The European Union (EU) may scrap mandatory ‘best-before’ dates on long life foods after several member countries blamed the labelling for millions of tons of food being wasted every year. EU agriculture ministers discussed a ...
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Kortrijk, Belgium-based Bekaert, one of the world's largest steel cord and wire manufacturers, has announced that in the first quarter of the current year it achieved consolidated sales of €782 million, falling 2.1 percent compared to ...
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German PVC producer Vestolit expects European polyvinyl chloride (PVC) demand to grow at a pace of 2-3% a year, following years of contraction, amid a revival in the construction sector, company CEO Michael Trager said Monday. Over 60% of ...
Tags: PVC Demand, economic crisis
European central banks have agreed on a new Central Bank Gold Agreement, now the fourth time an agreement has been reached, the World Gold Council said Monday. "The agreement marks a continued commitment from some of the world's largest ...
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Beijing bureaucrats are all exhausted just by chasing a sputtering economy and trying to keep it moving. Some fine-tuning here, a bit of state spending there – all with the aim of meeting a GDP growth target. But if they want to stop ...
Tags: Economy Reform, China Economy
"We obviously want to establish a clear lead in terms of product performance," said Groupe Michelin General Partner and CEO Jean-Dominique Senard. At Groupe Michelin's annual shareholders meeting, shareholders adopted all of the ...
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The Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA) is a non-profit organisation founded in 1979 to promote private label. It is the only organisation of its kind, representing more than 3,500 member companies around the globe. ...
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The Premier League soccer club, currently in the ninth year of a 10-year kit deal with Nike but reported eying Adidas for its next uniform sponsor at twice the annual amount, had a 9% drop in Q3 retial/,erchandsing/apparel and product ...
Tags: Apparel, ManU Retail
ASA Automotive Systems has opened registration for its 2014 InfoExpo User Conference July 27-29 at the Hyatt Regency Austin in Austin, Texas. As part of Friedman Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc. ASA will be ...
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SAMCO Inc of Kyoto, Japan, a supplier of plasma etch, chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and surface treatment systems to compound semiconductors device makers, has relocated its US East Coast regional office. Due to a rise in customers in ...
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The LG G Flex 2 has been teased, with latest reports suggesting the Korean manufacturer’s next flexible phone will launch in early 2015. With LG having last year set a new smartphone first with the arrival of the LG G Flex, the ...
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Taiwan-based polysilicon maker Powertec Energy has obtained equity investment of NT$700 million (US$23.2 million) from Taiwan's National Development Fund through private placement, according to the company. The investment will help ...
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China-based maker GCL-Poly Energy Holdings produced 16,022 tonnes of polysilicon in the first quarter of 2014, increasing 7.5% on quarter and 85.2% on year, according to the company. With a large portion of polysilicon used in-house use ...
Japanese carmaker Mazda Motor has started operations at its newly built vehicle assembly plant at Kulim in Malaysia. The company has started production of Mazda CX-5 for Malaysia and Thailand at the new facility, which is located on the ...
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Annual inflation in the euro area was 0.7 percent in April this year, up from 0.5 percent in March, according to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In April 2013, the annual inflation rate was ...
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