European solvents producers are under pressure to increase prices due to the drop in the value of the euro against the dollar despite poor-to-stable demand, sources said this week. In some cases, firm feedstock prices for most of February ...
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Australian businesses have pulled back their profit expectations for the coming months as they anticipate modest sales activity, difficult trading conditions and subdued consumer activity. After showing signs of optimism leading into the ...
Flexographic plate-making systems supplier DuPont Packaging Graphics has announced plans to increase prices for DuPont Cyrel products globally, effective 4 March 2013. To offset higher raw materials costs, the company continues to pursue ...
Central European OSB producers have firmed up their plans to increase prices in the first quarter, which they first mentioned back in October 2012. This move came in reaction to sustained stable demand and order backlogs still lasting ...
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Mergers and acquisitions in the food and drink manufacturing sector emerged as a key theme of the Business Leaders’ Forum staged earlier this month in central London by our sister title Food Manufacture. In this exclusive video, ...
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Specialty chemicals group LANXESS will increase prices due to ongoing continuous high level of raw material costs. Prices will raise in Europe, Middle East and Africa for Durethan base resin, film and extrusion grades by 0.15 Euro / kg ...
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Global packaging company, Sonoco will increase the price for all of its paperboard tubes and cores by 4%, effective with shipments in the US and Canada from 18 February 2013. Sonoco Tubes and Cores vice president James Harrell said the ...
Tier-one China-based solar wafer makers have decreased shipments to control supply in an attempt to increase prices later in January, according to industry sources in Taiwan. In line with the price increase of 5-10% aimed by Taiwan-based ...
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Taiwan-based tier-one solar cell firms plan to increase prices by 5-10%. According to downstream solar firms in Taiwan, solar cell makers previously did try to increase prices in the second half of 2012 but in the end were not successful. ...
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Business Line reported that Mercedes-Benz India is raising the prices of its vehicles from 1% to 3% with effect from January 14th 2013. Mr Eberhard Kern MD & CEO of Mercedes-Benz India said that "Rising inputs cost, volatility of the ...
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Business Line reported that Volvo Auto India will bring its INR 25 lakh car, V40 Cross Country, unveiled recently in Paris, to India in March or April 2013 and increase its overall marketing budget in the country from INR 16 crore to INR 20 ...
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As per latest market information from Europe, the steel market continues to face southward headwinds While the buyers are extremely reluctant to place orders as 2012 is coming to an end, steel mills are pushing up prices, hoping to get at ...
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Chung Hung Steel, one of the major carbon steel flat rerolling mills in Taiwan is going to release its new price policy for next January on December 25th. Most market analysts predicted that Chung Hung Steel would raise the prices by ...
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Borealis said Friday it will raise all polyolefin prices for January 2013. Polyethylene prices will increase by Eur100/mt while prices for polypropylene will increase by Eur75/mt. "The decision to increase prices is based on the ...
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European Commission gave the green light to the US component manufacturer Precision Castparts Corporation's acquisition of the US titanium producer Timet. The Commission after an in depth investigation concluded that this transaction would ...
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