Covestro, a global polymer materials supplier, has a new identity. From September 1, 2015, Bayer MaterialScience is operating under the Covestro name. The company is now legally and economically independent, but will remain a 100 percent ...
Tags: Adhesive, polymer materials
Every dollar invested by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) over the past three years has delivered a $2.90 return to wool growers. “The benefits of AWI's investment in R&D and marketing have been detailed in the recent 'Review of ...
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In December 2014, the Chinese government announced it would no longer be encouraging local governments to issue financial subsidies to LED manufacturers. The announcement which could have brought a sigh of relief to foreign competitors, had ...
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The Valspar Corporation has reported fiscal third quarter 2015 net sales of $1.15 billion, a decrease of 7 percent over the prior year. Total volume was flat as growth in the Coatings segment was offset by the expected decline in the Paints ...
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Asahi Kasei completed its acquisition of Polypore International. On February 23, 2015, Asahi Kasei announced a definitive merger agreement to acquire Polypore through a US subsidiary. This acquisition was completed on August 26, 2015, US ...
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Despite the recent stock market crashes around the world on the heels of China devaluing the yuan, Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has said he doesn't believe that there's a financial crisis looming. "Based on what I've seen ...
UK's leading international fashion retailer, Karen Millen, has deployed the omnichannel supply chain solution, Merret, by Retail Assist, a leading retail IT solutions and services Company providing UK and international retailers with ...
Tags: tailoring, coats, eveningwear, women's clothing, Karen Millen
According to recent projections compiled before the recent China stock exchange meltdown, Chinese grocery had been set to grow by a third between now and 2020 and reach US$1.5tn per year, according to the UK’s Institute of Grocery ...
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The worldwide smartphone market will grow in the coming years, but new research suggests its meteoric rise over the past several years will start to slow over sluggishness in China. Smartphone shipments will rise 10.4 percent in 2015 to ...
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Foot Locker Inc. reported net income for the company's second quarter ended August 1, 2015 was $119 million, or 84 cents per share, compared with net income of $92 million, or 63 cents per share, last year, a 33 percent increase on a ...
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Stock Spirits total revenues declined to €108m during the six months ended 30 June 2015 from €137.7m over the same period last year. The spirits producer's performance is adversely affected by the ongoing market disruption in ...
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Revenues for the three months to June 30, 2015 climbed 11.4 per cent over the three months to March 31, 2015 at Kordsa Global, a Turkish producer of industrial yarn and cord fabric. Kordsa Global's revenues amounted to TRY 869 million in ...
Tags: industrial yarn, fabric
Global TV panel shipments reached 22.31 million units in July 2015, down 1% from the prior month and up 7% a year ago. Branded TV vendors remain optimistic about the peak season sales in the fourth quarter even though sales results in the ...
Tags: TV Panel, panel makers
Swan Retail has launched a new method which places stock information, images and product options as well as the ability to take customer special orders into the palms of sales teams’ hands – an app for sales order processing. ...
Tags: furniture, furniture App
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced the recipients of its annual LEED for Homes Awards, recognizing projects, developers and homebuilders that have demonstrated outstanding leadership and innovation in residential green ...