China is pushing for exports of industrial capacity, a new economic dynamic. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will witness the signing of several deals on industrial capacity cooperation in Brazil, the first leg of his Latin America tour, said ...
Jan. to Jun. 2014, Inorganic Chemicals (HS: 8456) Major Import Countries (Sort by Import Value) Import Countries/Regions Import Value (Thousand USD) Compared to the same period last year ...
As parts of its efforts to increase the percentage of sustainable products in its range, this spring, Swedish apparel retailer, Kappahl will have 24 per cent of its assortment with the sustainability label. For this spring, it also has ...
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Lower capacity utilisation drove down operating earnings by 23 per cent year over year at the fibre division of Eastman Chemical in the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. “First quarter of 2015 operating earnings dived to $90 ...
Nordic fashion and textile industry is set to become the most sustainable in the world. The vision of a new Nordic action plan presented by the Nordic Ministers for the Environment in Copenhagen earlier this week is for the region to ...
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During the past year, 900 million litres of water was saved by Lindex suppliers through cleaner production projects in India and Bangladesh. According to a press release from the Swedish fashion retailer, Lindex also became a partner ...
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Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety services to industries around the world, has opened a comprehensive leather and footwear testing facility in Chennai, India, to support the country’s leather, footwear and leather ...
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The Federation of India Export Organisations (FIEO) wants government backing to arrest falling exports.FIEO president SC Ralhan said the trade data for the month of the March, 2015 showed a decline of over 21 per cent in exports and close ...
Tags: Govt Support, Falling Exports
Sartomer, a business unit of Arkema Inc., and a global provider of specialty acrylate and methacrylate monomers and oligomers, has announced that it will now market and sell its line of acrylate and methacrylate monomers and oligomers ...
Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC, have come together as one company at the European Coatings SHOW 2015 to explain how its product families of pigments and resins can be used together to create enticing metallic coatings for a full ...
Packaging company Ardagh is almost said to have completed its €3bn acquisition of the glass packaging unit of Saint Gobain. Saint Gobain has been considering the sale of Verallia to focus on higher-margin home and construction ...
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FabricLink Network has chosen WoolVisions, the intimate blend of CoolVisions dyeable staple polypropylene with wool as one of its Top 10 Textile Innovations for 2014–2015. The innovative intimate blend of CoolVisions staple ...
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Akzo Nobel N.V. has reported a solid first quarter with positive developments in all three Business Areas despite a challenging market environment. First quarter operating income increased 42 percent to €306 million, reflecting the ...
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KODA Distribution Group (KDG) and the Unipex Group have announced KDG’s acquisition of Unipex Solutions Canada, a specialty chemicals distributor in Canada. The acquisition, KDG said in a statement, exemplifies the company’s ...
Effective immediately, BASF and Neuss/Germany-based Gustav Grolman GmbH & Co. KG will start an exclusive collaboration in the marketing of amine-based curing agents of the Baxxodur® brand in Europe. Grolman will initially market the ...
Tags: epoxy resins, BASF product