China's railway infrastructure investment is set to reach a new high next year, with an estimated investment value of more than 516 billion yuan ($82.66 billion). Both the investment and operation mileage will exceed those of this year, ...
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Executives of Motech Industries and Neo Solar Power, both Taiwanese solar-cell makers, are reportedly engaged in intensive talks for the acquisition of Neo Solar by Motech. After the acquisition, Motech will boast total capacity of 3GW, ...
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Revenues for pumps, valves, instrumentation, fluid filtration and air pollution control in the fuels market will reach $5.8 billion next year. This is the conclusion of the most recent forecast in Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: ...
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The Jakarta Post reported that low average selling price of steel resulting from an oversupply in the domestic market hit earnings of the country's major steel producers in the first nine months of this year. Mr Edward Pinem executive ...
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Global demand for oilfield equipment is forecast to rise 3.8 percent per year through 2016 to $109 billion. Gains will be fueled by a substantial increase in oil and gas production as the world economy rebounds from the general economic ...
After dropping in July, U. S. Fastener exports in August rose 8% month-over-month to $287.5 million, Zepol reports. The top five consumers of U. S. Fasteners during the month were Canada ($91.16m); Mexico ($90.13m); UK ($12.42m); China ...
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The Bossard Group acquired the fastening division as KVT Koenig Group, Bossard CEO David Dean announced. KVT Fastening supplies fastening and sealing applications in German-speaking countries. The division has 230 employees in Germany, ...
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Bulten Fasteners China has prevailed in an antidumping investigation before the European Commission, resulting in a complete removal of the additional duties that had previously struck the company. A new EU Regulation of 10 October 2012 ...
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Distributors broaden their business activities to target markets such as lighting,automotive,industrial automation and smart energy,writes Eric Schuck,president,Arrow EMEA Components Specialisation,which has been at the foundation of ...
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World sales to climb 5.2% annually through 2016 Global sales of industrial fasteners are expected to climb 5.2 percent per year to $82.9 billion in 2016, accelerating from the 2006-2011 rate of market expansion. The economies of many ...
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* Baosteel leaves November prices unchanged from October * Other major steel mills remain wary of demand SHANGHAI, Oct 11 (Reuters) - An unexpected price freeze by a top Chinese steel mill signals that other players in the world's biggest ...
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European Union on 10 October 2012 decided to amend the anti-dumping duty on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in China. The products fall within CN code 73181290, 73181491, 73181499, 73181559, 73181569, 73181581? ...
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On a three-month average basis,North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$1.12 billion in orders worldwide and a book-to-bill(B/B)ratio of 0.84 in August 2012,the new low so far this year. SEMI(Semiconductor ...
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There are signs indicating that Taiwan's economy may bottom out soon amid an easing of global economic uncertainty,as the sentiment in its manufacturing sector has improved and the prospects of its exports have become more upbeat,the Taiwan ...
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The U. S. Fastener imports increased 7% to $418, 884, 658 in July compared with the previous month, while exports decreased 8% to $265, 964, 536. China Taiwan, Mainland China, Japan, Germany and Canada were still the top five exporters of ...
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