Facebook is rolling out a major new search engine designed to give users more options in sorting through topics and interests based on their friends. The social network is positioning the tool, dubbed “Graph Search,” as a way ...
German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen has opened a new engine manufaturing plant in Silao, Mexico, which marks the 100th engine facility for the carmaker worldwide. The carmaker expects to improve its position in North America with ...
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Tostitos, a leading brand from PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division and the brand known for making any time party time, recently partnered with global branding and design firm Hornall Anderson to launch their line of Tostitos Cantina, a new ...
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Italian PET producer, M&G Group has signed a $1bn engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Sinopec Engineering for PET plant construction in Corpus Christi, Texas, US. The single line PET plant is said to have a ...
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ArcelorMittal Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico's largest steel producer and slab exporter and part of global steelmaker ArcelorMittal's Mexican operations, has recently launched production for slabs which will be used in pipelines that ...
The Association of American Railroads(AAR)reported Thursday declines in weekly rail traffic for the week ending January 5,2013,with US railroads originating 241,682 carloads,down 12.1 percent compared with the same week last year.Intermodal ...
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Global news reports Wednesday indicated that steelmaking giant ArcelorMittal submitted a bid to purchase ThyssenKrupp AG's Calvert, Alabama flat rolled mill. The reports cited ArcelorMittal CFO Aditya Mittal during a conference call ...
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the final results of its administrative review of the antidumping (AD) order on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico. The review covered two Mexican producers/exporters - ...
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A number of recent acquisitions by major woodworking businesses indicate a general sense of economic optimism across the woodworking industry.For used woodworking machines suppliers to help customers understand how newly purchased machines ...
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European ethylene has firmed over the last week on a pick-up in demand from buyers, according to sources Monday. "Our crackers and polyolefin plants have ramped up rates as demand has improved. We are operating at plus 80% on our plants," ...
Austrian flexible packaging group Constantia Flexibles has completed the acquisition of 100% of Globalpack in Mexico. The parties have not disclosed the purchase price of the transaction. Constantia Flexibles CEO Thomas Unger said, "With ...
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George Adams is President of SA Recycling,located in Anaheim,California,and he has been in the family-owned scrap metal business(Adams Steel)since 1977.Originally started by George's father 35 years ago as a single scrap metal facility,SA ...
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January 7,2013-Rodd Ruland,president of Burndy LLC,an affiliate of Hubbell Inc.,has now added responsibilities for both Hubbell Canada LP and Hubbell de Mexico,S.A.de C.V.,where these operations serve as the"focal point through which many ...
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The Association of American Railroads(AAR)reported Thursday mixed 2012 rail traffic compared with 2011.Combined North American rail volume for 2012 on 13 reporting US,Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 19,440,940 carloads,down 2 percent ...
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The Mexican Iron and Steel Institute Canacero urged the government to control steel products imports to protect local steel industry. According to data released by Canacero, Mexico imported 550 tons of rolled steel products in this ...
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