The National Development and Reform Commission is pestering and probing 60 foreign drug makers regarding the prices at which they sell their wares in China. Scrutiny of the foreign drug sector in China made headlines in June when ...
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German chemical firm BASF is investing about EUR90m to build a new plant at Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in China, for producing resins and electrocoat (e-coat) for use in automotive coatings. Scheduled to commence production during ...
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Transparency Market Research (TMR) has released a report on acrylic acid. Acrylic acid is a colorless organic compound derived by the oxidation of propylene. It is the simplest carboxylic acid that exists in a polymerized form and has a ...
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US-based Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has entered into a 81-20 Grain Terminal joint venture with Central Valley Ag Cooperative (CVA) to establish a bushel shuttle loader grain elevator near Randolph, Nebraska. The elevator will source ...
US-based farmer-owned agribusiness company CHS has teamed up with Australia-based Ruralco to acquire grain origination and marketing firm Agfarm for an undisclosed amount. Under the deal, CHS and Ruralco will each own 50% of Agfarm. The ...
UK-based supermarket chain Morrisons has teamed up with its trading partner Global Pacific to acquire banana ripening site in Boston, Lincolnshire, from US-based Del Monte, a move which will create up to 80 new jobs. According to the ...
UK-based SABMiller's lager sales declined by 1% in the first quarter of 2013 due to cold weather conditions in Europe and China, even though the revenues grew 2% on a like-for-like basis. In Latin America, the company's group revenue ...
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Corrugated specialist RockTenn adjusted earnings shot up 127% to $2.16 per share in the third-quarter of fiscal 2013 (ended Jun 30, 2013) from 95 cents a share in the year-ago quarter. Total revenue improved 6% year over year to $2.448 ...
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The Ettamogah Rail Hub is set to expand its services to Brisbane after being awarded one of the largest regional freight contracts in the country. The rail hub has announced a new twice-weekly service from Albury to Brisbane after ...
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American Pacific Corporation’s wholly-owned subsidiary AMPAC Fine Chemicals LLC (AFC) and Proteaf Technologies have entered into a joint development agreement in support of fine chemicals manufacturing. Proteaf will supply ...
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As the leading pack type globally in alcoholic drinks, retail sales of glass reached almost 200 billion units in 2012. The beer category largely determines the fortunes of glass packaging within this industry, accounting for a 74% unit ...
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Cass Johnson, President of the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), released the following statement in meeting between President Barack Obama and President Truong Tan Sang of Vietnam. “Within the context of the ...
Bill Culbert’s 2007 light art exhibit Pacific Flotsam uses illuminated plastic containers, fluorescent tubes, and electrical cable to express another side of light. Exhibited in 2007 at Brisbane’s Institute of Modern Art, this ...
Computerworld - Nokia Wednesday unveiled its largest Windows 8 smartphone today, the Lumia 625, which sports a 4.7-in. LCD screen and a price tag of under $300. The Lumia 625 Hero Windows 8 smartphone was unveiled by Nokia today. The ...
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Honda has released an official teaser sketch of a new MPV that will debut at the Indonesia international motor show in Jakarta in September. Based on the sub-light Honda Brio city car, the new seven-seater has been developed specifically ...
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