Europe’s food safety assessor European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has updated its advice on intake levels of energy, macronutrients and micronutrients in infant and follow-on formula, with the recommended maximum level of protein ...
The Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom has announced that in the first half of this year exports of rolled steel by Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises declined by two percent year on year to 11.550 million mt, including ...
Tags: Rolled Steel Export, Mineral
According to first estimates released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in June this year the seasonally-adjusted production of the construction sector in the European Union member states (EU-28) decreased by ...
Tags: Statistical Office, Decrease, Energy
In recent years, the optoelectronic component market has been dominated by a number of applications, namely LEDs, backlighting and the emergence of solid state lighting. In the optocoupler and photo-relay markets, the focus has been on the ...
Tags: Automotive Industry, LED lighting
Palladium climbed to a 13-year high in the longest run of gains in more than a month in New York on concern supply will lag demand and add to shortages. Gold fell. Palladium, mostly used in catalytic converters in cars alongside platinum, ...
Tags: Palladium, Gold, Electrical
To cope with anti-dumping tariffs set by the US Department of Commerce, the Taiwan Photovoltaic Industry Association (TPVIA), on behalf of Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell and PV module makers, hopes to talk with the department ...
NEWARK (CN) – Hitachi, Panasonic, Sanyo and a host of other electronics manufacturers conspired to fix prices of capacitors, a Silicon Valley company claims in a federal antitrust class action. eIQ Energy, of San Jose, named 27 ...
Tags: Price Fixing, Electrical, Electronics
Would you believe a 60% tariff? That is a possibility, according to a report by Exane BNP Paribas. On July 22, 2014, the United States International Trade Commission determined consumer tire imports from China may or may soon be ...
Tags: Chinese, Tire Tariffs, Accessories
Regarding the 11 percent antidumping (AD) duty imposed on Turkish hot rolled flat steel imports, the Turkish Steel Exporters Association (CIB) has said that the Moroccan authorities did not specify how the duty rate was calculated and what ...
Turkish integrated steelmaker Erdemir has announced a net profit of TRY 344 million ($159.3 million) for the second quarter of the current year, increasing by nine percent year on year, while the company's sales revenues amounted to TRY ...
Tags: Turkey, Metallurgy, Energy
James Tumbridge, intellectual property lawyer at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitman, considers the implications of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) for Europe and whether it will help or hinder the UK’s electronics sector. The Unified ...
Tags: James Tumbridge, Electrical, Electronics
China is the first exporter of cotton. In 2012, china's export value accounted for 22.3% of the world's total cotton exports, with a decrease of 4.2%, followed by India, accounting for 12.9% and with an increase of 9.9%. Textile Industry ...
Tags: Overview, Textile Industry
Annual inflation in the euro area was 0.4 percent in July this year, down from 0.5 percent in June, according to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In July 2013, the annual inflation rate was ...
In June this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production decreased by 0.3 percent in the euro area and by 0.4 percent in the EU-28 as compared with May, while industrial production in May had decreased by 1.1 percent in both zones, ...
Tags: Euro Area, Output, Metallurgy
The European Commission has launched a Green Paper consultation on a possible extension of geographical indication protection to non-agricultural products. In today’s globalised world, consumers are looking for ways to identify ...
Tags: European Commission, Green Paper, Textile