Of more than 300 in manufacturing and power ...
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Parcel carrier FedEx Express will begin testing the Nissane-NV200 all-electric van as part of an arrangement between parent company FedEx Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. FedEx will test the van in the Washington, D.C., area, where it will be ...
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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Mar. corn closed at $4.25, up 1 cent Mar. soybeans closed at $12.80 and 1/2, down 36 cents Mar. soybean meal closed at $416.50, down $18.00 Mar. soybean oil closed at 38.10, up 36 points Mar. ...
Tags: Soybean, Joplin Regional Stockyards, Iowa/Minnesota, cattle trade
In 2013, the worldwide automobile market showed decidedly mixed trends, with demand continuing to contract in 30-country Europe (down 1.6%) and Russia (down 5.4%), while expanding in China (up 19.1%) and Latin America (up 2.9%). In this ...
World cotton trades in the 2013/14 season may be as challenging as it was in the 2012/13. The scenario is a reaction coming from the international demand, except for China, decreases of the worldwide supply, record ending stocks and ...
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Rush Enterprises Inc., based in San Antonio, said it has acquired a total of 10 dealer locations in Illinois and Indiana. The company paid a total of about $145 million to buy certain assets of Chicago International Trucks, Indy Truck ...
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Braskem, the largest resin producer in the Americas and the world's leading biopolymer producer, was selected for the third consecutive time as a component of the Carbon Efficient Index (ICO2) of the BM&FBovespa - Securities, Commodities ...