After years of breakaway growth, China's solar industry is poised for a big shakeout, with consolidation and failing firms. However, the changes are not going to change the Asian giant's global dominance over the resurgent sector anytime ...
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Japan Suzuki announced recently its general situation of the auto production, domestic sales and exports in August 2013. Among them, the global output is 209013 units, 16.3% increase over the previous year, has two consecutive months more ...
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While mid-power LED chips account for only a small proportion of LED lighting currently, the proportion will grow fast over the next few years to reach about 50%, Philips Lumileds Lighting CEO Pirre-Yves Lesaicherre said during a Digitimes ...
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Reflecting the slowdown in global production in the face of bulging inventories, Colombia's exports of ferronickel, a processed metal used in the production of stainless steel, declined to 9,994 metric tons in June, down 12.2% from the ...
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Cotton Outlook's world production number for 2012/13 has been raised by 278,000 tonnes, leading to greater carryover in the new season. This is partly due to the emergence of a bumper crop in India. The 2013/14 global production figure ...
Toyota Motor Corporation appears set to become the first car maker to build 10 million vehicles in a single year, as it simultaneously holds a six-month sales lead over both General Motors and Volkswagen. Helped by demand for hybrids in ...
Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. has announced that in fiscal 2013 second quarter, the company posted global consolidated quarterly net sales of $1.7 billion (KRW 1.87 trillion), and its operating profit marked $241.8 million (KRW 271.3 billion) with ...
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Japanese automaker Mazda has started construction of new $257m transmission plant, dubbed as Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) (MPMT), in Chonburi province. Operations at the new SKYACTIV transmission manufacturing facility are ...
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Belgian chemical company Solvay has announced plans to construct a new facility to manufacture vanillin in Zhenjiang City, China, as part of its efforts to better serve the fast-growing Asian market. The new facility, which will be ...
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The global production of cotton will substantially support the global mill use consumption from 2012 through 2020, and the total supply will be able to meet the demand for cotton. The global consumption of cotton will be more from ...
Australia is likely to export greater quantity of cotton to other countries in the coming season, due to higher availability of water for irrigation, says a recently released report. According to the report released by the Australian ...
The US saw its biggest ever yearly rise in oil production last year as its booming shale oil industry continues to transform the global oil market, BP said Wednesday. At the same time, global proven oil reserves continue to grow and are ...
Global natural gas consumption rose 2.2% on the year in 2012 to 3.3 trillion cubic meters, but stayed below the historical average increase of 2.7%, while global LNG trade fell for the first time on record, BP said in its annual statistical ...
High-end colour management and proofing software developer GMG has appointed Will Hearn as its sales executive responsible for the southern region. Hearn began working within the graphics supplies sector over 20 years ago. Innovia Films ...
Europe's Digital Agenda Commissioner on Thursday set out plans for the E.U. to produce more micro- and nano-chips than the U.S. in the next seven years. "I want to double our chip production to around 20 percent of global production. I ...
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