The Tire Industry Association (TIA) announced that Redburn Tire Co. is the first member to sign on with the organization's new self-funded group employee benefits solution. The program is offered to TIA members through an alliance with ...
Tags: Auto Parts, tire, tyre
Kumho Tire U.S.A. Inc. has hired John Hagan as national sales vice president. Prior to accepting the position, Hagan (pictured) was senior director of sales operations at Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. He replaced Armand Allaire, who left the ...
Tags: Auto Parts, tyre, tire
A number of garment factories in Haiti were forced to close last week following protests by workers demanding a higher minimum wage. The workers say a rise in the minimum wage set out last month, and due to come into effect from 1 ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories, garment
It's reported that SSAB Americas announced to raise its prices for heavy plates by US$30/short ton, effective immediately. Meanwhile, it's learned that the major steelmakers in the US including Nucor, SSAB Americas and ArcelorMittal North ...
Tags: Heavy Plate, SSAB Prices Hiking
Feng Hsin, one of the major electric furnace mills in Taiwan, has announced the company will hike its price for rebar, and scrap collection by NT$200/ton and steel section by NT$300/ton in this week. This is the first time that Feng Hsin to ...
Tags: Feng Hsin, Rebar, Rebar Prices
Reportedly, steel export prices in the CIS countries are in divergent trends with long steel products sliding, steel billets stable, and finished flats climbing. Market for finished longs is dull. Rebar is mostly traded in between ...
Tags: CIS, Steel Export, Steel Prices, Divergent Trends
According to the latest report of Latin American Steel Association (Alacero), the region imported 4 million tons of steel products from China from this January to September, which means an increase of 23% compare to same period last year. ...
Glass LLC, the first glass holding company in the Middle East and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dubai Investments PJSC [DI], has announced that its coating lines, comprising subsidiaries Emirates Glass LLC [EGL] and Saudi American Glass ...
Tags: Glass, Construction, Decoration
I have fond memories of 2010 when our industry catapulted out of the recession. Distribution and component suppliers were in flat-out growth mode as all struggled to deal with rapidly rising demands that rapidly swamped capacity levels that ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Steven Cortazzo was named vice-president of sales for Keim Mineral Coatings of America, Inc. His responsibilities include corporate branding and business development in the New York metro region including New York City and New Jersey. ...
Tags: Mineral Coatings, Construction, Decoration, Coatings
PPG Industries' fiber glass business has appointed August A. "Gus" Astroth general manager and Asia Pacific leader for the business effective January 1, 2014. Astroth will replace Terry Fry, who is retiring after 41 years of PPG service. ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Fiber Glass
It's reported that Baosteel Stainless, the second largest stainless producer in China announced to raise its export prices for austenitic stainless steel coils by US$50/ton in order to reflect higher nickel prices. After the adjustment, the ...
Tags: Construction, steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
Pacific Coast Feather Co. says it will rebuild its mattress pad production operations in Gastonia, N.C., concluding a search for a new facility that began after the company's Wayne, Neb., plant was destroyed by a tornado last fall. The ...
An expansive U.S. economy and six months of overall manufacturing growth are generating optimism for the Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) as it prepares to meet the demands of industry clients in 2014. "The automation ...
Recent research in the American Marketing Association's Journal of Marketing Research finds that, as the environment becomes more socially crowded, consumers show an increased preference for products with safety connotations. A crowded ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Consumer Packaging