ABS prices in China, Italy and Turkey are facing significant upward pressure due to rapidly escalating upstream costs, as per ChemOrbis. Although demand in all three countries has been unspectacular, players are nevertheless predicting ...
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Vancouver-based West Fraser Timber -- North America's largest softwood lumber producer -- posted a fourth-quarter loss of $10.6 million, or 25 cents a share from operations hurt by weak lumber and pulp prices in October-December. It earned ...
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In the advocacy of national energy saving policy, with the implementation of air conditioner energy efficiency standards, air- conditioning plant even more attention to the level of energy efficiency equipment. Heat exchanger as one of the ...
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Despite a pick-up in orders, Acme Electronics remains wary on the outlook for sapphire ingots citing low pricing that has not recovered. Subsidiary USI Optronics, a maker of sapphire ingots, has seen the visibility of orders shorten to ...
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Charles Hendry today made a speech to the Business School at the University of Edinburgh.In it he stated that the security of UK energy is being challenged by: Declining domestic production,making us vulnerable to energy ...
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Certain industries benefit more then others from specific industrial products or machines. Heat exchangers are pretty popular across the board, but are absolute essentials for the paper industry. Without heat exchangers, paper mills would ...
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The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF), the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT), the UK SIP Association (UKSIPS) and the UK Timber Frame Association (UKTFA) have signed up as official show partners for Timber Expo ...
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The small Kansas town of Fredonia is bracing for the loss of its Lafarge cement plant, which is set to close next month. The plant opened in 1907 and has operated 24 hours a day ever since. Citizens say they re worried about literal losses, ...
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Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO), the parent company of Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA), has been recognised as the leading global material handling equipment supplier for 2010-11 by German material handling magazine DHF ...
In Southeast Asia, both import and local PP prices have moved higher in the first week after the Chinese New Year holidays, as per Chemorbis. Players cited stronger propylene feedstock costs along with firming prices in the nearby Chinese ...
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Players in China, Egypt and Turkey are reporting higher PVC offers out of the US this week. Indeed, PVC offers from this origin have been moving higher since the beginning of 2012. Higher ethylene feedstock costs and limited supply have ...
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MISSOULA- A new study performed by the University of Montana's Bureau of Business and Economic Research shows that 2011 wasn't a very good year for the forest products industry in the Treasure State. The industry saw a big drop during the ...
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KSA s Ministry of Commerce and Industry has halted the export of cement and clinker as it attempts to help the Kingdom’s production industry meet growing local demand, a spokesman said on Monday. Cement factories have already been ...
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KUCHING: Malaysia is coming up with a “constructed” price for plywood in the wake of its manufacturers being penalised by South Korean authorities on charges of dumping their panel products. This proposed price is being worked ...
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In 2011, LED supply exceeded demand by 30% due to poor LED TV sales and slow growth in LED lighting. However, this gap is closing in 2012 due to recovering backlight demand and increasing demand for lighting. According to the recent NPD ...
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