Teknor Apex, one of the world's largest compounders of flexible PVC, is actively developing a PVC-free alternative for medical applications and already reports a handful of commercial applications in smaller sizes. Replacing PVC in medical ...
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Steel demand worldwide is growing slower than forecast, eroding profit at producers including ArcelorMittal and Tata Steel Ltd. (TATA) and forcing investors to revise their 2012 outlook for the $430 billion industry. Global use of the alloy ...
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Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) posted fourth- quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates and said Wall Street projections for this year were too conservative, lifting the stock market and bolstering expectations the world economy will ...
Business activity in the U. S. Cooled in January as orders and employment slowed, indicating last quarter’s pickup in growth will not be sustained into 2012. The Institute for Supply Management-Chicago Inc. Said today its business ...
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), the largest construction and mining equipment maker, said the business cycle is in the early stages of a recovery and the company expects to see a “tail wind” from U. S. And European demand. “We are ...
"It's time to get moving"on the smart meter roll-out,according to the Executive Vice President of US smart grid technology firm Silver Spring Networks,Eric Dresselhuys. The warning comes ahead of the UK's plans to install 53 million smart ...
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With hundreds of business owners and corporate managers taking part, the 12th annual general meeting (AGM) of the Taiwan Hand Tool Manufacturers’ Association (THTMA) was held on Oct. 7, 2011, in central Taiwan’s Taichung City. ...
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PlasticsEurope director Wilfried Haensel says there are still opportunities for the region’s plastics industry, despite all the ongoing economic uncertainties facing the Eurozone. This year has brought the industry back from the ...
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Recently, GE Lighting expects most light bulbs, including the incandescent to be replaced within a decade by LED. Maryrose Sylvester, who was appointed GE’s head of the lighting unit in March, said in an interview, that “People ...
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Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co. Said slower expansion in China's demand for cranes and excavators will carry on next year because of waning economic growth and cutbacks in railway building. "Demand for construction ...
U. S. And Canada are prepared to extend a shaky softwood lumber trade agreement put in place seven years ago to benefit local mills, a U. S. Lumber lobbyist said Thursday in Longview. If approved, both sides will revisit the contract in ...
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Japanese blow molding machine supplier Nissei ASB Machine Co. Ltd. sees India as an increasingly key part of its future, so it is boosting investment at its Mumbai factory and studying using that facility to expand into new businesses such ...
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Custom thermoplastic extruder Pexco LLC is broadening its base in profile extrusions with the acquisition of RDC Cytex Inc, a Houston-based company specializing in point of purchase display fixtures. Terms of the deal were not announced, ...
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GripWorks recently added the entire line of Hunt-Wilde brand injection molded hand grips to its portfolio and will be manufacturing them at its St. Louis production facilities. It will be the first time in many years that the company will ...
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Custom thermoplastic extruder Pexco LLC is broadening its base in profile extrusions with the acquisition of RDC Cytex Inc, a Houston-based company specializing in point of purchase display fixtures. Terms of the deal were not announced, ...
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