Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers have been faced with pressure of lowering quotes from PV module firms in Europe and Japan who are asking for price reductions to cope with depreciation of the euro and Japanese yen, ...
Tags: solar cell, crystalline silicon
Global crude steel production in November this year slightly increased by 0.1 percent year on year, amounting to 130.5 million metric tons, while a 4.5 percent decrease was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel ...
Tags: Crude Steel Output, Mineral
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has seen its overall capacity utilization drop from about 50% in October to below 50% in November and the utilization is expected to further slip in December, according to the company. However, ...
Tags: Capacity Utilization, Lights
Due to inventory adjustments at lighting makers and weak demand for TV backlighting applications, LED chip makers are expected to suffer significant on-quarter decreases in shipments in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to LED supply ...
Tags: LED Chip, LED Epitaxial Wafer, LED
Premium Brands, a producer, marketer and distributor of branded specialty food products, announced its results for the third quarter of 2014. * Revenue for the quarter increased by 15.2% to $330.4 million as compared to $287.0 million for ...
Tags: Premium Brands, Adjusted EBITDA, Agriculture
Following on the 2012/2013 investment program and the resulting enhancement of its global presence, Rieter is setting new priorities in the implementation of its strategy, among which includes growing faster than the market. Rieter said ...
Reported earnings per diluted share in the third quarter of 2014, at producer of speciality chemicals and NYSE-listed - Eastman Chemical Company, slipped 29% year on-year. “Reported earnings in the third quarter of 2014 stood at ...
Tags: Eastman Chemical, fibre segment, Textile
Brazil’s long products market should face a challenging year in 2015, despite a low increase in production, domestic sales and as well as in the country’s apparent consumption, an executive at Gerdau said during the Alacero ...
Tags: Long Steel Production, Domestic
Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB has posted its financial results for the first nine months of the current year, reporting a net profit of SEK 418 million ($56.9 million), compared to a net loss of SEK 849 million in the corresponding ...
In October this year, the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 75.4 percent, down from 76.6 percent recorded in September, while the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal ...
Tags: Turkish, Capacity Utilization Rate, Energy
Global crude steel production in September this year decreased by 0.1 percent year on year to 134.42 million metric tons, while a 0.4 percent decline was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association ...
Tags: Crude Steel, steel output
Armstrong World Industries announced that following its assessment of preliminary third quarter results and projections for the fourth quarter of the year, it is revising its full year expectations for sales and adjusted EBITDA. The company ...
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Karachi-based Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) has announced that it has received two shipments of 20,000 mt and 50,000 mt of iron ore, while another shipment of 50,000 mt of iron ore was being unloaded as of September 19, with all these cargoes ...
Tags: Steel Mills, Raw Material
In September this year, the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 76.6 percent, up from 76.0 percent recorded in August, while the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing ...
Tags: Basic Metal, Mineral
Global crude steel production in August this year increased by 1.4 percent year on year to 134.96 million metric tons, while a 1.36 percent decline was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel). ...
Tags: crude steel, steel production