According to central European pallet manufacturers, the business year 2013 has got off to an unexpectedly brisk start in terms of volumes. Concerns that a general slowing in the pace of economic activity as a whole could lead to regressive ...
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The hunt for a buyer for subsidiaries of the Swedish group Karlit, which filed for bankruptcy on 6 August 2012, has ended unsuccessfully in the case of the furniture and furniture parts producers Kadax Produktion and Dax Door Produktion. ...
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The Ikea concern increased retail turnover in the 2011/2012 financial year (31 August) by 9.5% to €27.628bn. Adjusted for currency-exchange effects, this represented growth of 7.1%, while adjusted for selling space and ...
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The Nissan Micra is no longer available with a four-cylinder engine following a production shift from Indonesia to India. The change in Nissan Australia’s production source means all models in the updated 2013 Micra range will be ...
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DuPont has named Karen A. Fletcher chief engineer and vice president of Engineering and Carl J. Lukach vice president of Investor Relations. Fletcher previously vice president of Investor Relations, has held a range of technical and ...
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The Valspar Corporation has been selected as the major supplier of concrete reinforcing steel coatings for the Hongkong-Zhuhai-Macao bridge in China. When completed in 2016, the length of the bridge will span nearly 50 kilometers (30 miles) ...
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Trimite Global Coatings has purchased all intellectual property (IPR), including trademarks and brand names, relating to the former Trimite Ltd. business that went into administration in March 2009. Stretford Group, the owner of Trimite ...
For customer spinning tests, all 4 end spinning technologies are now immediately available in the Rieter SpinCenter in Changzhou: the G 32/35 ring spinning machine, the K 44/45 compact spinning machine, the R 60 and R 923 rotor spinning ...
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Under the helm of its new CEO, Steve Bennett, Symantec last week outlined a re-organisation intended to lead to a leaner company and a new range of security and back-up services and products. These products would be built primarily on ...
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Microsoft will reap enormous revenue when it introduces mobile versions of its Office productivity suite for iOS and Android, an analyst said on Friday, despite warning that the window of opportunity is quickly closing. “The day ...
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Reebok, the global fitness brand, and Spartan Race, the world’s leading obstacle racing series and Outside Magazine’s Best Obstacle Race in 2012, have announced a multi-year partnership. The collaboration marks Reebok’s ...
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LAS VEGAS — In celebration of Feizy Rugs' 40th anniversary, company founder and CEO John Feizy will host a 1940s-themed party in the company's showroom here during next week's Las Vegas Market, complete with big band music. The ...
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Oman Cement Co has recorded a 36.7% rise in its net profit from $45.5m (OMR 17.5m) to $33.2m (OMR 12.8m) for the year 2012, according to a company disclosure to the Muscat Securities Market. Total revenue rose 17% to $154m (OMR 59.3m) ...
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XAL’s showroom in 22 Bateman’s Row, London Austrian luminaire manufacturer XAL has opened a lighting showroom in the UK for the first time and last night invited the industry to take a look. XAL’s showroom, located in ...
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Oracle’s head of Java security has promised that the vendor will “fix” issues with the widely used programming language, as well as improve its outreach efforts to community members, following a spate of high-profile ...