Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the January-August period of this year apparent finished steel use in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled 46.2 million mt, up one percent as compared with the same ...
Tags: Finished Steel, crude steel
China will become the world's second-largest medical technology market with a value of $55 billion by 2020, The Boston Consulting Group said in a report released on Wednesday. The medtech market, including instruments and equipment, ...
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released its 16th annual container stevedoring monitoring report. “Increased competition is delivering improvements in Australian stevedoring, which build on significant gains ...
Tags: delivering improvements, logistics
Spearheaded by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and coordinated by Goodway Machine Corp., around 10 of Taiwan's leading machine-tool makers plan to organize a consortium by the end of this year to develop high-end machines for ...
Tags: vertical lathing, Aircraft Parts
Swiss coffee merchant Volcafe is forming a joint venture with Simao Arabicasm Coffee (SACCO) to export coffee beans from China. The joint venture Yunnan Volcafe will source coffee beans grown in Yunnan province. The new entity will ...
Tags: Volcafe, coffee beans, Food
Wang Tiankai, president of China Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC), has been unanimously elected by the Committee of Management of the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) as its new president for the next two years. ...
Tags: CNTAC, new president, Textile
Big Rock Brewery announces Anthea Wet Hop Ale, our newest Alchemist Edition release. You can expect the same smooth taste and citrusy notes as we brewed in our 2013 version, but this time Brewmaster Paul Gautreau has kept the beer ...
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Mazda has commenced production of Mazda2 at Mazda de Mexico Vehicle Operation (MMVO), a new plant in Mexico. MMVO has also commenced operations at the newly constructed MMVO's engine machining plant which adopts the production ...
Tags: Mazda, Production, Accessories
South Korean steelmaker POSCO has announced that it has broken ground for its continuous galvanizing line (CGL) to produce quality galvanized steel sheet for automotive applications in Rayong Province, Thailand. The new line with an annual ...
Tags: POSCO, Continuous Galvanizing Line, Energy
Banana producer Chiquita Brands International shareholders have voted against a merger deal with Irish rival c. Post this development, Chiquita will now enter talks with Brazil's Cutrale and Safra following an offer of $14.50 a share. The ...
The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) is financing energy efficiency improvements at the Royal Brackla Distillery, run by John Dewar & Sons, in Nairn, Scotland. The funds will be utilized, among others, for the installation of a biomass ...
Tags: UK, Green Investment Bank, Food
Independence LED Lighting, the award-winning U.S. manufacturer of LED high bay fixtures and LED tubes, announces today the completed delivery of its energy saving LED lighting for the Gretz Beer Company at 2801 Township Line Rd. in ...
Tags: Gretz Beer, LED, Agriculture
Global notebook shipments, which are expected to decline 2.1% on year in 2014, will further drop 1.7% in 2015 to reach 168 million units, despite Microsoft's attempts to stimulate demand in the PC market. Microsoft's termination of ...
Tags: notebook shipments, Windows XP, PC market
Since Medtronic can’t dip into its considerable foreign cash reserves to buy Covidien, it plans to raise $16 billion domestically toward the $43 billion purchase. Wall Street is not pleased. In a filing late last week with the U.S. ...
Tags: Medtronic, Covidien, Medical Device
Molex Incorporated, a leading global manufacturer of electronic solutions, today announced that it has received the 2014 award for excellence in technology alignment from Cisco. This prestigious award recognizes Molex for successfully ...