The AAPN Board of Directors approved a change to its name to better reflect the reality of both the industry itself and its network specifically. The change is subtle, one letter in fact. It is now the Americas Apparel Producers’ ...
Tags: Focus on Americas, AAPN
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the initiation of administrative reviews of antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders with a June anniversary date. The DOC initiated the following administrative reviews of AD ...
Tags: Pressure Pipe, Steel Cylinders
The dust has settled. Following two years of very strong growth in lift truck sales, shipments leveled off in 2012. With growth at just a fraction of a percent, worldwide sales didn't match the 27% growth in 2011 or the 32% growth in 2010. ...
Tags: Processing Machinery
Lextar Electronics Corp. ("Lextar" or the "Company) (TAIEX: 3698) today reported its financial performance for the second quarter of 2013. Lextar recorded consolidated revenue of NT$3.85 billion, up 33.1% over the previous quarter and a ...
Japan is set to to resume the purchase of US western white wheat, a development which will lift a two-month ban on the grain that was imposed after an unapproved genetically modified (GM) trait was discovered in a single field in Oregon, ...
Tags: Western White Wheat, Food
"ArcelorMittal exports 200,000t auto sheet to China every year, most of which are delivered to joint ventures in China like Das Auto, GM, and Ford. Starting from this October, all these products will transfer to Valin ArcelorMittal ...
Tags: Arcelormittal, auto sheet
It is reported that ArcelorMittal is forecasting growth of between 9%~10% annually in the Chinese auto steel demand. The general manager of ArcelorMittal is quoted saying demand for auto sheet in China reached 13 million~14 million ...
Tags: Auto Steel Demand, Mineral
According to data released by the Korea Iron and Steel Association (Kosa), Korea’s plate imports totaled 960,300 tons in the first half of this year, slumping by 46% year on year. Among them, the plate imports from China totaled ...
Tags: Plate Imports, Mineral
According to data released by the Korea Iron and Steel Association (Kosa), Korea’s imports of hot rolled coils (HRC) totaled 2.21 million tons in the first half of this year, decreasing by 17% year on year. In the given period of ...
Tags: HRC Exports, Mineral
It’s reported that Korea’s rebar market has become sluggish as demand from the country’s construction sector has become weak due to heavy rainfall. At present, the selling prices of SD400 rebar with diameter of 10mm ...
Tags: Rebar Market, Mineral
India Market Days is a project approved by Ministry of Textiles and is funded under the Market Access Initiative (MAI) Scheme of Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India for inviting overseas buyers and buying agents under ...
Tags: India Market, Apparel
A factory-backed Nissan GT-R will return to Mount Panorama next year, more than two decades after its ancestor scored consecutive Bathurst 1000 victories. Nissan Motorsport V8 Supercar driver Rick Kelly will compete in February's Bathurst ...
The Asian naphtha industry gathered Thursday for the start of the 22nd CFR Far East Open Specification Naphtha Meeting to debate among other things a recommendation that seeks to widen the scope of naphtha cargo origins for inclusion in an ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
JFE Shoji Trade, a subsidiary of Japan’s second largest steelmaker JFE Steel planned to set up its second coil center in Vietnam, aiming on electronics and white goods makers in Northern Vietnam. The company expected to start the ...
Tags: JFE Shoji, Construction&Decoration, Coil
American, in a major shake-up of its U.S. distribution network, will cut the number of distributors selling Shimano components from 18 to six effective Jan. 1, 2014. The decision to streamline its distribution network, said Yutaka ...