Sika has agreed to acquire LCS Optiroc Pte Ltd. in Singapore and LCS Optiroc SDN. BHD in Malaysia, a leading manufacturer of cementitious powder products. The business generated annual sales of CHF 24 million in the last financial year. ...
Low price is low quality. That is not true with the Rockwell band saw. Even if it has a very affordable price, the Rockwell saw is durable and performs reliably and accurately. Low price is equal to low quality. In the advent of ...
From noodle bars to housekeeping services, personal spending is spreading cheer to the nooks and crannies of the Japanese economy. The Bank of Japan's December Tankan survey of business sentiment showed a major improvement in confidence ...
Tags: Japan, personal spending, Japanese economy, Japan's economic recoveries
Voltage optimisation has been delivering energy savings and cutting carbon emissions for a decade now.It is a proven and reliable technology,and one of only three technologies applicable for a new batch of carbon reduction funding,having ...
NCAB's new factory management operating system provides a real time status for every part, in every factory, resulting in efficient high-mix, low-volume production During the past five years, there has been an increasing demand for high ...
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U.S. factories increased output in November for the fourth straight month, led by a surgeA transient variation in the current and/or potential at a point in the circuit. in auto production. The gains show manufacturing is strengthening and ...
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Samsung has overtaken Apple to become the largest mobile phone company in the world, providing users with the leading smart phones priced over $900 to basic phones priced under $150. However, the demand for high-end smart phones is ...
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Military branded garments sold at base retail stores owned by the US Department of Defense will comply with the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, thanks to a new bill. The House of Representatives has approved the defence ...
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Apple expects China to overtake the United States as its biggest market, CEO Tim Cook told a Chinese government news agency. "China is currently our second largest market. I believe it will become our first. I believe strongly that it ...
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This is a guest post. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE. The recent robot-related news from Apple, Amazon, and Google shows serious momentum for the ...
Bangladesh has slowly emerged as the world’s second largest exporter of ready-made clothes and has been able to slowly close the gap with China, the once ‘leading dragon’ of the global economy. According to the reports, ...
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A number of garment factories in Haiti were forced to close last week following protests by workers demanding a higher minimum wage. The workers say a rise in the minimum wage set out last month, and due to come into effect from 1 ...
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Upper-end upholstery producer Ekornes has signed a letter of intent to acquire fellow Norwegian producer IMG for an undisclosed price. Ekornes officials said the deal will give the company a new growth platform for upholstered seating at ...
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Japan-based Nitori Holdings Company is set to invest US$ 550 million in Tanzania’s cotton farming and related industries, Daily News Tanzania reported. The Japanese company has secured 40,000 hectares of land for commercial ...
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Platts assessed the spot price of 98.5% 553-grade silicon metal at $2,000-2,050/mt FOB China Thursday, unchanged week on week, as buying interest stayed scant as offer prices from Chinese sellers rose. This week a Chinese producer with ...
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