Recticel announces results of third quarter of 2013 for different segments. Combined sales decreased from EUR 316.4 million in 3Q2012 to EUR 307.9 million in 3Q2013 (-2.7%). Over the first nine months, combined sales decreased by 5.6% ...
Sports Authority, one of the nation’s largest full-line sporting goods retailers, announced plans to hire up to 5,000 part-time and temporary workers around the United States to meet consumer demand during the holiday season, a ...
Data recently released from Panjiva, an online search engine with detailed information on global suppliers and manufacturers, showed overall strong global trade numbers for the month of September. U.S.-bound waterborne shipments in ...
Tags: economy, shopping data
According to the monthly consumer tendency survey released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the consumer confidence index* in Turkey, which stood at 72.1 points in September, increased by 4.8 percent month on month in October to ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Recently, the sixth China International Truck Fuel Saving Competition is grandly held in Beijing. JAC Gallop sends its Gallop 6X2LNG tractor to take part in the competition and finally wins the champion for fuel saving award. It is the ...
Tags: Truck Fuel, Energy
DSM, the producer of Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMwPE), branded as Dyneema?, has joined forces with an American 'icon of cool' - Levi's? 501? jeans - to create the perfect blend of strength, durability and style. Dyneema?, ...
Tags: Textile
The Dixie Group, Inc. reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 28, 2013. In the third quarter of 2013, the Company had sales of $90,210,000 and income from continuing operations of $1,432,000, or $0.11 per diluted ...
Tags: Dixie Group, Apparel
The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) applauded the announcement of the reintroduction of the Textile Enforcement and Security Act (TESA). On October 24th, U.S. Senator Kay Hagan toured the Nonwovens Institute at North ...
Tags: Textile
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) this week submitted comments to the inter-agency Trade Policy Staff Committee, led by the US Trade Representative (USTR), outlining specific instances where "foreign government laws, policies, ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, steel
On October 28, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) announced that in the first nine months of this year China's logistics sector recorded a 9.5 percent year-on-year rise in the total value of goods transported to RMB ...
Tags: Transportation, logistics
China's total value of social logistics goods hit CNY 145.7 trillion in the first three quarters of this year based on comparable prices, growing 9.5% over a year earlier, according to China Logistics Information Center on October 28. ...
Tags: Social Logistics Goods, Service
Total European Union steel tube production is expected to decline by almost four percent this year, according to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2013-2014/Q4 2013 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association ...
Tags: Steel Tube, Construction
A study conducted by the Universidade Estadual de Londrina in Brazil on commercial drivers' use of alcohol and drugs has the American Trucking Associations (ATA) calling on news outlets to stop "their inaccurate and sensationalized ...
Tags: Truck, Transportation, Auto Parts
Cargo theft and cattle rustling are crippling crimes for farmers and ranchers. Theft may take the form of one big grab and run, or it may be the death-of-a-thousand-cuts. A tiny sampling of recent cargo hits from the Associated Press: In ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Maple Leaf Foods, a Canada-based meats and baked goods producer, has launched an auction for its bakery business, which includes 90%-owned Canada Bread. Canada Bread is a manufacturer bread, rolls, bagels and sweet goods, specialty pasta ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Bread