With the implementation of the 12th Five-Year Plan, more and more manufacturing industries have placed their focus on the materials and equipments featuring energy-saving and environmental protection. Under the 12th Five-Year Plan, the ...
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According to the 2009 survey of world production, consumption, exports and imports of ceramic tiles by the Italian magazine Ceramic World Review, the total output of Malaysian ceramic tile industry was 90 million square meters (top 15 in ...
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SteelOrbis Brescia discusses how the Italian pipe industry is dealing with a variety of concerns-namely overcapacity-with Luigi Rapullino,Managing Director of pipe producer Sideralba. Could you briefly describe Sideralba's core business? ...
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US Steel reversed a series of quarterly losses yesterday, reporting a $222m second quarter profit on sales of $5.1bn - a turnaround driven by higher average realized prices and more stable raw materials costs, the company said. The improved ...
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1. Productivity growth too fast and disorderly competition serious broke the balance of the stainless steel supply and demand. From 2006 to 2010, China stainless steel industry develop rapidly, it keep the world's largest stainless steel ...
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There are a few difference between bamboo flooring with hardwood flooring , so I'd like to explore the similarities and differences between bamboo flooring and hardwood flooring, helping you understand the benefits and drawbacks of ...
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Belgian PVC window frame maker says it now expects its top and bottom line to be stable for the year, after sales fell 2.4% in the second quarter. The company had previously predicted sales and profit growth. The company said it took into ...
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Global rare earths monopoly, China allotted 15,738 tons of rare earths as export quota for second batch this year, to total 30,184 tons for the entire year. According to China's Commerce ministry, rare earth export quotas for 26 ...
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Though the resilient category isn't in the clear just yet, conditions are improving_ as much as the flooring industry can improve in this economy. In this case, improving means 2010 may be the end to a consistent drop in category sales ...
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Coming off what most industry executives considered be a terrible 2009, the ceramic segment was looking for something, anything resembling a turnaround heading into 2010. And while certain indicators signaled a modest increase of 5% to 6% ...
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Picture of a Ceramic Industry in Yimen, Yunnan Province A drought attacked Yunnan Province last year, but this year, the condition seemed to be favorable and electric power was abundant enough. Even so, the Yimen the production area in the ...
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Executives reflect on the past year in coatings and look ahead to what the future might bring. Charles Bunch, chairman and CEO, PPG Industries The strategic actions that PPG has undertaken over the past decade have served to transform our ...
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Russia is once again one of the fastest growing coatings markets in Europe with the strong likelihood that it will soon be the region's largest by value. However there are doubts about whether it will be able to keep up the pace of ...
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At the end of 2009, following back-to-back years of devastating, unparalleled loses, most industry executives said the upcoming year couldn't get any worse. Well, on one hand they were essentially correct. But, just because things didn't ...
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NEW DELHI / BANGALORE: Real estate developers are setting up prefabrication plants to speed up construction and cut project costs as an acute shortage of labour and a rise in raw material prices threaten to wipe out the industry's already ...
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