Heimtextil (9 to 12 January 2013) is showing a significant increase in the number of fibre and yarn exhibitors. The range of products runs the gamut from traditional materials to high-tech fibres for highly specialised applications. More ...
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Notes: 1. Explanatory Notes: Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) is an index summarized and compiled through the results of the monthly survey of enterprises purchasing managers. It covers every links of the enterprises, including purchasing, ...
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Computer giant IBM is being sued by chemicals company Avantor Performance Materials over a software project that, it claims, went wrong. Avantor, which produces chemicals and raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry, as well as ...
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Pakistani textile exporters can benefit by increasing their value-added exports to Japan, which requires them to enhance their knowledge about Japanese standards, which are different from norms followed in other industrialized countries, ...
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Two Japanese firms are launching a Vietnamese factory to make wood-plastic composite building products and plastic pallets, hoping to use it as a low-cost export base for Japan and Southeast Asia. The two companies, Koei Vietnam Co. Ltd. ...
FMC Corporation expects mixed demand trends for its Soda ash in North America according to a supplemental commentary (Q&A) released by the company on 31st October, 2012. On the positive side, FMC witnessed the startup of a new container ...
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Ahlstrom is introducing price increases in the first quarter of 2013 for its filtration materials globally as a consequence of the continued high level of raw materials prices, such as speciality fibres, chemicals and energy. The price ...
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RedPrairie and JDA Software, recognized leaders in enterprise software and services for the extended supply chain, announced that JDA and affiliates of RedPrairie have entered into a definitive merger agreement. The combined entity will ...
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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, consumers have little information about where and to ...
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Harris Teeter Supermarkets,Inc.(NYSE:HTSI)(the"Company")today reported that sales for the 52 weeks ended October 2,2012 increased by 5.8%to$4.54 billion from$4.29 billion in fiscal 2011.Sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 increased ...
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Qatar has become the most expensive construction market in the Gulf in terms of raw materials costs, says a new research report by business intelligence service MEED. In its "Third Quarter Construction Costs & Outlook Report", MEED reports ...
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The Minister for Agriculture,Food and the Marine,Simon Coveney T.D.has announced the creation of 100 jobs as a result of on-going innovation,growth and investment at Kepak's Consumer Food facility in Watergrasshill,Co Cork.This expansion is ...
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Clariant Ltd. and Wilmar International Limited have signed an agreement to establish a 50-50 joint venture as the global platform for production and sales of amines and selected amines derivatives. The joint venture will be headquartered in ...
Tags: Clariant, Wilmar, palm oils, lauric oils, ICS, specialty chemicals
After two events held under the name of IFAT Entsorga,the leading trade fair for environmental technologies is returning to its original name of IFAT. Eugen Egetenmeir,Managing Director of Messe München GmbH,explains:"The name ...
DOE Cost Modeling Tool for Manufacturing LED Packages The US Department of Energy has released a common cost model for the manufacturing of LED packages. Developed by a DOE working group in response to feedback from previous DOE workshops ...
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