Cooper Tire has built a tire using new guayule related materials and rubber extracted from Guayule plants. Presently the technical team of Cooper Tire is testing the new product by using rigorous wheel, road and track tests. The company ...
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As part of the Obama Administration’s effort to cut energy waste and double energy productivity by 2030, the US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced solid-state lighting (SSL) research & development funding opportunity ...
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US-based establishment Shop Packaging is recalling nearly 115,505 pounds of chicken wing products as they may contain soy lecithin that is not mentioned on the label, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety ...
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China-based PV module makers and Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers, in an attempt to avoid US anti-subsidization and anti-dumping tariffs, are seeking production capacities in locations outside of China and Taiwan, ...
The United States and Brazil have agreed to settle their long-standing Cotton dispute in the World Trade Organization (WTO). As per the agreement, Brazil will relinquish all rights to countermeasures against US trade. In turn, the US ...
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The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 0.6 percent in August from July, rising for the second consecutive month, according to the US ...
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Class action litigation has been launched with the Courts claiming $480-million in compensation for Canadian consumers regarding price-fixing of electronic capacitors by many of Canada’s largest electronics manufacturers. Merchant ...
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Shutting out Chinese solar producers from the lucrative US market is as damaging to them as blocking out the sunlight. The US Department of Commerce on July 5 determined a new set of anti-dumping duties on solar products from China and ...
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has offered around $52m in grants to boost local and organic food system in the country to cater to the increasing demand for local and organic options. The funding will be used to increase consumer ...
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During his presentation at the SteelOrbis 2014 Fall Conference & 71st IREPAS Meeting being held in Berlin on September 28-30, Bernd Neuenkirchen from international steel trading company C&F International commented on both current and ...
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The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Tuesday its affirmative final determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) from the Czech Republic. The DOC determined that ...
Turkish Steel Exporters Association (CIB) chairman Nam?k Ekinci has commented on the final countervailing duty (CVD) and antidumping (AD) duty decisions of the US Department of Commerce (US DOC) on rebar imports from Turkey. Remarking that ...
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Solar photovoltaic (PV) module shipments from the leading China companies increased 26% on quarter in the second quarter of 2014, compared to the previous quarter when they shipped 5.2GW of solar modules. Nearly three-quarters (71%) of all ...
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Chinese building materials and glass manufacturer CNBM (China National Building Materials Group Corp) has completed its acquisition (announced on 22 April) of Avancis GmbH of Torgau, Germany, which manufactures copper indium gallium ...
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US-NAFTA freight totaled $103.0 billion in June 2014 as all five major transportation modes – air, vessel, pipeline, rail, and trucks – carried more freight by value in June 2014 than in June 2013, according to the TransBorder ...