With fresh economic data for March revealing the impact of the stampede in demand before the consumption tax hike, private economists now estimate that the Japanese economy expanded at a brisk clip of 4.6% on the year during the first three ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, economy
Inflation is picking up in Japan, with growing expectations that the nation is headed for a 3% year-on-year rate in April or soon after. Price rises in Tokyo, a leading indicator of the nationwide trend, have been far exceeding the ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Light Industry
Since the global economic crisis, the foreign trade market has been in the doldrums for along time .And due to the volatility of RMB exchange rate, fluctuations in prices of commodity products is also big , the protectionism and trade ...
Tags: Office Supplies, Stationery
The Tire Industry Association (TIA) and the Western Canada Tire Dealers Association (WCTDA) will present a three-day commercial tire service (CTS) 400 level instructor training and certification class in Edmonton, Alberta, May 6-8, 2014. ...
Tags: tyre, tire, auto parts
There are still plenty of copies of the "2014 Tire & Rim Association Yearbook" available for purchase. "This is our 111th yearbook," says Rudy Consolacion, executive vice president of the Tire & Rim Association (TRA). "It contains every ...
Tags: Tire, Tyre, auto parts
UK retail sales for March were down 1.7% on a like-for-like basis from March 2013, when they had increased 1.9% on the preceding year, according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. On a total basis, sales were down 0.3%, against a ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, retail sales
According to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2014-2015/Q2 2014 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association (EUROFER), strengthening indicators and evidence of improving dynamics suggest that the EU economy is ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
Annual inflation in the euro area was 0.5 percent in March this year, down from 0.7 percent in February, according to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In March 2013, the annual inflation ...
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Swedish automotive manufacturer Volvo Group has designed a lightweight and inflatable rearward-faced Volvo Group using groundbreaking technology. Swedish automotive manufacturer Volvo Group has designed a lightweight and inflatable ...
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The World Steel Association (worldsteel) expects apparent steel consumption in the US to deliver a return to growth and recovery in 2014-2015, after a decrease of 0.6 percent in 2013, according to its short range outlook. Worldsteel ...
According to the short range outlook of the World Steel Association (worldsteel), apparent steel consumption in China is expected to slow to three percent in 2014 amounting to 721.2 million mt, after growth of 6.1 percent in 2013 on the ...
Tags: Steel Demand, steel
UK retail sales for March were down 1.7% on a like-for-like basis from March 2013, when they had increased 1.9% on the preceding year, according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. On a total basis, sales were down 0.3%, against a ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, retail sales
CCA has announced it expects its earnings will decline Food and beverage company Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has announced it expects its group earnings before interest and tax for the first half of 2014 to decline by around 15 per cent ...
Tags: beverages, Agriculture, Food
It is well known for its global standards in four areas, producing much literature on these topics: Food safety Consumer products Packaging and packaging materials Storage and distributionworld. Consumer and industry ...
Tags: BRC, certification
In March, continental buyers of recycled containerboard made some unexpected headway in offsetting €10/tonne of the €20/tonne increase that took effect last Autumn. That increase was so small that there was virtually no attempt to ...