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China's Steel Pipe Industry Was Hit by Another Blow From EU

Mar 26, 2012

Just relieved from US's anti-subsidy suspicion, China's steel pipe industry was hit by another blow from EU, which announced to impose an anti-dumping (AD) duty of 48.3%-71.9% on China-originated stainless seamless steel pipe, worsening the ...

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Cemex Has Reached an Agreement with Chinese Sinoma Energy Conservation Ltd

Mar 26, 2012

Cemex has reached an agreement with Chinese Sinoma Energy Conservation Ltd. To build a waste heat-to-energy (WHTE) facility. The 800 million Philippine peso (approximately US$18.6 million) facility will be placed in Cemex’s solid ...

Tags: market view, cement

Canfor Announced Today That Further to Its News Release of November 28, 2011

Mar 26, 2012

Canfor (TSX: CFP) announced today that further to its news release of November 28, 2011, it has completed the acquisition of the Tembec Industries Ltd. ("Tembec") southern British Columbia interior wood products assets consisting of the ...

Tags: market view, Wood Products

Epistar Will Establish a Joint Venture Maker of LED lighting in China

Mar 26, 2012

Epistar, a Taiwan-based LED chip maker, will establish a joint venture maker of inexpensive high-performance LED lighting products in Kunshan, eastern China, with Innotek Photoelectronic Technology, a Taiwan-based packager of LED chips for ...

Tags: Market View, led light

CVC Capital Partners Ltd Agreed to Buy Ahlsell Ab for 1.8 Billion Euros

Mar 25, 2012

CVC Capital Partners Ltd., the buyout firm that owns Formula One, agreed to buy Ahlsell AB for 1.8 billion euros ($2.4 billion) to expand in the wholesale supply of tools, machinery and building products. CVC is buying the Stockholm-based ...

Tags: market view, Construction equipment

Deere & Co. Will Invest $70 Million to Expand Tractor Production in Waterloo

Mar 23, 2012

Deere & Co. (DE), the world’s largest maker of agricultural machinery, said it will invest $70 million to expand tractor production in Waterloo, Iowa. The investment will increase capacity by more than 10 percent by mid-2013, the ...

Tags: market view, agricultural machinery

PVC Availability in Italy Has Been Squeezed Due to The Absence of Mainstream Suppliers

Mar 23, 2012

Local PVC availability in Italy has been squeezed due to the absence of several mainstream European suppliers, as per ChemOrbis. Some of the suppliers are still facing production issues at their plants while some already sold out their ...

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Growth in Factory Tools Has Come From Computer-Controlled Electrical Devices - Machines

Mar 23, 2012

It's easier to carve an apple with a knife than an axe. The same goes for manufacturing, where plants are increasingly building things with precise, programmable electric tools instead of machines run on compressed air. Industry groups say ...

Tags: Market View, power tool, electric tool

Prices of Sapphire Ingots Have Stabilized Recently

Mar 23, 2012

Prices of sapphire ingots have stabilized recently but overall demand has not yet recovered to a level that will warrant makers to hike quotes. Price competition of sapphire ingots in China has been severe. Industry sources noted that ...

Tags: Market View, raw material, Sapphire

Nichia's Layout Strategies for Attracting Customers Are Changing

Mar 23, 2012

The leading global LED maker Nichia has remained low-key for many years, but with increasing opportunities in LED lighting, Nichia's layout strategies for attracting customers are changing. Recently, Nichia held a technical seminar in ...

Tags: Market View, led chip

The FDA Approved Novo Nordisk Levemir for Use in Children with Type 1 Diabetes

Mar 23, 2012

The FDA has approved Novo Nordisk Levemir (insulin detemir [rDNA origin] injection) for use in children with type 1 diabetes. The basal insulin analog is approved for type 1 diabetes patients from age two through adulthood and adult ...

Tags: FDA, Levemir, treatment for type 1 diabetes

There Is a Big Gap Compared with The More Mature Countries of Japan and U.S.

Mar 23, 2012

Although China's metal roofing residential develop, but compared with the more mature countries of Japan, the United States and other metal roofing metal roofing processing technology, there is a big gap. Insiders said that, our metal ...

Tags: News Update, Market View, roofing

Lafarge Achieved 8 MT Cement Manufacturing Capacity

Mar 23, 2012

French cement maker Lafarge today said it is looking at expanding its operations in India and has achieved 8 MT cement manufacturing capacity here. "We plans to grow, mostly through internal expansion for our existing cement plants, " ...

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The Forest Wood Industry Is Aiming to Triple Its Roughly $4.5 Billion Export Market

Mar 23, 2012

The Forest Wood Industry is aiming to triple its roughly $4.5 billion export market over the next decade, led by the development of stronger timber products that are more resistant to earthquake damage. About 70% of forest production is ...

Tags: market view, Engineered timber, export

Fu Chun Shin Has NT$1.2 Billion in Backlogged Orders

Mar 23, 2012

Fu Chun Shin Machinery Manufacture Co., a veteran manufacturer of plastic injection molding machines, recently said it has NT$1.2 billion in backlogged orders, which will help boost shipments in the second quarter of this year. The company ...

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