AsiaInspection, a leading global provider of quality control services for businesses importing from Asia, Africa, Southern Europe and Latin America, announces its 2014 Q2 Barometer, a quarterly synopsis on outsourced manufacturing and the ...
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Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the first half of this year finished steel imports from China to Latin America increased by 65 percent year on year to 4 million metric tons. Latin America, which ...
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PUMA's consolidated sales in the second quarter of 2014 were in line with expectations, rising by 0.6% currency adjusted to € 652 million. However, due to continued currency weakness in Turkey, Russia, South Africa, India, Japan and ...
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Daimler AG (stock-exchange symbol: DAI) is continuing along its path of profitable growth. In the second quarter of 2014, the Group achieved new record levels of unit sales and revenue and significantly increased its operating profit from ...
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Tetra Pak has upgraded its packaging material plant in Ponta Grossa, Brazil to meet its products’ demands in domestic and export markets. The €65m upgrade will increase the plant's packaging capacity by 70% to 13 billion ...
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Continental has launched three limited-edition passenger car and bus tires with a special design on the side walls, to celebrate the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The special design on the ContiPowerContact and ContiMaxContact MC 5 ...
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APT MotoVox Group, Inc. announced an order of 3,000 units of its MBX Mini Bike line, an order from a current customer, one of the top 10 revenue grossing international retailers. Neither the retailer name nor the dollar amount of the ...
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In the first half of the year, the strong performance of the Renault and Dacia brands in Europe, driven by the success of Clio, Captur, Duster phase 2 and Sandero, enabled the Group to offset the sharp slowdown in its main emerging markets. ...
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Swedish-Danish company AarhusKarlshamn (AAK) has acquired Fabrica Nacional de Grasas, a Colombian company that specializes in vegetable oils and fats for the bakery segment. The company reported revenues of approximately SEK270m in 2013, ...
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Campbell Soup Company announced plans to launch more than 200 new products in fiscal 2015 to meet consumers' changing tastes, preferences and needs. During a presentation with investors, President and Chief Executive Officer Denise ...
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The Embassy of Honduras in Spain organized a high-level forum to promote the textile and other industries of the Central American country in Spain, in view of the European Union-Central American Association Agreement (EU-CAAA), the trade ...
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Grandview Research has recently released a report on the global antimicrobial coatings market. Antimicrobial coatings are used to protect surfaces from micro-organisms including parasites, bacteria, germs and fungi. Initially introduced to ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has received board approval from the Overseas ...
Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the first five months of this year finished steel imports from China to Latin America increased by 81 percent year on year to 3.4 million metric tons. Latin America, which ...
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Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the first four months of this year apparent finished steel use in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled 22.25 million mt, up one percent year on year. The highest ...
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