According to the 2012 review of the steel market published by the European Steel Association (EUROFER), crude steel production in the European Union amounted to 168 million mt in the given year, down five percent compared to 2011. Similar ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Mineral
As of April 8, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 72.98 million mt, indicating a very slight decrease of 230,000 mt or 0.01 percent on week-on-week basis, as announced by China’s Xinhua News Agency. As ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Chinese Ports
Cortexica Vision Systems, the leading provider of cloud-based image recognition systems and visual search technology, announced the commercial availability of "Visual Fashion Finder," a mobile visual search solution for the fashion ...
Tags: Instruments, Meters, Apparel, Cortexica Vision Systems
Indian miner Vedanta Resources has announced its production and sales results for the fourth quarter and the full financial year ending March 31. Vedanta stated that its iron ore operations have continued to be affected by suspension of ...
Tags: Vedanta, Iron Ore Production
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. reported that for the second quarter of fiscal 2013 ended March 2, 2013, net sales increased 17.7% to $2.89 billion and net income per diluted share for the quarter increased 5.2% to $1.21. Fiscal 2013 Second ...
Tags: Apparel
Yakima announced the hire of Stephanie Bastin-Wells as global director of human resources and the promotion of Emily Davis to director of supply chain. Bastin-Wells becomes a key member of senior management and is responsible for the ...
Tags: Yakima, Transportation, Sporting Goods
Decreased customer inventories and depreciating Japanese yen and South Korean won against U.S. dollar are motivating Taiwan's machine-tool makers to accelerate expansions at home and overseas. Tongtai Machine & Tool Co., Ltd. will begin ...
Tags: Machine Tool, Hiwin Technologies
Companies in Vietnam sold 7.55Mt of cement in the first quarter of 2013, a 15% rise year-on-year compared to 2013 according to the Ministry of Construction. This occurred despite a year-on-year fall of 30% to 2Mt in March 2013. The country ...
Tags: cement production, cement
Intel, Samsung, Qualcomm are top three. Global semiconductor revenue has declined 2.6% to $299.9bn in 2012, according to a report from Gartner. The top 25 semiconductor vendors reported a 2.8% decrease in annual revenue, and accounted ...
Tags: Semiconductor, Intel, Samsung, Qualcomm
Avery Dennison Retail Branding and Information Solutions (RBIS) division, a global leader in apparel and footwear industry solutions, is pleased to announce it has partnered with VeriFone, the leading provider of next-generation mobile ...
Tags: apparel industry, footwear industry, apparel
The plastic pallet market has traditionally been an owned asset market, not a pooled market. While CHEP and Peco created pools for the 48 x 40 inch wooden pallet favored by the grocery, consumer packaged goods and retail industries, plastic ...
Printed Circuit Board (PCB) assembly comprises of several electronic components that enable the functioning of an electronic device. PCB assembly services consist of multi-stage processes that include placing components on a PCB board, ...
Tags: Printed Circuit Board, PCB, PCB assembly
Like many things, 3PLs (third-party logistics service providers) come in many shapes and sizes. There are myriad things for shippers to consider when evaluating which 3PL to use, including size of company, type of business, value-added ...
Tags: logistics functions, logistics
Ever have a random encounter with a co-worker in your office (no, not that kind…we’re pretty sure there’s a company policy against those sorts of shenanigans) that resulted in a great idea? Maybe a conversation about a ...
Tags: Office Furniture, Furniture
ANAHEIM, Calif. — BrandSource has started an OutdoorSource division and store banner for retail members focused on outdoor products including some furniture. BrandSource created this logo for its new outdoor products banner. ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing