Umm Al Quwain Cement Industries has said that oversupply in the real estate market is continuing to impact on demand for cement - a trend which it expects to continue throughout the year. "We expect this year to be a tough year for the ...
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City Cement has revealed that the breakdown caused by a technical failure at its second mill could lead to it losing sales of up to $13.3m (SR: 50m). In a statement to the Saudi stock exchange yesterday, the firm said that it could take up ...
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Xylem Applied Water Systems has completed a three year renovation programme at its Hungarian manufacturing plant. The 59, 200 square foot site houses a revolutionised production facility and office space for support functions, such as HR, ...
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Mono Pumps Ltd has announced the appointment of two new Area Sales Managers who will help to further increase the profile of Mono Pumps products into Germany. They will be presenting and selling Mono’s EZstrip range of progressing ...
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Grundfos-pumps and technology reduces the energy-consumption strikingly on the vessel Durban Bulker, which sails for Lauritzen Bulkers. In the future, several ships can look forward to reducing their energy-consumption. This is part of the ...
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Lanka Cement PLC plans to enter into a joint venture with other international cement manufacturers to set up a cement grinding and packing plant in an area outside the high security zone in Kankesanthurai, according to Lanka Cement Managing ...
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AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., Head Office: Tokyo; President & CEO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) has decided to shut down AGC Glass North America’s Kingsport Plant in Tennessee in order to improve the profitability of its photovoltaic (PV) cover ...
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The NSG Group announced intentions to reduce production capacity of its European architectural glass business, and will shut down two float lines, one in Sweden and one in Italy. The closure of the float line in Halmstad, Sweden, is ...
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Whereas development in prices for softwood logs was stable in Norway in August and September, those for industrial soft and above all industrial hardwood continued to fall below the previous months’ levels. Data from the Norwegian ...
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Steel manufacturer CSN has announced plans to set up four cement assets in Minas Gerais state. The company wants to grow its current cement production capacity of 2.4Mt/yr to 5.4Mt/yr with an investment of US$491m. CSN has proposed setting ...
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The domestic italian market is "sleepy", the foreign markets are more dynamic. The survey about the third quarter 2012 once again confirms the situation that has been characterizing the woodworking technology industry for a long time. Italy ...
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Italcementi s net profit for the first nine months of 2012 has fallen by 92% to Euro17.1m from Euro213m in the same period in 2011. The Italian cement major blamed the on-going crisis in western Europe and new competition in Egypt and ...
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Bucking the trend of shifting manufacturing overseas, the partnership between CobraHead Tools and Green Bay Drop Forge shows how Wisconsin manufacturing can produce a quality product and retain local jobs. CobraHead’s founder, Noel ...
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Saudi Cement Company, one of the largest producers of cement in the Kingdom, has announced plans to replace three of its existing cement mills with two new lines that have a higher capacity. The three old mills have a capacity of 360 tons ...
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Promoters of a multi-million dollar cement plant in Oman s northern city of Al Duqm are identifying mines for the project s main raw material limestone in the area, Times of Oman has reported, citing unnamed sources. The Duqm cement project ...
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