The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) reported today that economic activity in the manufacturing sector was strong for the sixth straight month. The PMI, the index used by the ISM to measure manufacturing activity, headed up 0.9 ...
Tags: manufacturing, ISM
Turkish integrated steelmaker Erdemir sees a positive outlook for the steel industry in 2014, as stated by the company's marketing and sales coordinator Basak Turgut at the 8th SteelOrbis Turkish Steel Market Conference held in Istanbul on ...
Manchester based Clynder Cables Ltd. are launching their Solaflex? PV (Photovoltaic) Cable after an anticipated increase in market demand. With increasing environmental awareness for alternative energy sources as well as the recent ...
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China is expected to overtake the United States to become the world's largest oil importer in the 2020s as emerging economies, instead of developed ones, will claim most of the world's energy supplies, a report says. China will be the ...
Tags: Oil Importer, Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The development of shale gas in Europe could add as many as one million jobs to the economy, make industry more competitive and decrease the region’s dependence on energy imports, according to a new study released today. The ...
Pump industry lobbying has forced a U-turn by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) with circulator pumps set to be finally included in the Governments flagship Green Deal programme. Circulator pumps were initially excluded from the ...
The third quarter lived up to UK printer expectations according to the results of the latest BPIF Printing Outlook survey. More firms saw a pick up in demand rather than a fall with 31% benefiting from an increase in the volume of orders ...
Tags: Office Supplies
Europe's energy intensive industries are probably divided on the merits of power savings targets for 2030, but if the right mix of unambiguous and universal targets and measures can be agreed – and explained – opposition could ...
Tags: Construction, Glass, Glass Industry
British Gas, the biggest energy supplier in the United Kingdom, said it plans to raise the energy price by an average of 9.2 percent from next month, local media reported Friday. The price hikes, which announced only one week after its ...
Tags: Gas, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Following Greg Barker's (Minister of State, Department of Energy & Climate Change) announcement of the UK's solar energy roadmap at Solar Energy UK this week, the Minister visited Bentley Motor's factory in Crewe to tour their impressive ...
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Why did the significant growth observed in Turkish steel output following the 2008 economic crisis start to be replaced by reduced outputs this year? Will this declining trend in output slow down in the remainder of the year? After 2008, ...
Tags: Steel Output, Finished Steel
PV production grows despite 'crisis-led' drop in investment 02 Oct 2013 Market report published by European Commission's Joint Research Centre. On the up: Cumulative PV installations from 2000 to 2013. Global production of photovoltaic ...
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While industrial performance has stabilised, industry's share in Europe's GDP has declined from 15.5% of GDP one year ago to 15.1% in summer 2013. The two industrial Competitiveness reports published today by the European Commission ...
Tags: Service, industry economy
Currently the smallest part of the global solar energy storage business, the commercial segment, is projected to expand by a factor of 700 in the coming years and become the largest market segment in 2017, according to IMS Research. ...
Tags: Solar Energy, Lighting
The domestic renewable energy industry has condemned the Government's suggestion to do away with the 2008 Planning and Energy Act. The Act, promoted by Michael Fallon, who is now Energy Minister, provides local authorities with the ...
Tags: renewable energy, Energy