European coatings companies have been hoping that this year would bring a revival in their domestic markets as the European Union economies, particularly those in the eurozone, started to show signs of recovery around mid-2013. But the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Coating
Traders are looking to send about 4,000 mt of Mexico-origin ethylene to Asia for mid-April loading to take advantage of higher prices than in the weak European market, sources said Thursday. But they said the possibility of such a trade ...
Tags: ethylene, European market
The technology employs the high-frequency modulation capabilities of light-emitting diode (LED) engines used in commercial lighting. It achieves throughputs of up to 10Mb/s at a range of three meters, suitable for HD video streaming or ...
Tags: Li-Fi Prototype, LED lamps, Leti
In the first two months of this year, Turkey's scrap imports moved upwards, after decreasing 12 percent in 2013 compared to 2012, according to the report released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD). In the given ...
Tags: Scrap, Metallurgy, Mineral
According to a study by the consulting firm Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, the global consumption of coatings was 80 billion pounds in 2013 valued at $120 billion. The industry has recovered from the 2008-2009 global recession and a five ...
When it comes to manufacturing, supplying, exporting and importing, India comes first in all these. Indian export and import chemical business becomes one of the global hubs for traders in the past two years. Indian chemical industry is one ...
Sales of traditional toys in the industry's five largest European markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) were flat in 2013, according to information from the NPD Group. While sales grew in France (+0.7%), Germany (+1.5%) and ...
Tags: Toy
India's woolen product exports are likely to surpass US$ 500 million target set for the current financial year 2013-14 due to growing demand from the US and the EU, Ashok Jaidka, chairman of Wool & Woollens Export Promotion Council (WWEPC) ...
Tags: Woolen Export, woolen product, Export Target
The 19th Young Package awards open for entries on March 14. The competition, for young designers up to 30 years of age, has been promoted by Model Obaly, one of the largest package manufacturers in the Czech Republic, since 1996. The ...
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In 2013, European stainless crude steel production decreased by four percent to 7.45 million metric tons, with German production decreased by 17 percent, Sweden's production fell two percent and Slovenia's production up 11 percent, all ...
Tags: Stainless Crude Steel, Mineral
We really need to talk about bladder cancer Of the top 10 cancers in the UK, bladder cancer is only one where survival rates have been shown to be getting worse. New figures published this month in the Journal of Clinical Urology confirm ...
Tags: Bladder Cancer, Health, Medicine
Japanese carmaker Mazda Motor, along with Sumitomo, has inaugurated a joint venture production plant, Mazda de Mexico Vehicle Operation (MMVO), in Mexico. MMVO is a joint venture established by Mazda and Sumitomo to improve operations of ...
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The volume of gas injected into the Italian grid in 2013 was 69.01 billion cubic meters, down 8.9% year on year, gas grid operator Snam Rete Gas said. In its 2013 consolidated financial results statement Friday, Snam said the fall was ...
Tags: natural gas, Chemicals
Landec Corporation, a materials science company that develops and markets innovative and patented products for healthy living applications in food and biomedical markets, is expanding commercial applications for its patented BreatheWay ...
Suez Cement and Italcementi s first waste treatment plant in Egypt was inaugurated this week. The project uses 45,000t of household waste to produce 35,000t of alternative fuel annually. Given Egypt s on-going fuel concerns the project will ...
Tags: Cement, Fuel, Suez Cement, Italcementi