Taiwan's machine-tool makers show guarded optimism about their 2015 outlook, with over NT$10 billion (US$333.3 million) of combined orders booked and yet jittery about several potentially risky factors. According to the Taiwan ...
The corn and soybean crops in the U.S. are massive. Monday's USDA Crop Production report shows the soybean crop continues to skyrocket in size, but the corn crop's slightly smaller than earlier estimates. Now, speculation's rising that ...
Tags: Corn, Soybean, Agriculture
Truett-Hurst today reported results for its first quarter fiscal 2015 (FY15), which ended 30 September 2014. Truett-Hurst operates an innovative and fast growing super-premium and ultra-premium wine sales, marketing and production company ...
Tags: DTC net sales, wine club sales, room sales, Agriculture
New research has highlighted a growing gap between consumers’ expectations and retailers’ capabilities when it comes to delivering great shopping, resulting in consumers preferring to shop with retailers that are ...
HB Fuller has launched two new water-based adhesives that contain a UV fluorescing agent, to enable corrugators achieve zero defects in their production lines. The Ipacoll PWC 3107 I UV and Ipacoll WD 3930 offer cleaner and more effective ...
China New Borun Corporation has announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter of 2014. Mr. Jinmiao Wang, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Borun, commented on the results, "We're pleased that this third quarter ...
Tags: China New Borun Corporation, financial results, Agriculture
Japan is the world's leading country in terms of LED lighting penetration and its LED lighting demand in 2015 will reach JPY507.8 billion (US$4.43 billion), increasing by 13.2% on year and accounting for 78.6% of the total shipment value ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED Demand
Crown Royal Canadian Whisky expands its legendary portfolio with the announcement of a new flavored whisky. Crown Royal Regal Apple is a combination of the well-known, premium taste of Crown Royal whisky infused with natural apple ...
Tags: Crown Royal Regal Apple, Whisky, Agriculture
The global LED lighting market is expected to reach US$25.7 billion in 2014 followed by a market penetration increase to 31% in 2015 as the overall lighting market grows to US$82.1 billion. The top five lighting brands in terms of revenues ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED market
The dispersions segment is continuing to be one of the most active in the European coatings sector in the development of new technologies as well as investing in mergers and acquisitions and expansions in production capacity. Demand for ...
Tags: Dispersions, coatings sector
Southeast Asia has become a hotbed of activity in the oleochemicals production space. This is due to a combination of factors: the abundant availability of raw materials, escalating consumer preference for vegetable-based products, and low ...
Global demand growth for fluorochemicals is forecast to accelerate, rising 3.8 percent per year to 3.8 million metric tons in 2018. Above average growth in higher value products will help drive increases in value demand more than seven ...
Lassonde Industries posted sales of $315m in the third quarter of 2014, a 22.3% increase year over year. Profit attributable to the Company's shareholders for this period totalled $10.6m, down $0.6m from the third quarter of 2013. "Our ...
Tags: Financial results, Apple&Eve, Agriculture
More than ever before, automation and assembly go hand in hand (or gripper to gripper)—even at small-scale, low-volume production levels. The quest for higher efficiencies and cost savings is driving manufacturers to add consistency ...
Tags: Automation, modular automation
The analyst presentation that De Beers published this week on behalf of Anglo American was as revealing as the company’s much publicized Diamond Insight Report. Whether this was a once-off publication or not, the presentation was ...