Consumer packaging company Sonoco is all set to increase the price for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) products. Effective with shipments in the US and Canada beginning 8 July 2013, the prices will be increased by $40 per ...
Germany-based steelmaker Salzgitter Group has issued its financial results data for the first quarter of the current year, stating that the performance of the company was overshadowed by persistently unfavorable general economic conditions ...
Tags: Salzgitter, Loss, Steel
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp (NSSMC) sets to bring up plate prices for domestic sales to reflect the higher raw materials costs caused by the rapidly weakening Japanese Yen. It's known that some US$50/ton extra will be added from May ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
DAK Americas and Nan Ya Plastics intend to raise polyethylene terephthalate prices for March by 2 cents/lb, according to a pair of letters obtained Tuesday by Platts. Both companies cited higher raw materials costs as the reason for the ...
Tags: polyethylene terephthalate prices, PTA, PET
The relentless rise in raw materials costs, which has been hitting European coatings producers over the last 2-3 years, has at last been easing. But the relief from the constant pressure of rising input prices may be short lived. The ...
Tags: raw materials costs, European coatings producers, input prices
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based TMS International Corp., the parent company of Tube City IMS and a global industrial service provider to steel mills, announced Thursday its earnings for its Q4 and fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. ...
Tags: TMS International, Mineral, raw materials
Flexographic plate-making systems supplier DuPont Packaging Graphics has announced plans to increase prices for DuPont Cyrel products globally, effective 4 March 2013. To offset higher raw materials costs, the company continues to pursue ...
US Steel reported Tuesday a Q4 net loss of $50 million, following a $44 million profit in Q3 2012. In Q4 2011, US Steel incurred a net loss of $211 million. For full-year 2012, US Steel reported a net loss of $124 million compared to a net ...
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Switzerland-based food group Huegli reported a 2% drop in sales for 2012, but added that it has recovered from a "slump" in the third-quarter of the year. Huegli said today (29 January) that net sales for the 12 months to the end of ...
This techno-economic evaluation and review of desalination costing aspects discusses factors that contribute to water cost variation. The impact of recent technology improvements on water cost variation is also discussed; the paper includes ...
Tags: techno-economic evaluation, Water Desalination, energy consumption
Slovenian retailer Mercator has warned of rising raw materials costs and "profound recession" in many of its key markets after swinging to a net loss in the first half of 2012. For the six months to the end of June, Mercator reported net ...
Tags: Mercator, raw materials, key market, food market, net loss
US own-label group Ralcorp Holdings, which today (27 November) agreed to a takeover bid from ConAgra Foods, returned to profit in its fiscal 2012 year, boosted by acquisitions made during the year. In the 12 months to the end of ...
Tags: Foods, Foods industry, profit, operating profit
At Rautaruukki's Capital Markets Day hosted in Helsinki, the company's management will present their review of the sector and shed light particularly on business opportunities in Russia. With the Fortaco arrangement, Ruukki will in future ...
Qatar has become the most expensive construction market in the Gulf in terms of raw materials costs, says a new research report by business intelligence service MEED. In its "Third Quarter Construction Costs & Outlook Report", MEED reports ...
Tags: market view, cement
DOE Cost Modeling Tool for Manufacturing LED Packages The US Department of Energy has released a common cost model for the manufacturing of LED packages. Developed by a DOE working group in response to feedback from previous DOE workshops ...
Tags: LED