Arkema has finalized the first stage of its acrylics assets acquisition project in Taixing, China, and now has access to a modern and competitive 160,000 t/year acrylic acid production capacity in Asia for the sum of $240 million. This ...
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Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific is to build a multi-million dollar flexible packaging plant in the Philippines. The new plant will manufacture high performance packaging for a leading multinational consumer brand. Managing director, Ken ...
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Major Indian steelmaker JSW Steel (JSW) has announced its financial and operational results for the first half ended September 30 of the financial year 2014-15, posting a net profit of INR 15.6 billion ($254.4 million), compared to a net ...
Russian mining and steel producing company Evraz Group has announced that it has started its ball mill construction project at Evraz NTMK in Nizhny Tagil, Russia. Production launch is scheduled for 2017, while total investment is expected ...
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NYSE-listed Westlake Chemical Corp said it will invest more than $330 million to expand ethylene capacity and make other capital improvements at its Lake Charles facility in Louisiana. Once the expansion, which is expected to be completed ...
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Despite a drop in revenues, adjusted earnings per share soared 36% year-on-year at PolyOne Corp in the third quarter ended September 30, 2014, driven by mix improvement and accelerated Spartech synergies. "As a result of mix improvement ...
Switzerland based and textile machinery manufacturer, Saurer Group said it has named Dr Martin Folini as CEO of two of its biggest subsidiaries - Schlafhorst and Zinser. Dr Folini graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ...
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Visitors to the Las Vegas Market can “experience it all,” Sunday, January 18, through Thursday, January 22, 2015, with more furniture, gift and home resources than ever before with both new and expanding showrooms and ...
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Solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer maker Gigastorage will begin to set up a PV module factory in Thailand to mainly meet local demand in the second quarter of 2015, according to company chairman Jimmy Chen. The factory's annual ...
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Sales of BASF Group grew by 3% compared with the previous third quarter, reaching €18.3 billion. A sharp rise in volumes in the Natural Gas Trading business sector was mainly responsible for this growth. Income from operations (EBIT) ...
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The diamond and jewelry market, like the global economy, is sending mixed messages ahead of the holiday shopping season. The prevalent claim that the economy is showing its strongest prospects since the 2008 crash is being disputed by ...
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Amer Sports reported net sales of €645.8 million ($856 mm) for the quarter ended Sept. 30, up 6.1 percent compared with €608.9 million a year earlier. Net sales increased by 6.0 percent in currency-nuetral terms. The Finnish ...
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The Foot Locker Foundation joined together with members of the athletic industry, as well as its business partners, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at New York City's Gotham Hall for the 14th annual "On Our Feet" fundraising gala. The event will ...
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Monro Muffler Brake Inc. posted net income of $16.3 million on net sales of $221.3 million for its second quarter ended Sept. 27, 2014. That compares to income of $13.6 million on sales of $205.3 million for the same period last year. The ...
CAP-XX’s cash burn is decreasing and product sales are running at higher rate than a year ago, according to an update issued as the annual general meeting today. The company said it received the latest instalment of the Federal ...
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