Global multiline property and casualty insurer ACE has cautioned food and beverage (F&B) manufacturers to be ready for more product liability claims, as new EU food labelling regulation takes effect this year. The new regulation, which is ...
Tags: Food Labelling, food producers
Global ports expect to see LNG account for 13% of the bunker fuel market supply come 2020 and 24% by 2025, according to a Lloyd's Register report Monday. Lloyd's global marketing manager Luis Benito shared the observations at a media ...
Tags: LNG, Bunker Fuel Supply
Argentina exported 92,755 mt of biodiesel in February, a 106% jump from the same period in a year ago, according to Argentinian Biofuels Association, or CARBIO, data that Platts received Thursday. February fixture data indicated as much ...
Tags: Biodiesel Exports, Biofuels
The global LNG market will remain tight through the end of the decade as growing demand in Asia, South America and Europe outpaces supply constrained by high costs and underdeveloped infrastructure, according to a study released Thursday by ...
Tags: LNG Market, LNG demand
Affinity Apparel is pleased to announce they have been presented two "Image of the Year" awards from the North-American Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors (NAUMD). The "Image of the Year" awards recognize achievement ...
UVOTECH Systems Inc of Concord, CA, USA, a manufacturer and distributor of surface treatment equipment, has launched the Model HELIOS-500 UV-ozone cleaning system, the first product in the firm's HELIOS series of UV-ozone cleaners. ...
Baker Hughes reported that for the week ending April 4, 2014 the US rig count increased by nine to 1,818, following a six-rig increase the previous week.? The rig count is still up by 80 from 1,738 rigs during the same week a year ago.? The ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Russian pipe producing company United Metallurgical Company (OMK) has announced that its Russia-based Chusovoy Steel Works (ChSW) stopped producing steel through its open-hearth furnaces on March 31. The halt of the last open-hearth furnace ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel, pipe
Singapore 380 CST high sulfur bunker fuel prices dipped to a 21-month low of $586/mt Wednesday, on the back of weak demand and bearish crude. The outright price was last lower June 29, 2012, when it was $578.50, Platts data showed. ...
Tags: fuel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Prepping propane equipment after a long winter will be crucial this spring before planting begins. More than 856,000 farms in the U.S. are using propane for running engines, heating buildings, running pumps and to dry and process crops. The ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, Propane-Fueled Equipment
FKuR has been on a growth spurt. The company's flagship bioplastic, Bio-Flex, is a blend of blends of co-polyester and PLA with a very high content of natural resource material, and comes in thirteen grades. Each Bio-Flex packaging film ...
AkzoNobel has introduced the shipping industry's first digital tool that enables operators to accurately assess and predict the risk of hull fouling, depending on which routes are being traded. Developed by the company's Marine Coatings ...
Tags: Shipping Industry, Shipping
Based on the Commerce Department's most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that steel import permit applications for the month of March total 3,485,000 ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
The Michelin Premier A/S will be manufactured in North America at Michelin plants in Lexington and Greenville, S.C., Ardmore, Okla., and Pictou County and Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Michelin North America reports the Michelin Premier A/S ...
Tags: Michelin, Tyre, Michelin Premier
TDK Corporation has extended its range of EPCOS MKK power capacitorsThis is a general term referring to capacitors that handle large currents or high voltages, can be used in charging systems, and applications in electrical distribution ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, capacitors