At least 38.4 GW of solar electricity was connected to the grid globally in 2013, but new policies in Europe have seen the technology slip back behind wind energy in terms of new deployments. Those are two of the key findings in an ...
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Since Foton Daimler joint venture started to operate since 2012, it is always the focus in China truck industry. It is not an easy job to interview the joint venture president Wu Yuejun who holds the low-profile principle. The great ...
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Impacted by increased demand from China, Japan, USA, and UK, PV installation is likely to grow substantially in 2014, and thus will lead to a surge in overall supply chain prices. “In 1H13, cell and module prices were the first ones ...
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The FMCG giant, one of the UK’s biggest users of packaging, has released its latest sustainability update which said it used around 178,000 tonnes of packaging, including glass, aluminium and PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic, ...
The Goodman Group’s wholly owned North American subsidiary, Goodman Birtcher has launched the development of a new US$150 million logistics centre at Rancho Cucamonga in the Inland Empire West market of Southern California. The new ...
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Global refined cobalt supply totaled 85,904 mt in 2013, up around 11% from 77,189 mt in 2012, the Cobalt Development Institute said Wednesday in the latest edition of its cobalt news publication. The report, based on the main sources ...
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China's state-owned Sinopec said Wednesday it has signed a pact with Kuwait Petroleum Co to enhance cooperation in the oil sector, including refining. Sinopec, or China Petrochemical Corp., said the deal was signed Tuesday in Beijing in ...
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DuPont has approval for a probiotic health claim in Switzerland US-based agriculture and nutrition technology company DuPont has won approval for a probiotic health claim in Switzerland, saying it is the first ingredient company to ...
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Some companies have proven they can reinvent themselves, remaining current and agile despite supply chain disruptions. This is the case of Nokia Corp, a Finnish company founded in 1865 as a paper mill. The company’s evolution offers a ...
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The Ministry of Industry has issued a new Decree of Minister of Industry No. 07/M-IND/PER/2/2014 for the compulsory implementation of Indonesian National Standard (SNI) 7617:2013. SGS has been accredited for SGS Textile Testing Laboratory ...
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Exhibitors at the recently held FESPA Digital 2014 (Munich, Germany, 20-23 May 2014), met the most internationally diverse audience of any FESPA Digital show to date, with visitors streaming to Munich from 121 countries. The largest ...
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Spreadshirt has brought its European TV campaign to the UK, for the first time since 2012. The e-commerce platform that enables people and brands to create, sell and buy ideas on merchandising is targeting the ITV Central and ITV Meridian ...
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China's mainland e-commerce cross-border clothing trader Milanoo will open a show room in France which will go into operation this June. With an area of some 400 square meters, the show room will provide hundreds of wedding dresses and ...
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Japanese automaker Nissan Motor has opened a new satellite design studio in Rio de Janeiro to leverage Brazil’s passion for automotive design and desire for quality products. Japanese automaker Nissan Motor has opened a new ...
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The volume of cotton traded internationally is expected to decline by 8% to 8.1 million tons in 2014/15, driven by reduced shipments to China from a record of 5.3 million tons in 2011/12 to an anticipated 2.1 million tons 2014/15. While the ...
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