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Weichai and Shaanxi Automobile Established The First Maintenance Station in Angola

Mar 25, 2014

Recently, Weichai and Shaanxi Automobile established the first maintenance station in Angola and developed Customer Tour to improve service quality. Thus, good base of exploring Angola market would be well built. It is learned that in ...

Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts

Exhibitors Have Shown off Their Home Goods and Services for The Last 10 Days

Mar 25, 2014

Today is the last day of this year's National Home Show in Toronto. Exhibitors have shown off their home goods and services for the last 10 days. More than 100,000 visitors came to admire interesting garden designs and furniture and to ...

Tags: Outdoor Furniture, Furniture, Furnishing

Communication Between Manufacturers & Distributors Is Improved

Mar 24, 2014

For most manufacturers that sell through a channel sales network, visibility ends where distributor involvement begins. Imagine this scenario: A potential customer calls your factory or sends a quote request through your website. Your ...

Tags: Electrical, Electronics

Colombian Iron and Steel Exports Amounted to 19,585 Mt, Falling 24.1%

Mar 24, 2014

In January of the current year, Colombian iron and steel exports amounted to 19,585 mt, falling 24.1 percent, and were worth $63.49 million, down 21.7 percent, both compared to the same month of 2013, as announced by the Colombian National ...

Tags: Iron, Steel, steel exports

US DOC Announced Thursday Preliminary Margins on Non-Oriented Electrical Steel

Mar 24, 2014

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Thursday its preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of non-oriented electrical steel from China, Korea, and Taiwan. The DOC has made affirmative ...

Tags: taiwan, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel

SHFE Launched Trading of HRC Futures Contracts Today, March 21

Mar 24, 2014

Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) launched trading of hot rolled coil (HRC) futures contracts today, March 21, offering another hedging tool for steelmakers amid growing price volatility. The most traded HRC contract for October delivery ...

Tags: HRC Futures, Futures Exchange, hot rolled coil

Australia's Port Hedland Is Considering Plans to Increase Its Port Capacity

Mar 24, 2014

Australia's Port Hedland is considering plans to increase its port capacity which could translate into an increase in the port's iron ore exports to 500 million mt per year through new terminals at Finucane Island and Lumsden Point, ...

Tags: iron ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy

Roy Hill Holdings Has Announced That It Has Signed a $7.2 Billion Funding Package

Mar 24, 2014

Australia-based Roy Hill Holdings has announced that it has signed a $7.2 billion funding package for the Roy Hill iron ore mining project located in West Australia's Pilbara region. According to Roy Hill Holdings, the Roy Hill project ...

Tags: iron ore, Metallurgy, Mineral

US Rig Count Decreased by Six to 1,803, Following a 17-Rig Increase The Previous Week.?

Mar 24, 2014

Baker Hughes reported that for the week ending March 21, the US rig count decreased by six to 1,803, following a 17-rig increase the previous week.? The rig count is still up by 57 from 1,746 rigs during the same week a year ago.? The oil ...

Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, gas

Howler Brothers Has Named Wittenbraker as Its Chief Marketing Officer

Mar 24, 2014

Howler Brothers, an outdoor apparel startup in Austin, Texas, has named former Yeti Cooler marketing chief Rick Wittenbraker as its chief marketing officer. ADVERTISEMENT "We have known Rick for a long time both as a friend and as a ...

Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, Apparel

The Drone Joined British Explorer Antony Jinman on a 730 Mile Journey Across The Antarctic

Mar 24, 2014

The drone joined British explorer Antony Jinman on a 730 mile journey across the Antarctic. The Parrot AR Drone 2.0 has become the first toy to reach the South Pole. The drone embarked on its 730 mile journey across the Antarctic as ...

Tags: Toys

The New Figure Weighs in at 43 Inches in Length

Mar 24, 2014

The new figure weighs in at 43 inches in length, reportedly the biggest ever to hit US stores. A 43 inch toy version of the new Godzilla has offered fans the first full body look of the latest reincarnation of the iconic lizard. From ...

Tags: Toys

AVX Added a New Series of High Voltage Multilayer Ceramic Chip

Mar 24, 2014

Ideal for high voltage automotive electronics in both standard & hybrid electric vehicles, the High Voltage Automotive MLCCMultiple-layer capacitors interleave dielectric and electrode layers. This type of capacitor has increased current ...

Tags: electric vehicles, Electronics, vehicles

DECC Has Set The Goal of Installing 53 Million Smart Meters in 30 Million Homes

Mar 24, 2014

The United Kingdom's Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has set the goal of installing 53 million smart meters in 30 million homes over the next eight years. The department claims the national roll out will save the country ...

Tags: Smart Meters, Instruments, Meters

Ukraine's Retail Gas Prices May Have to Rise 40%

Mar 24, 2014

Ukraine's retail gas prices may have to rise 40% as part of economic reforms needed to unlock loans from the International Monetary Fund, Ukrainian energy minister Yuriy Prodan told reporters in Brussels Thursday. "This is an unpopular ...

Tags: Gas Prices, energy sector