US based apparel firm Benefit Apparel has announced plans of investing US$ 5 million for constructing a manufacturing plant in the central western state of Jalisco in Mexico, which would create nearly 750 direct jobs in the state. ...
Tags: Apparel Firm, Benefit Apparel
Package recyclability is a major driving factor affecting purchasing decisions by both product manufacturers and their customers. Not only does product packaging account for a significant space in landfills, but many of the current disposal ...
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) made its final determinations Wednesday in the expedited sunset reviews of the antidumping orders on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, Trinidad and Tobago, ...
Tags: AD/CVD Orders, Wire Rod Imports
Brazil heralded this week's auction of a huge oil field as a vindication of its state-dominant approach to its oil riches, but some industry experts say the country must modify its rules before new fields are sold for Brazil to achieve its ...
Tags: Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Bunge North America, a unit of food processing firm Bunge, is set to acquire wheat milling business of Grupo Altex in Mexico. Grupo Altex produces a wide range of products from wheat including, bread flour, prepared flours for baked ...
Tags: Wheat Milling Business, Bunge
The all-new Nissan Pathfinder, which officially went on sale in Australia on October 16 and launches locally next week, has been caught up in a global recall of more than 188,000 SUVs. Affecting 188,302 vehicles in total, the recall ...
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Reportedly, Japanese steelmaker JFE Steel announced that it supplies 1,900 tons casing pipet to the US Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas with Japan Marubeni-Itochu steel inc. The project needs high anticorrosive seamless pipe with max thickness of ...
Tags: steel, Natural Gas, Casing Tube, Construction
PPG Industries has named Deron Patterson international sales manager, flat glass international. A 14-year sales veteran in the U.S. glass industry, Patterson has been handling architectural accounts in Texas, Louisiana and Mexico for the ...
Reser’s Fine Foods, a Kansas-based company, is recalling about 22,800 pounds of chicken, ham and beef products, as they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and ...
Tags: Reser's Fine Foods, Meat Products
The University of Ceramic Tile and Stone (UofCTS) has increased the renewal date of the Tile Installer Thin-set Standards (ITS) Verification certificate, to two years from one. This means that every two years the tile installer must retake ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Worldwide Foam, Ltd., a crosslinked polyethylene foam manufacturer, has opened its newest branch in San Antonio, Texas. Customers will now be able to get custom skived sheets of crosslinked polyethylene in the southwest region of the U.S. ...
Tags: Chemicals, polyethylene foam
According to the preliminary data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global direct reduced iron (DRI) production in the 14 countries accounting for approximately 82 percent of total world DRI production in 2012 amounted ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
A recent article in Decorative Glass Magazine reports decorative glass products continue to be hot ticket items for interior design. Glass is being used extensively in projects that range from walls to floors. With this in mind, Elite ...
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It's reported that the Mexican integrated iron and steel producer Altos Hornos de México (Ahmsa) has planned to develop a new iron ore reserve located in the southern state of Oaxaca through its subsidiary Minosa. The said mine ...
Lanny Cohen, Capgemini's global chief technology officer (CTO), has said that the firm has moved from advising its clients on how to improve and make adjustments, to an organisation that aims to help them meet their goals for global growth. ...
Tags: Computer Products, software