Austrian steelmaker voestalpine has announced that its special steel division is continuing to strengthen its international presence by acquiring a majority stake in the Düsseldorf-based Eifeler Group as well as two companies in China, ...
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When Michael Thonet (Boppard am Rhein 1796 - Vienna 1871), around 1830, he invented the serial technique of steam bending of beech wood, so far only small-scale, gave impetus to a new style of working of this material and it was unanimously ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, chair
Austrian steelmaker voestalpine has announced that it will build a direct reduction plant just outside the city of Corpus Christi, Texas, US. The construction is estimated to take about 15 months to complete. The plant, which will be ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, iron
Pivot Cycles has selected Shock Therapy as its new distributor for the German and Austrian markets. Shock Therapy has been in business for 16 years. The company started out rebuilding suspension and more recently has added Pivot bikes to ...
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Austria's Borealis has acquired Netherlands-based DEXPlastomers from ExxonMobil Chemical Company and Royal DSM, the Austrian petrochemical company said in a statement issued Monday. No financial details were given. DEXPlastomers, founded ...
Tags: Borealis, petrochemical, polyethylene
The best ski athletes in the world gathered in Kitzbhel to celebrate the highlight of the World Cup calendar - the Hahnenkamm Race Week from 22 - 27 January 2013 including the renowned Streif downhill. The "Streif" is considered the most ...
UK - West London UK based rental company Entec is enjoying a busy start to 2013, with recent projects including the supply of lighting equipment and crew to LD Tony 'Beamer' Austin for the recent UK leg Paloma Faith's Fall From Grace tour. ...
Tags: lighting equipment, lighting, LED
AS smartphone giants Apple and Samsung battle for the wallets of tech-savvy youngsters, a growing number of manufacturers is trying to lure a fast-growing new market: their grandparents. Handset makers at the world's biggest mobile fair ...
Some 246 exhibitors set up stands at the ZOW Istanbul, which was held from 17 to 20 January. This figure includes about 50 companies exhibiting for the first time. Austrian businesses also set up their first joint national stand. The number ...
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A TV report into the lives of migrant workers employed at Amazon.com distribution centers in Germany has prompted the government to call for an investigation, and is pushing other companies to change their practices. German TV channel ARD ...
Tags: Amazon contractor, labor practices, Amazon
Constantia Flexibles has signed a deal to acquire global manufacturer of labels Spear Group, as part of its international growth strategy. According to the Austrian flexible packaging group, the acquisition is subject to regulatory ...
Swiss company Cham Paper Group has entered into a cooperative agreement with Brigl & Bergmeister (B&B), a manufacturer of single-sided coated speciality papers. Austria-based B&B will take up the production and marketing of silicone-base ...
Tags: Cham Paper Group, cooperative agreement, B&B
Austrian plastic packaging company Alpla has announced plans to invest $22.4m to open a new blow molding plant in Bowling Green in Kentucky, US by July 2013. Alpla bought the 108,000ft2 plant from the Bowling Green Economic Development ...
Tags: plastic packaging, Alpla, blow molding plant
A staggering 14,000 SGM LB-100 360° LED Balls - the largest deployment ever - recently combined to produce two giant circular overhead displays up in the Austrian Tyrol. The occasion was the annual Kitzbuehel World Ski Cup - a major ...
Tags: SGM, LED Balls, Alpine Ball
They came, they rode, they smiled. “This is sooooo much fun,” enthused a writer for O, the Oprah magazine, as she returned from a spin on a new Electra electric bike. A handful of mainstream media representatives, from ...