PT Great Giant Pineapple company, the world’s third largest producer of pineapples based in Indonesia, is using GWE’s anaerobic technology to extract green energy from a biological waste stream. The PT Great Giant Pineapple ...
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Urban planners have been advised to avail of light emitting diode (LED) lighting solutions to address urban development and sustainability challenges to improve people’s quality of life. The suggestion was made at the ...
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Urban planners have been advised to avail of light emitting diode (LED) lighting solutions to address urban development and sustainability challenges to improve people’s quality of life. The suggestion was made at the ...
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Australian tissue and paper suppliers Solaris Paper and Paper Force have welcomed the commitment by their affiliate, Asia Pulp & Paper Group, to immediately cease the clearing of natural forest on APP-owned pulpwood concessions in ...
Export orders of plastics products are increasingly shifting from China to Vietnam due to rising production costs in China, according to the Vietnamese newspaper Tuoi Tre (the Youth). When I saw the report during Chinaplas, I decided to go ...
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When trees are felled to create solid wood products - such as lumber for housing - the wood retains most of its locked-up carbon, say scientists who suggest that previous climate models for carbon emissions from deforestation need revision. ...
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A new strategy aimed at monitoring the supply chain of timber products using genetic and stable isotope markers will play a vital role in international efforts to combat illegal logging, say scientists, policy analysts and forestry experts ...
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Komatsu Ltd. (6301), the world’s second- largest maker of excavators, posted a 25 percent decline in fourth-quarter profit after Chinese sales declined. Net income fell to 37.7 billion yen ($464 million) for the three months ended ...
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OC Oerlikon Corp AG (OERL), the Swiss maker of textile machinery that announced the sale of a solar unit to Tokyo Electron in March, said profits may rise further than earlier guidance as a slumping textile market stabilizes. “The ...
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Indonesia s domestic cement sales, an indicator of economic growth, were 12.5 million tonnes in the first quarter, up 18.2 percent from a year ago, data from cement firm PT Semen Gresik Tbk showed on Friday. March sales were 4.4 million ...
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Market research company McIlvaine has reported that due to tighter regulations, coal-fired power plants around the world are retrofitting air pollution control equipment, costing more than US$30 billion. As well as this, there are also a ...
With rapidly rising costs and continuously strengthening local currency, Chinese exporters are under mounting pressure. Most Chinese exhibitors interviewed at NPE2012 expect their export business to be at least stable, and many ...
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Those looking for affordable, ready-to-assemble furniture products of world renowned IKEA shall no longer be bound for Kuala Lumpur or Singapore, as the company will set foot in Indonesia from 2014. Indonesian publicly-listed retail giant ...
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All major trade associations representing the forestry sector have together launched a declaration outlining the eight practical steps required to be undertaken by industry, stakeholders and international trade partners to achieve ...
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The Indonesia Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the country’s certification system on timber would comply with a new regulation to be imposed by the European Union next year. The certification system would enable the ...
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