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China's PPI Contracted 1.4% Year on Year in May

Jun 11, 2014

China's producer price index (PPI) contracted 1.4 percent year on year in May, following a 2-percent decline in April, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Tuesday. The index edged down 0.1 percent in May from the ...

Tags: Chemicals, PPI

Japan Will to Adjust The Manufacturing Industry Development Direction

Jun 11, 2014

The Japanese government cabinet meeting said that they will energetically adjust the structure of manufacturing, robotics, clean vehicles, regenerative medical and 3D printing technology as key areas of the manufacturing industry ...

Tags: Manufacturing Industry, Economy

Compal Electronics Has Announced Consolidated Revenues of NT$68 Billion for May

Jun 10, 2014

Compal Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$68 billion (US$2.26 billion) for May, up 18.95% on month and 28.26% on year, while Wistron achieved NT$43.83 billion in the month, up 2.33% on month, but down 25.28% on year. ...

Tags: smart handheld device, LCD monitor, Electrical, Electronics

Robot Food & Shepherd's Purse Create New Food Packaging

Jun 10, 2014

The cheese maker and brand design consultancy had already worked together on Shepherd's Purse branding and packaging, and with Le Tour De France coming up, they decided on a limited edition cheese pack to celebrate. The company's flagship ...

Tags: Agriculture, Food, Food Packaging

Increasing Popularity of Flexible Packaging Can Be Attributed to a Number of Factors

Jun 9, 2014

The flexible packaging market is rapidly growing, with recent research suggesting that its global value equated to £45bn in 2013. But what has been the catalyst for this growth? Why is rigid packaging being replaced with flexible? ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing, Flexible Packaging

Fundamental Role of Packaging Is Being Permanently Altered

Jun 9, 2014

According to recently published figures for the UK, it now accounts for 13% of all transactions and online grocery sales are set to double in key European markets by 2016. This shift in consumer shopping behaviour has inevitably had an ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing

Net Sales for The Four-Week Period Ended May 31, 2014 Were $1.27 Billion

Jun 6, 2014

Gap Inc. reported that May net sales increased 4 percent compared with last year. Net sales for the four-week period ended May 31, 2014 were $1.27 billion compared with net sales of $1.22 billion for the four-week period ended June 1, 2013. ...

Tags: Apparel

SCHWING Announces Their Participation in The Upcoming ITMA

Jun 6, 2014

SCHWING announces their participation in the upcoming ITMA and CITME ASIA 2014 exhibition in Shanghai by exhibiting in Hall W1, Booth F14. They will be demonstrating their equipment by highlighting the latest advanced thermal cleaning ...

Tags: Apparel, Textile

Japan's CR Sheet and Strip Inventories Increased by 0.48 Percent From The Previous Month

Jun 6, 2014

In the first four months of this year, Japan's cold rolled sheet and strip shipments increased by 2.66 percent on year-on-year basis to 2.18 million metric tons, according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) data. 55 percent of ...

Tags: CR Sheet, Strip Shipments

China Monthly Purchasing Managers Index Rose to 50.8 Points in May

Jun 5, 2014

Chinese manufacturing grew for the third consecutive month in May, suggesting a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy is stabilizing, a state-sanctioned industry group said Sunday. The China Federation of Logistics and ...

Tags: economic growth

The CIF Bremen Index Has Increased Moderately

Jun 5, 2014

After the difference between July and December futures had shrunk again, the New York cotton futures have lastly experienced a considerable stabilization. Price influencing factors like position adjustments of institutional investors ...

Tags: Cotton, CIF Bremen

Chinese Traders Reacted Cautiously After Qingdao Port Had Halted Shipments of Aluminum

Jun 5, 2014

Chinese traders and analysts reacted cautiously Tuesday to news that Qingdao port had halted shipments of aluminum and copper due to a probe into loan irregularities involving stocks in port warehouses. Local media reported Monday that ...

Tags: Copper Shipments, aluminum, copper

India Improved Its Ranking as Per The Recent Data Released by 'UN Comtrade' in Textiles

Jun 4, 2014

India has improved its ranking as per the recent data released by ‘UN Comtrade’ in Global Textiles as well as Apparel Exports. In Global Textiles Exports, India now stands at second position beating its competitors like Italy, ...

Tags: Textile Exporter, Textile

Chinese Steel Sector Stood at 46.4 Percent, Down by 6.2 Percentage Points

Jun 4, 2014

In May this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector stood at 46.4 percent, down by 6.2 percentage points as compared to April, falling below 50 percent again, as announced by the China Steel Logistics ...

Tags: Steel Sector

The PMI for China's Manufacturing Sector Was at 50.8 Percent in May of The Current Year

Jun 4, 2014

The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 50.8 percent in May of the current year, up 0.4 percentage points compared to April and constituting the third consecutive month-on-month increase, according to ...

Tags: Manufacturing PMI