Driven by the major acquisition of a wastewater pumps business and organic growth, order intake increased significantly by nominal 11% to CHF 2 025 million in the first half of 2012. Adjusted for currency effects as well as acquisitions and ...
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Gardner Denver, Inc. (NYSE: GDI) reported second quarter 2012 net income of $75.3 million, or $1.51 per diluted share, compared to $67.1 million, or $1.27 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2011. Results for the second quarter of ...
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Surplus supply on European raw melamine markets that lasted into May gradually abated during the course of June and July in the wake of continued production cutbacks, a few plant stoppages for technical reasons and a number of raw melamine ...
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GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH herewith announces the introduction of the all new 24/7 PMO Valve 2.0 to allow 24/7 nonstop production in PMO regulated plants, resulting in substantial productivity gains for mostly US Dairy processors. The new ...
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The Southern Province Cement Company has signed a $26m contract with a Finnish power firm that will allow it to expand its plant in Jazan. Southern Province s chairman, HH prince Abdullah bin Mosa ad bin Abdulrahman Al- Saud, signed the ...
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With the first half of 2012 experiencing favorable weather conditions, gains in residential and nonresidential construction activity and robust gains in cement intensities, the new forecast from the Portland Cement Association (PCA) nearly ...
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Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) announced today that 32 companies, out of 67 companies listed on ADX, have disclosed their financial statements for the second quarter of 2012. The companies that disclosed their financial statements did ...
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Total investments in auto parts production in Russia is expected to reach €4.4bn by 2020, according to a recent forecast from the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade. According to Alex Rakhmanov, deputy head of the Ministry, up to ...
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Chile's softwood lumber exports dropped by 17% in a year-on-year comparison to 583, 873 m³ in the second quarter of 2012, according to preliminary information from Odepa. This fall was mainly due to a slump in deliveries to South Korea ...
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British sawmills raised their share of the domestic softwood lumber market sharply last year to 41%. This is the result the forestry company UPM Tilhill comes to after assessing data from HMRC. The data shows that lumber imports to the UK ...
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European particleboard production dipped 1.7% to 30.220m m³ last year after edging slightly higher in 2010. By contrast, MDF/HDF production improved 1.7% to 11.7m m³ in 2011. Both figures are still significantly lower than the ...
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Raute has been awarded a €14m contract by Pollmeier to supply various components for the LVL works planned for the Creuzburg site. Raute reports that the order covers an 8-ft peeling line, a veneer-drying line and a lay-up line. The ...
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The French plywood manufacturer Plysorol intends to close down the plywood plants in Lisieux and Fontenay-Le-Comte in France. Plysorol operations in France would then be concentrated on the poplar-plywood plant in Epernay. Various French ...
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The combined German pellet output reached a new record level in the first half of this year and was roughly 17% higher than in the reference period for last year at 1.04m t. The decisive factor for this was the above-average increase of 22% ...
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Saint-Gobain said it is drawing in its horns after the construction materials supplier posted a 34% fall in net income for the first half of the year. The company said deterioration in the economic climate in western Europe since May marred ...