India has become the fastest growing photovoltaic (PV) market and replaced the U.K. as one of the top three exports markets for Chinese modules, found EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce. Based on EnergyTrend’s latest report, the ...
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According to recent projections compiled before the recent China stock exchange meltdown, Chinese grocery had been set to grow by a third between now and 2020 and reach US$1.5tn per year, according to the UK’s Institute of Grocery ...
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Young Australian families and young adults are buying Asian vegetable varieties more frequently than last year and are buying more each time, according to the latest Nielsen consumer research. Nielsen Homescan data, taken from 10,000 ...
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Coles has reported a $1.78 billion profit before interest and tax for the financial year ended 30 June 2015, up 6.6 per cent on the 2014 financial year. Turnover revenue for Coles was $38.20 billion and return on capital was 11 per ...
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has eased restrictions on Canadian poultry imports as the industry is recovering from the recent bird flu outbreak. Imports of poultry and poultry products from Ontario were banned in April after a ...
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Japanese automobile major Toyota Motor said it was putting to test airbag inflators made by Autoliv and Nippon Kayaku while looking for a possible alternative to defective airbags made by Takata. Prior to fitting those parts with ...
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Hearthside Food Solutions is investing in the US and Europe to increase its bar production, under two separate agreements. The company will acquire VSI, a producer of nutrition, diet, and functional bars in Europe, as well as a ...
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In its first estimate for the upcoming season beginning October 2015, the Cotton Association of India (CAI) has pegged the country's cotton production at 380 lakh bales, almost unchanged from the current year's output of 382-383 lakh bales ...
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Thanks to its design, the new Skoda Superb has been awarded ‘Best of Best’ in the ‘Exterior Volume Brand’ category of the ‘Automotive Brand Contest 2015’. This decision was made by the jury of the ...
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Global shipments of LCD TV panels in the third quarter are expected to remain on par to the previous quarter's, thanks to TV vendors' increased parts procurements; but are forecast to drop by 10 percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in the ...
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Foot Locker Inc. reported net income for the company's second quarter ended August 1, 2015 was $119 million, or 84 cents per share, compared with net income of $92 million, or 63 cents per share, last year, a 33 percent increase on a ...
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The 2015 Polyurethanes Technical Conference will highlight issues and topics specific to the automotive market at the three-day event this October. Hosted by the Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI), the conference is set to take ...
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Companies opt to relocate plants to Southeast Asia to cut labor costs, reports Lyu Chang. The label of "made in China", which was synonymous with the global solar industry, is in danger of fading out as a growing number of firms move ...
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Stock Spirits total revenues declined to €108m during the six months ended 30 June 2015 from €137.7m over the same period last year. The spirits producer's performance is adversely affected by the ongoing market disruption in ...
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Smithfield Foods' Cudahy facility that produces the company's Patrick Cudahy brand as well as additional Smithfield branded products, broke ground today to expand its existing facility by 12,500ft2, adding four new smokehouses and two dry ...