July U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $354.63 million according to AMT — The Association For Manufacturing Technology. This total, as reported by companies participating in the USMTO program, was down 11.5 percent from ...
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Swedish producer of vegetable oils and fats solutions AAK has outlined plans to build a specialty and semi-specialty edible oils factory in China, with an estimated outlay of about $56.34m. To be built in Zhangjiagang along the Yangtze ...
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Furniture was the third fastest-growing category in August, building on the strong momentum of recent months, according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. UK retail sales were up 1.3% on a like-for-like basis from August 2013, ...
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According to the statistics released by the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, in the January-July period of this year France's basic steel product and ferroalloy exports amounted to a value of €5.75 billion, increasing ...
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Power management company Eaton has introduced new range of medium-duty dual clutch transmissions called Procision which claimed to offer 8% to 10% better fuel economy. Procision provides 7-speed transmission that uses electronic shifting ...
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All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) chairman, Muhammad Yasin Siddik, has urged the Government of Pakistan to clear the outstanding tax refunds, as committed by the Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, Muhammad Ishaq ...
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Recent soft economic data including falling property prices have many investors worried about a growth slowdown in China, but Platinum Asset Management sees plenty of investment opportunities. The funds manager said in a note to investors ...
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China's state-run media are trying to do something the securities industry has failed to accomplish for much of the past three years: get the world's biggest population to buy more stocks. The official Xinhua News Agency published at ...
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Chinese manufacturing activity growth slowed in August, losing momentum for the first time in six months after having hit its highest level in more than two years. The official purchasing managers index (PMI) came in at 51.1 last ...
Pulp and paper manufacturer Virdia will build a $60m biochemical processing plant in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, which will convert sugarcane bagasse, or sugarcane waste, into industrial sugars and biofuels. Virdia will use 80,000 tons ...
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The GMC Canyon entered a new generation back in 2012, but only for the rest of the world as a new model year hasn't appeared in the U.S. for a few years. The new generation small pickup truck has been given a release date of fall 2014, and ...
The China Association of Metalscrap Utilization has been lobbying the central government to lower the 17% tax on steel scrap sales to help increase its utilization in steelmaking, CAMU Secretary General Li Shubin said at the 7th China ...
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IATA reports that air freight volumes were up by a strong 5.8% in July compared to a year ago. This is an acceleration on June, when freight tonne kilometres rose 2.4%, and reflects improving demand conditions in some regions. There was ...
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The economic recovery may be continuing to gather momentum, however the latest information from the BDRC Continental SME Finance Monitor highlights the Forum of Private Business's ongoing concern that distrust of the banking sector is ...
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Last month the EU proposed a tough set of waste recycling targets that have been met with much resistance by the packaging industry. The new proposals revolve around the aim for 80% of packaging waste materials to be recycled by 2030. ...