American Express, which in recent years has been reining in costs to counter sluggish revenue growth, said expenses rose 3.5 percent to $3.60 billion in the fourth quarter, driven mainly by marketing costs and salaries. American Express Co ...
In 1939, a bronze ding which is an ancient cooking vessel with two loop handles and three or four legs, was unearthed in Anyang, Henan Province. This four-legged ding known as the Simuwu Rectangle Ding was so big and heavy that it could not ...
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2014 is drawing to a close. In the last year, although the whole industry is not booming, a number of new tractors launched in China. CAMC HANMA CAMC HANMA debuted in Shanghai in July. On the following Hannover auto show, CAMC brought ...
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Everything you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy S6 The Samsung Galaxy S6 release date is fast approaching, and with 2015 now upon us, a flurry of Galaxy S6 leaks and rumours have started to surface. With the Galaxy S6 release date ...
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The much-mooted 12-inch MacBook Air with Retina display has been tipped for a 2015 launch. The device currently only exists as hushed whispers at One Infinite Loop, but is set to begin mass-production in Q1 next year. This week’s ...
UK-based plastics recycler Jayplas has completed the installation of a new extrusion and printing plant besides creating a new packaging division. These investments are a part of the company's strategy to grow its nationwide recycling ...
GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless producer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications, has released a new Application Note for design engineers that sets ...
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UK-based supplier and contract slitter of flexible packaging materials Lean Flexibles has installed a X6 slitting machine from Universal Converting Equipment. The machine has helped the company to minimise job set up times, produce ...
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Love's Travel Stops and Country Stores opened its first compressed natural gas (CNG) location in Ohio. The facility in Burbank, Ohio is the company's 10th CNG location in the U.S. Motorists and fleets in Burbank, Ohio, now have the option ...
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Invista and Lenzing have collaborated once again by blending Coolmax fabric with Tencel fibre to launch a new denim fabric. According to both fibre producers, the new denim fabric will provide wearers with cool dry comfort, softness, and ...
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AkzoNobel is part of a major Dutch partnership working with Canada’s Enerkem to explore the use of waste streams as a feedstock for chemical production and the development of waste-to-chemicals facilities. The collaboration features ...
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Tandus Centiva recently recognized Chattanooga Airport for recycling 47,000 pounds of Powerbondback into new material. The Powerbond installation was in use for 23 years, with more than 640,000 people traveling through the Chattanooga ...
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For third-quarter 2014, specialty metal and chemical products firm 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Québec, Canada has reported revenue of $114.4m, down 16% on $136.6m last quarter but up 5% on $108.6m a year ago. “We reported ...
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Linpac’s 16 plants throughout the world are about to get an Australian sibling. The UK packaging company is investing $22 million in its first Australian manufacturing headquarters, at Truganina, in Melbourne’s west. ...
Japanese flat knitting machine manufacturer Shima Seiki will hold a private exhibition from November 12-14, 2014 at Liberty House in London. Shima Seiki will showcase the latest version of its SDS-ONE APEX3 3D design system as well as ...
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