Taiwan's economic growth rate, on-year growth in GDP, in the first quarter of 2014 has been upward adjusted from 3.02% estimated in February 2014 to 3.04%, according to advance estimates released by the Directorate General of Budget, ...
UAE-based steel producer Emirates Steel Industries (ESI) has announced that it has launched its new steel sheet pile product, becoming the only steel manufacturer in the Middle East to develop and sell sheet piles. Emirates Steel plans to ...
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On April 28, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in mid-April (Apr. 11-20) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.749 million mt, up 0.1 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel, Crude Steel, Iron
Speakers at a high-level event to commemorate One Year after Rana Plaza, reiterated their commitment to working together to ensure safety and rights for workers in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh. “It has been a ...
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The exports of garments from India have grown by 15.5 percent year-on-year to US$ 14.94 billion in the financial year 2013-14 that ended on March 31, 2014, according to the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC). The figures were ...
Inflation is picking up in Japan, with growing expectations that the nation is headed for a 3% year-on-year rate in April or soon after. Price rises in Tokyo, a leading indicator of the nationwide trend, have been far exceeding the ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Light Industry
Duni AB announces Interim Report for Duni AB (publ) 1 January – 31 March 2014. Highlights: -Net sales amounted to SEK 921 m (852). Adjusted for exchange rate changes, net sales increased by 5.2%. -Earnings per share, after dilution, ...
Tags: Textile
The Government of Uzbekistan has invited Bangladeshi entrepreneurs to invest in the textile sector in Uzbekistan. During a meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, the visiting Uzbek Minister for Foreign Economic ...
Tags: Textile, woven garments, garments
Since the worldwide structural shift in the textile industry, only a handful of companies remain in the former textiles heartland of the Swabian Alb. One of these companies is the Albstadt-based underwear manufacturer Comazo GmbH + Co. KG, ...
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Foton released its annual report on the evening of April 16. In 2013 the company achieved revenues of 34.15 billion yuan, decreased by 16.65%, net profit of 763 million yuan, decreased by 43.62% . The company said that in 2013 sales of ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
Taiwan's industrial production index in March this year increased by 3.05 percent as compared to March 2013 and was up 18.29 percent month on month, according to the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Meanwhile, Taiwan's ...
Nesscap Energy Inc. a global leader in research, development and manufacturing of ultracapacitor products, reported its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2013. Revenue for the twelve-month period increased 51% to US $16.6 ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Philips has announced that lighting sales for Q1 2014 were 'flat' when compared with the same period in in 2013. The strongest performing division were Lumileds and Automotive which achieved double-digit growth but Light Sources & ...
Zimmer Holdings announced Thursday that it will acquire Biomet in a $13.5 billion transaction that will provide it with a leading position in the $45 billion musculoskeletal industry. The merger between the two Warsaw, IN–based ...
According to the data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global direct reduced iron (DRI) production in the 14 countries accounting for approximately 87 percent of total world DRI production in 2013 amounted to 5.08 ...
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