US agribusiness firm Cargill has broken ground on a $100m cocoa processing facility in Gresik, in the East-Java region of Indonesia, a move which is expected to create approximately 200 new jobs. According to Cargill, the new facility is ...
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The global supply of ethylene and its derivatives is expected to remain in excess and “from 2014 the excess supply is likely to reach 5 million tons or more, due to the increases in excess supply in the Middle East as well as the ...
Tags: Global Ethylene, Textile
A small Taiwanese-owned toy firm based in Thailand hopes to launch its products in the UK. Kiddy Kiddo specialises in manufacturing educational board games and books, with several products aimed at pre-schoolers. It has been operating ...
Tags: Toys
According to LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce, in March, only several new LED lighting products were launched in the global market, and the price of existing products showed a steady decline. In the global market, 40W equiv. LED ...
Chilled prepared foods manufacturer Bakkavor has opened a food processing facility and farm in the Fujian and Jiangsu provinces of China, as part of its efforts to boost capacity of its Asian business. The new facilities will complement ...
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Tony Lo offered a thumbnail sketch of the global cycling market through Tony’s Report — a short weather report for the industry. Europe? The weather has been cloudy, rainy and windy. First quarter sales were hammered by bad ...
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LANXESS is strengthening its product portfolio for biocides to serve the megatrend urbanization. The German specialty chemicals group has acquired Singapore-based PCTS Specialty Chemicals Pte. Ltd. for an undisclosed amount. The transaction ...
A small Taiwanese-owned toy firm based in Thailand hopes to launch its products in the UK. Kiddy Kiddo specialises in manufacturing educational board games and books, with several products aimed at pre-schoolers. It has been operating in ...
Tags: dice games, toy fairs, toy
For fourth-quarter 2012, 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, a producer of specialty metal and chemical products, has reported revenue of $128.6m, up 6.5% on $120.7m last quarter but down 13.9% on $149.4m a year ago. Revenue for ...
Herapharm, a provider of medical and over-the-counter products in the Korean market, has begun distributing BioElectronics' (BIEL) healing and pain devices. The devices include RecoveryRx Chronic and Postoperative wound therapy brands, ...
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Boao Forum for Asia 2013 Annual Conference will be held from April 6 to 8 in Boao, Hainan Province. Recently, Boao Forum for Asia's magazine "Boao Observation" teams up new institutional economics originator Ronald Coase, Nobel Laureate ...
Tags: Mineral, Baosteel, Internationalization Road
This year, VSX – Vogel Software, producer of pump selection software Spaix, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The company looks back on an outstanding success story and there’s no end in sight. When thinking about their ...
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Chinese buyers were bargain-hunting in the seaborne market against a backdrop of generally bearish demand and were heard Friday to have snapped up two Capesize spot cargoes of 5,500 kcal/kg NAR coal for $83.50-84.75/mt CFR south China, with ...
Tags: Chemicals, CFR Cargoes Trade, Chinese Market
Atlas Copco inaugurated a new manufacturing facility in China. The new factory will produce high-efficiency compressors and generators, meeting the growing demand for such industrial equipment throughout Asia. The new plant, located in ...
Japan-based Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC), the world's second biggest steel producer, has announced the outlines of its mid-term management plan. Accordingly, the company plans to streamline its operations given that ...
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