Czech-based ArcelorMittal Ostrava has planned to initiate the production project of weatherproof steel at medium and heavy section mill in Ostrava work site. This newly cutting edge development contains higher content of copper, mainly ...
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Swiss chocolate products manufacturer Barry Callebaut has reported that its net profit for the fiscal year 2011/12 declined 8.5% to CHF241.1m ($255.49m), compared to CHF263.6m ($279.34m) in the same period the previous year, due to higher ...
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Basler Insurance has selected SAS Enterprise Guide to integrate its German Ring Life Insurance and German Ring Property-Casualty Group into a single business intelligence platform with a centralised data warehouse. SAS has been selected ...
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Feng Hsin, one of the major steel long product manufacturers in Taiwan announced to cut its list prices for rebar by NT$200/ton to NT$18,200/ton for this week after continuously raising prices for consecutive six weeks. However, the ...
Tags: Rebar Prices, Feng Hsin, steel long product, section steel and scrap
Vion Food UK is set to close its loss-making Hall's of Broxburn pork processing plant in West Lothian, Scotland, a move which will lead to a loss of 1,700 jobs. Vion Food, which rejected two offers for the site, stated that neither of the ...
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Evonik recently celebrated 50 years of making isophorone chemicals. The first plant for isophorone production commenced operation at the Herne site of Hibernia, as a predecessor company of Evonik Industries in 1962. Discovered as a ...
Japan-based Toyota Tsusho has set up a steel processing center named Toyota Tsusho Processing De Mexico S.A.de C.V. ( TTPM) in Mexico. The firm planned to put the processing center into operation in August, 2013. It's known that ...
Global pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck has commissioned a Fanuc M-1iA Delta Arm robot on a bottling line at its Guadalix facility in Spain facility. The M-1ia places dispenser caps onto bottled allergy medications and is capable of ...
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US-based food packaging and labeling firm Precision Press plans to set up a new Goss Sunday Vpak web offset printing system for flexible packaging applications at the 213,000ft2 North Mankato facility by the end of 2012. The new ...
Reportedly, Quintain Steel, one of the major wire rod producers in Taiwan announced to hike its list prices for wire rod products substantially by NT$1,000/ton for December, driven by sharply surged scrap prices. After the price ...
Tags: Wire Rod, Wire Rod Prices, prices for wire rod products
Health service and insurance provider Cigna has inked an agreement to buy 51% stake in Finans Emeklilik, in Turkey through in-branch banking channels, forming a joint venture (JV) with Finansbank to market life and pension products in the ...
Tags: Cigna, Finansbank, joint venture, life and pension products
The Valspar Corporation announced an agreement with B&Q, an operating company of Kingfisher plc, the world's third largest DIY retail conglomerate, to supply a full selection of premium Valspar paint to all 350 of its locations in the ...
Tags: Valspar Paint, distribution deal, United Kingdom, Ireland
Aspen Insurance has named Richard Aldorisio as executive vice president of casualty insurance unit, which now includes excess and primary casualty, with effective from 4 September 2012. Having 30 years of underwriting and management ...
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Volkswagen AG has granted technical approval to AkzoNobel's Lesonal brand for global use. The approval follows extensive and intensive testing procedures against Volkswagen's repair specifications to demonstrate Lesonal's compliance with ...
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PPG Industries has appointed Eric K. Thiele, PPG assistant treasurer and credit director, as treasurer and a company officer. He will report to David B. Navikas, PPG senior vice president, finance and chief financial officer, and he will ...
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