In late 2013, PACCAR started production of vocational trucks, Kenworth T880 and Peterbilt Model 567. Truck manufacturer PACCAR announced a 16-percent increase in profit in the first quarter of 2014 and predicts higher sales for the ...
Tags: Paccar, Transportation, Auto, Truck
A growing economy, pent-up demand, competitive mortgage rates and affordable home prices will keep housing on an upward trajectory through 2015. However, several obstacles including tight consumer credit, shortages of lots and labor and ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
China truck industry insiders point that engineering vehicles are going to grow as government of all levels will add investment on people's livelihood,Infrastructure construction, subways, high-speed rail etc this year; overseas markets ...
Tags: Heavy Truck, Dayun Auto
"We are now significantly putting the flag on the Chinese market and in the society." LEGO is 'making a strong play' for the Chinese market following the construction of a new factory in Zhejiang. The South China Morning Post reports ...
In the week from April 21 to April 27, on the Orbis Steel Index the Turkish scrap index continued to decrease, while the US (East Coast) HMS I/II scrap export index switched to sideways movement. In the given week, the Turkish rebar index ...
Tags: Steel, Construction, Metallurgy, Mineral
Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel Ltd (Kobe) has issued its financial results for the fiscal year 2013-14 ended March 31. For the given period, Kobe Steel has reported a net profit of JPY 70.2 billion ($686.4 million), compared to a net loss ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Construction
Calyxo GmbH of Bitterfeld/Wolfen-Thalheim, Germany, the largest manufacturer of cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar panels in Europe, has concluded an agreement for further financing from venture capital investor IBG ...
Tags: Calyxo CdTe, Electrical, Electronics
Value Lighting, headquartered in Marietta, GA with 75 employees is a leading supplier of lighting solutions to the multifamily residential housing sector and new construction marketplace across the U.S. Value Lighting's 2013 revenues were ...
Tags: LED, LED Lighting, lights
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced seven winning student teams of EPA's People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) phase II awards for innovative and sustainable designs to help solve today's complex environmental ...
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AkzoNobel has completed the expansion of its Industrial Coatings site in Songjiang near Shanghai in China, doubling annual production capacity and creating the company's biggest plant for packaging coatings in the world. Work started in ...
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China's steel sector is exhibiting stronger mill margins and sentiment in April that may soon lead producers to "step up purchases of both iron ore and coking coal," Macquarie Bank said Friday. Mill inventory of iron ore is stable while ...
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As reported by the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in February this year the total price-adjusted value of new orders in the overall German construction industry rose by 3.2 percent year on year, with a 10.8 percent increase ...
Tags: Construction Industry
BASF sponsored and participated in the 2014 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress, April 8-10, at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. As among the leading chemical supplier to the automotive industry, BASF offered ...
Tags: Construction, BASF, Chemicals
Anglo American said Thursday that it increased output of iron ore and metallurgical coal in the first quarter ended March 31, mainly due to a ramp-up in operations. Iron ore production rose 10% year on year to 11.3 million mt on increased ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Coal Output
Emerald Specialties Group, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, has introduced two new 100% active FOAM BLAST defoamers for coatings and graphic arts, including both aqueous and energy curable (UV/EB) applications. FOAM ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration