PRC Clinical, a contract research organization (CRO), has selected Trial By Fire Solutions' SimpleCTMS clinical trial management system. PRC Clinical will incorporate SimpleCTMS into their suite of eClinical services to carry out a full ...
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SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW), General Motors' micro-van joint venture in China, has opened its new passenger car production plant in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The company has invested $1.3bn in the first phase of the ...
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Yunnan Investment Holdings and BYD are planning to open new energy vehicle manufacturing plants in Yunnan Province, southwest China. Both the companies will cooperate in three stages over the coming year. Under the first stage, the ...
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Zhejiang Geely Holding has received an approval from the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) to build a new $631m passenger automobile plant in Chengdu, China. The new plant will manufacture Volvo cars and is ...
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SHARES in Wuhan Iron and Steel Co surged after the major Chinese steel mill announced a CNY 15 billion (USD 2.41 billion) private placement to acquire mining assets from its parent. According to a filing to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, ...
The Beijing Health Inspection Institute has announced that a new food safety standard will be enforced for food caterers from June 2013. The standard will be applicable for restaurants,bakeries,shops selling snacks,drinks and ...
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Lithium ion battery maker A123 systems has finalised its agreement with Chinese automotive components manufacturer Wanxiang for the provision of $465m funds to continue its core businesses as well as its vehicle electrification and ...
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LycoRed has announced that it has secured a multi-million US dollar agreement with Shanghai Lithy Foods Material, a distributor of botanical extracts and nutrient pharmaceuticals for dietary supplements in China. The two companies signed ...
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Israel-based nutraceutical ingredients company LycoRed has received European patent for its proprietary extraction process of the Lyc-O-Mato oleoresin from tomatoes. This process of extracting the natural tomato complex is the basis for ...
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Crawford & Company has reported that its second quarter 2012 consolidated revenues before reimbursements summed up to $293.8m, with an increase of 1% from $291.7m during the year ago period. Second quarter 2012 net income attributable to ...
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Taiwan-based Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) producer - Shinkong Synthetic Fibers has reduced capacity rates at its PET plant and has also planned a turnaround. “The PET plant is currently operating at 85 percent production ...
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Two new purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plants have become operational in China, which has led to a rise in demand and consequently an increase in imports of paraxylene (PX) in September 2012. A new plant with capacity to produce 1.5 ...
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The new Rieter China Plant II, nominated by the Government of Changzhou for an award as one of the two industrial reference enterprises of the Changzhou National Hi-Tech District (CND) to the provincial publicity program (Jiangsu Open ...
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An oats sample imported from Japan was found to contain low level of radioactivity, according to a spokesman for the Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department. The test result showed that a ...
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Fixed asset investment in China's refining industry totaled Yuan 130 billion ($20.9 billion) from January to October, the National Development and Reform Commission said on its website Thursday. This was an 18.2% increase from the same ...
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