In the optical communications markets, demand for 40G transceivers is now “ramping up hard” as data centers deploy 40GbE (Ethernet), particularly as a high-density 10G interface via breakout cables. Also, 40G QSFP (quad small ...
Tags: optical communications markets, transceiver, single-mode fiber
Northwest European styrene monomer spot offtake remains lackluster this week on the back of supply length, with buyers predicting lower prices in the coming weeks and industry consumers keen to reduce stock levels for the end of the year, ...
Tags: styrene, Offtake Lackluster, styrenics products, Discounts
On Friday 30 October 2015, Australia’s leading complementary healthcare product-maker Blackmores and Australian dairy group Bega Cheese announced the two companies would be teaming up to produce and sell infant formula for consumers ...
Tags: infant formula, Baby Formula
Arkema Coating Resins and OMYA, a leading global producer of industrial minerals and a worldwide distributor of specialty chemicals, announced today that they are extending their existing distribution cooperation throughout Europe to ...
Tags: Arkema, liquid resins, thickeners, plastic additives
Despite the recent stock market crashes around the world on the heels of China devaluing the yuan, Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has said he doesn't believe that there's a financial crisis looming. "Based on what I've seen ...
Revenues for the three months to June 30, 2015 climbed 11.4 per cent over the three months to March 31, 2015 at Kordsa Global, a Turkish producer of industrial yarn and cord fabric. Kordsa Global's revenues amounted to TRY 869 million in ...
Tags: industrial yarn, fabric
A mapping of sustainable textile initiatives by Norden – a regional partnership of Nordic countries – shows that many different perspectives and stakeholders are now working with environmental impacts associated with textile ...
Effective Aug 1, 2015 or as contracts allow, BASF will increase prices for styrene-butadiene latex polymers sold in North America. As a consequence of recent cost increases in production and delivery, prices will increase up to $0.05 per ...
Tags: BASF, styrene-butadiene, latex polymers
Argex Titanium Inc., an emerging producer of high grade titanium dioxide (TiO2), has announced that it has completed work at its Valleyfield Technology Center confirming key hydrometallurgical process innovations for the production of ...
Tags: Argex Titanium, high grade TiO2
Speciality textile dyes and chemicals marketer DyStar Group said it is going to phase out the usage of the Colour Index. The Colour Index is a reference work published jointly by the Society of Dyers & Colourists (SDC) and the ...
Preliminary figures released by Austria based producer of specialty viscose fibres indicate that its consolidated sales declined marginally in 2014 from 2013. Consolidated revenues of the Lenzing Group slipped slightly to €1.86 ...
Tags: Lenzing, viscose fibres, Textile
Foot Locker Inc. is targeting sales of $10 billion and sales per gross square foot of $600 by 2020, according to new financial targets laid out by the company Monday, March 16. The specialty retailer released its updated strategic goals ...
In previous posts, I examined the high-tech industry in significant detail by picking a representative sample of leading systems, software, and semiconductor companies. Taken as a group, the selected firms serve the full range of ...
Tags: Electronics Industry, Electronics
Driven mainly by a stronger demand in the Americas, sales in the fourth quarter of 2014 recovered and rose by 6.3 per cent from the year ago quarter, at sports goods and apparel marketer Puma. “In comparison with fourth quarter of ...
Tags: Puma, sports goods
With the UK’s economy on the up and an overall increase in consumer spending, there is a positive tone to this year’s Statistics Digest, published by the Furniture Industry Research Association, which contains facts and figures ...
Tags: Furniture Industry, trade gap, Furniture