South African packaging company Nampak has acquired ownership of the Alucan beverage can plant situated in Agbara, Nigeria. The plant, which has the capacity to manufacture one billion cans per annum, supplies beverage cans for beer and ...
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Xinchuang Li, deputy secretary general of the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), has stated that the issue of overcapacity in China's steel industry has become very serious, while adding that slow economic growth and economic ...
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Emerging countries’ extensive power plant capacity additions, economic growth and the need to improve access to electricity, will see the global power transformer market increase from $10.3 billion in 2013 to $19.7 billion in 2020, at ...
Recently, the United Nations, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, and other world organization said that will increase global growth expectations, this means the optimistic prospects of the global economic recovery. ...
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BASF increased sales and earnings in 2013 compared with the previous year. “2013 was again a demanding year, with a lot of headwind for our industry. Nevertheless, we achieved our goal: We sold more, worked more closely together with ...
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AT&T today announced that on Friday, Feb. 21 it will launch Digital Life in the Albanyarea along with three other markets: Dayton, Ohio, Grand Rapids, Mich. and Wichita, Kan. AT&T Digital Life makes customers' lives easier by simplifying ...
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Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart announced details of the 2014 Crop Insurance Program, which includes a number of new features to help producers mitigate their risk. ...
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The National Retail Federation (NRF) calculated that retail employment was down 21,600 jobs in January 2014, yet up 230,000 jobs year-over-year. December retail employment figures were revised up to a gain of 57,000 jobs. The Bureau of ...
Ambiente 2014: Running Successfully Published on : Monday, February 10, 2014 Ambiente continues on its successful course as it has opened its doors on February 7, 2014 at Messe Frankfurt. One of world’s leading trade fairs in ...
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Nestlé is seeking to triple its revenues from the Middle East operations by the end of this decade, driven by expansion with new factories and new brands. The company plans to invest $400m in the Middle East over the next three or ...
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The international monetary fund predicted recently, economic growth rate will reach 6.5% this year in Asian emerging markets, much higher than 2% in developed economies. The China, US, Europe and Japan will have a good performance this ...
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As China is executing its ambitious shale gas development plans to reach 6.5 billion cubic meters (cm) by 2015, the US' experiences in the industry may offer a number of lessons for China, US and Chinese academics concluded in a conference ...
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The US economy will be slightly stronger this year than last, but freight growth will weaken. That’s the prediction of industry forecaster FTR, which today held a Webinar entitled State of Freight: Trucking Outlook for an Uncertain ...
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In 2013, amid slowing economic growth and sluggish demand in China, economies overseas witnessed a gradual recovery. Under such circumstances, China's stainless steel imports declined, while its exports continued to increase. Stainless ...
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Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki has issued its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2013, reporting an operating profit of €8 million in the fourth quarter, compared to an operating loss of €34 million in ...
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