The exports of fabric and apparel from Vietnam surged by 19.4 percent year-on-year in the first eight months of 2014, according to the preliminary data released by the Customs IT & Statistics Department, General Department of Customs, ...
China and the U.S. are benefiting from and straining under 35 years of normalized relations. There have been tons of exports shipped from China to our shores during this time. However, none are more important than Chinese culture. The ...
Tags: Chinese Culture
Airlight Energy of Biasca, Switzerland, which supplies proprietary technology for large-scale production of electricity using solar power and for energy storage, has partnered with IBM Research, aiming to bring affordable solar technology ...
Tags: CPV IBM, Electrical, Electronics
The design is from South Korean designer Jeonghwan Park and Taehoon Jung. They use piezoelectric effect to set the piezoelectric vibration energy collector device and transducer within the glass cup. It can collect vibration energy and ...
For a lot of U.S. farmers, a relevant number may have passed unnoticed this year. The USDA reveals that China imported a volume of 84,000 tons of sorghum in 2011/2012. Just two years later, during the 2013/2014, the Asian giant imported 3.4 ...
Tags: Sorghum, US growers
Malaysian industrial stretch film producer Scientex has invested $91.97m in the next three years to expand into the Japanese and South-East Asian market for its consumer packaging products. The company will use the money to expand its ...
Weak demand saw China's imports of toluene plunged to a near six-year low in August, with market sources expecting the bearish sentiment to prolong for the foreseeable future. China's toluene imports in August fell 73% from the previous ...
In the nine months to August 31, 2014 sales including VAT in local currencies at Swedish apparel retailer H&M surged 15 percent, year-on-year. Converted into SEK, sales excluding VAT amounted to SEK 108,775 million, up 18 percent from SEK ...
Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that the US imported a total of 3,667,000 net tons nt of steel in August, including 2,768,000 net tons (nt) of finished steel (down 5.0 ...
Tags: Steel Imports, Iron, Steel
Fleet Feet will expand into a former Competitive Foot space in Oak Park, IL. The store will be operated by Fleet Feet Chicago, run by Dave Zimmer and his wife, Lisa. The 1,800 square-foot storefront, located at 102 N. Marion St. in ...
Tags: Fleet Feet, Oak Park, Recreation
The Japanese casual wear brand Uniqlo is set to expand the line up of its kidswear and babywear offerings by nearly 50 percent with the launch of new Fall/Winter 2014 season collections. The brand, which is trying to bring up the ...
Tags: Uniqlo, Babies'Lines, Accessories
Clariant has announced the inauguration of its new Malaysian laboratories for Oil Services and Pigments businesses. The new lab facilities are located in Shah Alam, Malaysia and the opening of the lab facilities signifies Clariant's ...
Tags: Clariant, Lab Facilities, Construction
After failing to get South Korean LG Chemicals on board as a technology partner for its Kochi-based petrochemical project, Indian public sector refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) said it will buy outright, the critical ...
Tags: BPCL, Technology, Textile
The Automotive Distribution Network’s Parts Plus Mexico program has signed its fourth member, Refaccionaria del Sol, says Mike Lambert, president of the Network. "We’re pleased to announce that the Network’s marketing ...
Rigid packaging manufacturer Silgan Holdings has acquired all the assets of US-based metal container manufacturers Van Can Company for about $40m. The transaction included the sale of two metal container manufacturing facilities. While ...