Fast-food giant McDonald's Corp. said it would close about 350 restaurants due to the falling sales in Q1. Sales in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East region dropped 8.3 percent, helping bring overall global sales down 2.3 percent, ...
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Axalta Coating Systems has started construction on a new Asia-Pacific R&D and technology center in Shanghai. Planned to open in the second quarter of 2016, the facility will feature product development and application laboratories, and ...
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Axalta Coating Systems has begun construction on a new Asia-Pacific R&D and Technology Center. The new facility, which has been approved by Axalta’s Board of Directors, will be located in Shanghai’s Minhang Industrial ...
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Axalta Coating Systems has introduced the latest digital spectrophotometer, the Acquire Plus EFX for car refinish body shops in Korean market. About 30,000 digital spectrophotometers are in use by Axalta customers around the world. Now ...
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Toyota Australia has commenced the production of the new-look Camry at its manufacturing plant in Altona, Victoria, Australia. The new-look Camry will be the last model to be built at the facility, as the company has planned to cease ...
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Trade with countries along the Belt and Road, a China-proposed initiative to enhance international connections, amounted to $236 billion in the first quarter of 2015. This translates to 26 percent of China's total exports and imports ...
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The U.S. Senate Finance Committee passed legislation Wednesday evening that wlil give President Obama trade promotion authority, or TPA, a necessary step for his administration to conclude negotiation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). ...
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In late March, on the 10 hectare former airstrip at the Gatton campus of The University of Queensland in Brisbane St Lucia, the 3.275MW Gatton Solar Research Facility (the state's largest solar array) was officially opened by Industry and ...
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US wholesale energy provider Southern Power, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company, has acquired a controlling stake in the 32MW Lost Hills-Blackwell Solar Facility in California from cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic ...
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IRL has announced the launch of a new edition of its single country report A Profile of the Indian Paint Industry. In this study, IRL examines India’s paints and coatings market independently and not as part of a regional study on the ...
Revenues for franchise brands, boys and pre-school categories all increased. Hasbro has reported that net revenues for the first quarter 2015 increased five per cent to $713.5 million versus $679.5 million in 2014. Excluding a ...
Firm's net sales total $114.2 million for the first quarter ending March 31st, 2015. Disney’s Frozen, Princess and Star Wars brands have helped Jakks Pacific see a 38 per cent increase in net sales for the first quarter of 2015. ...
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BASF has partnered with Guangdong Yinfan Chemistry, to produce automotive refinish coatings and paints in China. Under the partnership, the companies will use BASF's formulas and technologies to produce automotive refinish coatings at ...
The World Bank’s East Asia and Pacific Economic Report April 2015 paints a favourable picture for Vietnam. According to the report, medium term projections reflect gradual improvement in GDP growth and macroeconomic stability ...
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The International Labour Organisation has called for greater social dialogue among representatives of government, employers and workers in the Bangladesh ready-made garment sector, highlighting the gains this would bring. “There are ...