Headed by the continued strength in the multi-family residential market and the emerging growth for institutional projects, demand for design services continues to be healthy as exhibited in the latest Architecture Billings Index (ABI). As ...
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Falling retail prices for LED light bulbs have put the LED driver IC market under pressure, according to industry sources. Some LED driver IC suppliers incapable of lowering their manufacturing costs will be forced to leave the market in ...
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The first Toy & Game Inventors Workshop took place in September, as budding toy creators grasped the opportunity to pitch their ideas to some of the biggest companies in the industry. Billy Langsworthy reviews the event and explains how it ...
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Solar PV manufacturers are switching over to higher efficiency monocrystalline cells to increase power output, but for solar energy systems, overall module output is key. “In order to balance costs and the power efficiency of solar ...
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China-based ZRP Printing Group has installed five Manroland Sheetfed presses to enhance its production capacity. The first printer, the Ultima nine-colour Roland 700 HiPrint is already in operation in Kun Shan where the company was ...
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The private hospital sector is an emerging part of China’s healthcare market, and is expected to maintain double-digit growth over the coming years, driven by regulatory changes, market demand and capital investments. Specialty ...
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Las Vegas Market announced today that its gift and home décor leasing activity continues to intensify, with the rapid growth rate fueled by showroom expansions among leading vendors as well as large numbers of new resources opening ...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping. Australian exporters are set to benefit from an historic trade agreement signed between Australia and its largest trading partner, China. This deal, which took nine years of negotiation, represents a victory ...
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Wisconsin-based Baker Cheese Factory is expanding its St. Cloud cheese production facility by investing $7m in equipment for its modernisation. Baker Cheese also proposes to invest in new waste water treatment plant to assist its whey ...
Mondelez International, the maker of Oreo biscuits and Cadbury's chocolate, posted a 11% decline in earnings in the third-quarter of fiscal 2014 compared to the same period a year ago, as a result of weaker revenues and higher expenses. ...
The French textile and garment association (Evalliance) has entered into an agreement with the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) to promote the Cambodian textile and garment industry. According to the agreement, ...
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The 20th edition of Irantex, a trade fair of textile machinery, textile raw materials and finished products will held from November 17-20, 2014 in Tehran. Irantex 2014 will see participation of 170 Iranian and 160 foreign exhibitors from ...
Singapore TAL Apparel Limited has received green signal for setting up a US$ 50 million project to manufacture textiles, fabrics and garments in Vietnam’s northern province of Vinh Phuc, according to Vietnam Investment Review. The ...
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US-based buyout firm Lindsay Goldberg will sell German packaging company Weener Plastik for approximately $500m (€400m), as per a report by Reuters. Reuters quotes that rival buyout firms including CD&R, Ardian, Charterhouse and ...
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One Equity Partners (OEP) will go ahead with the sale of Austrian flexible packaging company Constantia Flexibles after it failed to list the company on the stock exchange. JP Morgan owns 50% of OEP and has received expressions of ...
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