Low-priced, high-specification handsets are continuing to be focus for handset vendors in China, with Xiaomi, Coolpad and Huawei Device expected to push segment in 2015 in order to combat competition from international vendors. ...
Starting April 2015, tobacco companies in India will have to cover 85% of both sides of cigarette packs or other tobacco products with graphics and text warnings about adverse health effects. This will turn India into the country with the ...
Tags: cigarette packs, packages
The spot price of South Africa-origin charge chrome (48-52% Cr) was assessed by Platts at 79-80 cents/lb CIF on Friday, down from 80-81 cents/lb CIF China a week ago, on slow demand and ample supply. A deal was confirmed at 80 cents/lb ...
Tags: Ferrochrome, Chrome Import, Metallurgy
Chevrolet has reached a big number in mini cars, surpassing 1 million sales worldwide of the Spark and Beat. It is fresh evidence of Chevrolet's small car lineup attracting more people to the brand around the world. Earlier this year, ...
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BASF inaugurated its expanded mobile emissions catalysts manufacturing operation in Shanghai, China, further strengthening the company’s regional presence and its position as a leading supplier to the automotive industry. The ...
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The Government of India may launch ‘Handmade in India’ brand to boost online sales of niche handloom, handicrafts and khadi products, as the same has been recommended by the Planning Commission. In its “Draft ...
Tags: handloom, handicrafts, khadi products
Long before China became the go-to destination for foreign manufacturing, there was Hong Kong. During the 1960s and 1970s Hong Kong was a low-cost center for manufacturing and the electronics industry’s window into the vast market ...
Tags: electronics industry, Supply Chain
Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has expressed confidence that a low and stable inflation rate would be soon attained. Reacting to the data released for Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and consumer price inflation for September 2014, ...
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The FlipKart Diwali offer in which consumers could not access juicy deals, due to massive response and in turn and led to jamming the online retailer’s website, should not be used as a ploy to over-regulate the fledgling ecommerce ...
Jabong.com, one of India’s leading online fashion stores, has added UK’s leading fashion retail brand Burton to its portfolio. The CEO and founder of Jabong.com, Arun Chandra Mohan said, “We are delighted to collaborate ...
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Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has signed a distribution agreement with Intercovamex of Mexico, a supplier of Physical Vapor ...
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Opihr Oriental Spiced Gin has launched its first on-pack promotion going into stores across the UK, including Waitrose, Tesco and Morrisons. The promotion takes the form of a luggage tag attached to the red and gold cord at the neck of ...
At the beginning of the reported week, the turnover in the German cotton market, developed as brisk as it had been the week before. Contracts were primarily closed for standard origins as well as for European varieties whose availability, ...
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New York futures moved higher this week, with December advancing 209 points to close at 63.94 cents/lb, while March gained 174 points to close at 62.27 cents/lb. “After posting a low of 60.83 cents two weeks ago, nearby supply ...
Tags: Cotton, cash market
Indian flexible packaging firm Uflex is planning to build a new $325m packaging plant in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat. Scheduled to start production in early 2016, the new plant is part of the company's three-year investment plan to ...
Tags: Packaging, flexible packaging