By Terry Mocherniak,director global business development for the LMS business unit of OSRAM SYLVANIA A well-lit environment creates a more positive shopping experience for customers at retail locations of all sizes.As such,the retail ...
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16 May 2012 5N Plus'revenue grows 8.5%in Q1 5N Plus Inc of Montreal,Quebec,Canada,a producer of specialty metal and chemical products,has reported results for first-quarter 2012,with numbers for the comparable period to end-February 2011 ...
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ING US, the retirement, insurance and investment management operations of ING Group has appointed Michael Smith as chief risk officer to oversee its enterprise-wide and business-level risk monitoring and management program. In his new ...
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When Rapid Granulator AB first came to China in 2003, it thought it could cover most demands from the local market with older machines and technology. “But we couldn’t make any headway, ” said Bengt Rimark, global ...
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Carl Zeiss Meditec, the medical technology specialist that is majority-owned by the German optics giant Carl Zeiss, has reported a strong set of data for the first six months of its current financial year – thanks in part to ...
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Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King this week welcomed moves from its UK retail rivals to invest in product quality and service after the retailer reported an increase in annual underlying profits. Also in the UK, the Government ...
Toshiba said that net profit for the year to the end of March 2013 may be over 80%up on the previous year at $1.7bn after a 47%drop in net profits to$921m for the year to the end of March 2012.The company expects an operating profit of ...
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For its fiscal third-quarter 2012(to end-March),optical communications and laser component,module and subsystem maker Oclaro Inc of San Jose,CA,USA has reported revenue of$88.7m,up 2.5%on$86.5m last quarter(returning to growth after last ...
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Mets Wood has recorded €4m in operating profits in the first quarter and believes profitability will strengthen in the second quarter. Metsa, formerly known as Finnforest, said the building trade was expected to recover due to the ...
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Underlying Sales Growth Remains Solid For the quarter,The Estée Lauder Companies reported net sales of$2.25 billion,a 4%increase compared with$2.17 billion reported in the prior-year quarter.Excluding the impact of foreign ...
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OC Oerlikon Corp AG (OERL), the Swiss maker of textile machinery that announced the sale of a solar unit to Tokyo Electron in March, said profits may rise further than earlier guidance as a slumping textile market stabilizes. “The ...
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Ingram Micro reported an operating loss for its Australian division of around $10 million in the first quarter, although the result was an improvement on the previous year. In releasing its first quarter sales results, Ingram Micro said ...
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ecVision, the leading supply chain collaboration platform provider for retail, has reinforced its commitment to support the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) initiatives for retailers and manufacturers. As an AAFA Elite ...
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The US Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) has revealed details of its first ANTEC conferences to be held in India. The two-day event is taking place at the Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel in Mumbai on December 6 and 7, 2012, and ...
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Associated British Foods has insisted it expects the performance of its grocery division to improve in the medium term as investments made to reduce its cost base begin to feed through to the bottom line. The company today(24 April)booked ...
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