TAIPEI – China Steel Corp., Taiwan's largest steel producer by revenue, said Tuesday that it will raise domestic April-May prices by an average of 1.11% compared with March, on the back of a recent recovery in global steel prices, Dow ...
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NTN bearings for the Chinese market are imported from Japan for bearings, NTN bearings in the country have a certain market share, and NTN Bearing more categories, more complete, the price of most imported bearing brands is relatively ...
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Taiwan exported US$17.684 billion worth of machinery in the first 10 months of 2011, up 26.5% from a year earlier, according to customs-cleared statistics compiled by the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI). The sector of ...
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Concentrated on R&D, the Taiwan-based Airboss Air Tool Co., Ltd., a world-caliber supplier of pneumatic tools, swept global design awards in 2011, further boosting its profile in the line. For Airboss, 2011 was undoubtedly a good year to ...
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Sarawak's exports of log and timber products grew one percent to RM3.71 billion in the first six months of 2011 from RM3.67 billion in the previous corresponding period. According to Perkasa, the Sarawak Timber Industry Development ...
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Caterpillar Inc. announced plans on Nov. 11 to shift its production from Japan by opening a new manufacturing facility in North America for small tracktype tractors and mini hydraulic excavators. The Peoria, Ill.-based company says the ...
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), the world’s largest maker of construction and mining equipment, said it will open a new manufacturing plant in North America and move some production there from Japan to be closer to customers. The plant will ...
KUCHING: Sarawak's plywood prices are expected to firm up again as Japanese importers have resumed buying for reconstruction activities after March's devastating earthquake and tsunami. Sarawak Timber Association panel products' committee ...
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In the third quarter of 2011 the Canadian OSB manufacturer Ainsworth Lumber was unable to pursue its impressive increases in turnover recorded overseas between January and June. Between July and September turnover generated overseas ...
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Imports of seamless stainless steel pipe and tube are up substantially in 2011 over the same period in 2010. Total imports of small diameter seamless pipe and tubing are up by nearly 40 percent through August, 2011, lead by substantial ...
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Illinois is trying to persuade Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), the world’s largest construction and mining- equipment maker, that its home state is the best location to build a factory that will employ more than 1, 000 people. “We have ...
Glencore International Plc, the largest publicly traded commodities company, reported record third-quarter output of thermal coal and a 33 percent jump in copper, saying it has the funds to spur further expansion. Coal used in power ...
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In Sino-Japanese plastics trade today, almost all of the investment flows from Japan toward China. But injection press maker Haitian International Holdings Ltd. is reversing that, at least in a small way, opening up a technical center in ...
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Taiwan-based LED firm Genesis Photonics recently received orders from China-based customers for indoor lighting and commercial LED light tubes. Coupled with orders from Japan-based customers, Genesis is optimistic about revenues in the ...
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Pushed by the record-high yen and economic problems at home, Japan’s large plastic machinery manufacturing industry is accelerating its investment in lower-cost countries, expanding both in China and elsewhere in Asia. Japan Steel ...
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