For coatings producers one of the big benefits of the sharp fall in oil prices in the second half of last year (2014) should be a drop in raw material costs. Some commentators are also predicting a rise in demand due to the effect of ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Raw materials, Construction
Apparel manufacturer and exporter, Pearl Global Industries Limited (PGIL) is undertaking capacity expansion in South India at a total investment of around Rs 17-20 crore, funded through internal accruals and a TUFS loan. PGIL plans to ...
China-based LED packaging service providers Shenzhen Refond Optoelectronics and Shenzhen Jufei Optoelectronics have signed with Japan-based Toyoda Gosei for license use of the latter's white-light LED patents for application to LED ...
Tags: LED packaging, White LED
China is expected to purchase at least US$4.5 billion worth of panels from Taiwan in 2015, according to Francis Liang Kuo-hsin, chairman of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA). Liang said that there was a decrease in ...
Australia’s largest family-owned fresh-produce marketing company, Perfection Fresh Australia, has announced it will boost its tomato category position with the acquisition of the Moraitis tomato-growing business. Michael Simonetta, ...
Tags: tomato, Agriculture
Global soft drinks volumes expanded just over three percent in 2014, while value sales grew by more than six percent to reach US $867.4 billion dollars, according to market research organisation Euromonitor. While the US remains the ...
Tags: tea, coffee, sports, bottled water, Agriculture
Davisco, the dairy business unit of Agropur, has ramped up production capacity and expanded its BioZate product line with the addition of heat-stable and clean-flavored hydrolyzed whey proteins. The company claims that BioZate whey ...
Tags: beverages, snack foods, Agriculture
Global demand for PV modules is expected to shift from 250W models currently to 260W ones in the second quarter of 2015, and thereby demand for polycrystalline silicon solar cells with energy conversion rates of at least 17.8% used to make ...
Tags: PV modules, solar cells, Lights
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched an open consultation on the draft scientific opinion on the safety of caffeine that was presented recently to EFSA. The provisional findings of the Draft Scientific Opinion on the ...
Tags: energy drink, public health, Agriculture
U.S. factory production rose in December as manufacturers churned out more furniture, computers and steel, offsetting a small decline in autos. The Federal Reserve says factory production increased 0.3 percent last month, the fourth ...
Tags: computers, steel, Electrical
Murata has developed a high capacitanceThat property of a system of conductors and dielectrics which permits the storage of electricity when potential difference exists between the conductors. Its value is expressed as the ratio of a ...
The latest nano-invention from a UCF researcher could change the way everyday electronic devices such as cellphones, tablets, and even hybrid cars are powered. Dr. Jayan Thomas may well be Central Florida’s very own Thomas Edison, ...
Tags: 3D TV, cellphones, tablets, Electrical
Thailand based and global fibres and petrochemicals producer, Indorama Ventures (IVL) is pulling out of an agreement to acquire SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (SASA) in Turkey. In a Thailand stock exchange filing, Indorama said both sides have ...
Tags: DMT, staple fibers, filament yarns, Textile
Nutrition company Herbalife has unveiled its Herbalife Innovation and Manufacturing (HIM) facility in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Spread over an area of around 800,000ft2, the HIM facility has so far witnessed around $100m in ...
Tags: teas, liquids, Agriculture
Mondelez International has broken ground on its new $90m biscuit plant in Bahrain, in a move to cater to growing demand for its Oreo, Ritz and TUC biscuits in the Middle East and Africa. Earlier this month, the company signed a lease ...
Tags: TUC biscuits, Cheese, Agriculture