London based underwriter Aviva has selected Khor Seng as the new CEO of Aviva Asia, effective from 8 March 2013, to expand its businesses in the region. Seng, who joins the British insurer from AIA, will be based in Singapore and report ...
France-based global pipe manufacturer Vallourec has announced that its subsidiary Valinox Nucléaire, specializing in the production of steam generator tubes for nuclear power plants, received a number of significant orders at the end ...
Tags: supply tubes, steam generator tubes, Vallourec subsidiary
According to the data released by Latin American steel association Alacero, imports of finished steel products to Latin America from China totaled 3.2 million metric tons in January-September 2012, becoming the second most important ...
Tags: Alacero, Latin American, Steel Output, Chinese Imports
According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's hot rolled (HR) flat steel exports totaled 1.2 million metric tons in November 2012, decreasing by 10.3 percent month on month and up 13.7 percent compared to November ...
Tags: Japanese HR, Flat Steel, Exports
UNIQLO announces a donation of clothing to athletes competing at the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games PyeongChang to be held January 29 through February 5, in PyeongChang and Gangneung, South Korea. UNIQLO operations in Japan, South ...
As Samsung Electronics has announced plans to halt production of traditional CCFL-backlit LCD TVs and focus on LED-backlit models, market observers believe the penetration rate of LED-backlit LCD TVs will increase to 90% in 2013. ...
Tags: LED-backlit, LCD TVs, LED TVs
Dutch financial conglomerate ING has agreed to dispose of its 26% stake in Indian joint venture (JV), ING Vysya Life Insurance Company, to its partner Exide Industries, for an undisclosed sum. As part of a previously disclosed divestment ...
There has been a record rise in Bangladesh’s apparel exports to new emerging markets during the first six months of the current fiscal year that started on July 1, 2012. Indicative of a year-on-year rise of 24.11 percent, new ...
Tags: Bangladesh, Garment Exports, Markets Soar
Based on preliminary data from the US Census Bureau, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that the US imported a total of 2.34 million nt of steel in December, including 1.65 million nt of finished steel (down 14 ...
Tags: Steel Imports, finished steel product, steel product, steel
Samsung Electronics sets to stop manufacturing LCD TV in 2013. Coming on the heel of stopping LCD TV production line in South Korea, the company continues to close LCD TV productions in Mexico, Hungary, Slovakia, Russia as well as Vietnam , ...
Tags: Samsung Electronics, TV Production, LED TV
Global internet connection speeds around the world slowed in late 2012, according to a survey that suggested a temporary stall in broadband gains. Akamai Technologies' third quarter "State of the Internet" report also found Brazil and ...
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UK UV technology developer Integration Technology Ltd (ITL) has introduced an LED variant to its heritage SubZero UV lamp range providing class leading high power output for an air-cooled system. A dedicated curing system for wide format ...
Tags: ITL, UK, UV technology, LED variant
Zepol Corporation, the leading trade intelligence company, reports that U.S. vessel imports have risen a slight 1.2% in 2012. This was a total of over 17.6 million TEUs (twenty-foot-containers) imported, or roughly 200,000 more containers ...
In the year between 2009 and 2011, Global blow molding machines import value increased year by year. The total import value of 2011 was 1.6 billion dollars, up 9.0% year on year, but its growth rate fell down compared to 2010. In 2011, the ...
China's Golden Sun Demonstration projects achieved a total installation capacity of 4.54GW in 2012, up 548.57% from 2011, according to media reports from China. China's government has been aggressively promoting domestic demand as the ...
Tags: China Market, Golden Sun Projects, Installation Capacity, 2012