adidas and Manchester United announced an Official Partnership, bringing together two of the leading brands in football. Starting with the 2015/2016 season, adidas will become the global Technical Sponsor and Official Licensing Partner of ...
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South Africa's primary carbon and alloy steel product imports (excluding semi-finished steel, stainless steel and drawn wire) amounted to 67,293 mt in May this year, increasing by 39.6 percent compared to April, but down 48.5 percent from ...
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Leggett & Platt expects to record a $108 million pre-tax, non-cash goodwill impairment charge for the second quarter. This charge reflects the complete write off of the goodwill associated with the Store Fixtures group, which is part of the ...
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The US Department of Commerce (DOC) amended its final determination in the antidumping (AD) investigation of OCTG from Taiwan Thursday, reducing the final weighted-average dumping margin for Tension Steel Industries Co., Ltd. and all other ...
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In its preliminary financial report for the first half of the current year, Beijing-based Chinese steelmaker Shougang Iron and Steel Co. has announced that it expects to record a net profit of RMB 0-10 million ($0-1.63 million) for the ...
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Russian steel producer Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has announced that it has opened a representative office in Shanghai to establish and strengthen relationships with companies in the world's second-largest economy. The new ...
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WWF and IKEA are both founding members of BCI, and have always been fundamental in supporting its efforts to transform cotton production worldwide by developing Better Cotton as a sustainable mainstream commodity. In 2005, WWF and IKEA ...
ITMA Asia in Shanghai – the first exhibition of the complete Saurer Group, proved to be a very successful event for the Group. Being the only machine manufacturer launching three completely new machines, the Saurer booth was ...
Austria-based plantmaker Siemens Metals Technologies announced today, July 14, that it has received an order from Indian steelmaker Tata Steel to modernize the secondary emission system in its LD2 shop in Jamshedpur. The aim of the ...
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For second-quarter 2014, specialty metal and chemical products firm 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Québec, Canada has reported revenue of $136.6m, down 4% on $142.4m last quarter but up 21% on $112.6m a year ago. 5N Plus provides ...
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Itema announces a new senior appointment at their wholly owned subsidiary Itema America Inc., with the addition of Mr. Steve Brown, formerly at Picanol (America), as Sales Manager. Steve joins the existing sales organization with the task ...
Russia-based TMK, one of the world's leading oil and gas steel pipe producers, has announced that it has signed an agreement for a research and development cooperation program for 2014-2016 with Lukoil, Russia's second-largest oil company, ...
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In June this year, Turkey's motor vehicle output totaled 108,101 units, up six percent year on year and up 6.5 percent compared to May, according to the monthly statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers' Association (OSD). ...
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On July 14, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in June this year China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) issued iron ore import licenses for a total of 104.9787 million mt, up 5.34 percent month on month, valued at ...
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Swedish speciality steel producer SSAB has announced that the European Commision has approved its merger with Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki. The offer period for the merger is scheduled to expire on July 22. The Commission had concerns ...
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