BASF has acquired new business with Ford Otosan and has supplied basecoats and clearcoats for the company’s plant in Kocaeli, Turkey, since the beginning of this year. Ford Otosan, the leader of Turkish automotive industry, is ...
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After the supply shortages of commodity bi-oriented polyester (BOPET) thin films in 2010, the global BOPET film industry has done its best to ensure global supplies will not dry up again - or has it? PCI Films Consulting's latest review of ...
Turkey should concentrate more on the Middle Eastern and African countries for exporting its home textiles, Ali Babacan, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey said at the EVTEKS-Istanbul Home Textile Fair 2013, which recently concluded at ...
Tags: Textile
DSM Dyneema, the manufacturer of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMwPE) fiber, branded as Dyneema®, and world leader in life protection materials, today announced a major new milestone for its lightweight, cost-effective ...
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According to the customs statistics provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), Turkey's slab imports amounted to 184,651 metric tons in March this year, increasing again after two consecutive months of month-on-month decrease, up ...
Iran’s proposal for forming a joint petrochemical forum by eight developing Muslim nations (D8) has won support from Turkey and Egypt, two leading petrochemical and engineering polymer producers of the Middle East, Iranian Deputy Oil ...
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Spanish caustic soda spot prices have dropped on the week due to ample supply in the Mediterranean, sources said. A Spain-based trade source said spot prices had fallen as low as Eur400/mt on a Delivered Duty Paid [DDP] basis, down from ...
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Turkey’s exports of hot rolled coils (HRC) totaled 435,672 tons in the first quarter of this year, almost triple compared to the figures in the same period of a year ago and soaring by 53.4% quarter on quarter, according to data ...
Tags: Turkey, HRC, Construction
According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the first quarter of the current year Turkey's seamless pipe imports amounted to 48,109 mt, increasing 11.3 percent compared to the same quarter of 2012, but ...
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According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the first quarter of 2013 Turkey's chrome ore exports increased by 7.5 percent to 445,459 metric tons, while the revenue for these exports amounted to $92 ...
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According to the World Steel Association (worldsteel), in April this year the crude steel output of 63 countries surveyed across the globe reached 132.1 million mt, increasing by 1.2 percent on year-on-year basis and down 2.1 percent ...
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According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in March of the current year new motor vehicle registrations in Turkey increased by 7.6 percent year on year to 88,397 units, up 45.7 percent on ...
Turkey is one of the world’s key textile markets. The country earns about 5.7% of its total foreign exchange through textile export and the textile industry realizes nearly 30% of the country’s total industrial output. The ...
Tags: textile, Turkey, Weaving Machines
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) introduced its 2013-2014 president, vice president, and four board members during the ACI Spring 2013 Convention in Minneapolis, Minn. last month. Anne M. Ellis was elected to serve as president of ...
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Turkey's leading steel pipe producer Borusan Mannesmann Boru has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2013. In the first quarter, the company's net profit declined by 81.8 percent to TRY 3.7 million ($2 million), ...
Tags: Borusan Mannesmann, Net Profit, Q1