Taipei, Nov. 9, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan's exports dropped 1.9% year-on-year to US$26.53 billion in October and exports for the whole year are expected to dip 2.5%, the fourth worst performance in 30 years, reported the Ministry of Finance (MOF) ...
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Taipei, Nov. 8, 2012 (CENS)--To further expand touch-module production capacity at its Vietnamese factory, Taiwan-based Wintek Corp. is raising NT$10 billion (US$333.3 million) in a syndicated bank loan, saying it is scheduled to raise ...
Tags: touch-module production, small-and medium-sized touch panels
China Steel Corp. (CSC), the largest carbon steelmaker in Taiwan announced its price policy for next January and February on November 22nd. The firm decided to raise the list prices for hot rolled steel and cold rolled steel by ...
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Global aluminum rolling and recycling company Novelis has broken ground on a $250m aluminum recycling and casting center at its Nachterstedt plant in Germany. The center will annually produce 400,000 metric tons of aluminum sheet ingot ...
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RedPrairie and JDA Software, recognized leaders in enterprise software and services for the extended supply chain, announced today that JDA and affiliates of RedPrairie have entered into a definitive merger agreement. The combined entity ...
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With the increasing use of aluminium in automotive industry over 16 MT of new aluminium capacity is expected to hit the market by 2015. And after China, the Middle East will be the leading supplier for the growing world metal needs. ...
Tags: Top Aluminium Supplier, Middle East, automotive industry
The paper range is called Crush and Favini said that its range "stands apart from the market as being the first and only range paper made with by-products from organic products replacing as much as 15% of traditional wood pulps". The ...
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Akzo Nobel N.V. reported a 6% increase in third quarter revenue compared with the same period last year. This was due to favorable currency effects and pricing actions. EBITDA for Q3 was 7% higher at €540 million. AkzoNobel has ...
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Aerobal, the international organisation representing the sector, yesterday reported that deodorants were the driving force behind the continued growth of the format, which has shown an average annual uplift in volumes of 8% for the last six ...
Tags: Aerosols, Global Production Record, deodorant, hair spray
Frutarom Health, USA, has announced that starting mid November 2012, its facility in North Bergen, New Jersey will begin using its HyperPure technology, which is used to process botanical raw materials. This move will mark the ...
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Treasury Wine Estates(TWE)has formed a joint venture with Trebuchet Logistics to manage the company's Australian domestic and export warehousing,distribution and logistics requirements under an innovative fourth-party logistics(4PL)model. ...
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United Kingdom-based fashion retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S), in reponse to environmental watchdog group Greenpeace's Detox campaign to stop chemical pollution of the Earth's waters, has committed to eliminating by 2020 toxic chemical ...
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — October 30, 2012 — In today's globalized economy, a large percentage of apparel products are multinational products as raw materials are produced, transported and assembled in different countries. However, ...
ARM CEO and UKtech50winner Warren East tells Computer Weekly how the ubiquity of its chips in smartphones has catapulted the company to the forefront of the mobile revolution and why its business model is crucial to fostering the innovation ...
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Swedish confectionery firm Cloetta has reported that its cby 3.1% to SEK1.15bn ($174m) for the third quarter ended 30 September 2012, compared to SEK1.12bn ($168.8m) for the same period in 2011. The company reported net income of SEK13m ...
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