A swathe of results releases this week highlighted the ongoing difficulties of operating in the current economic climate. Supervalu announced that it is cutting 2,500 jobs from its Albertsons chain and McCain said that it is quitting pizza ...
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Malaysia's LED companies including Osram Opto Semiconductors(M)Sdn Bhd,Globetronics Technology Bhd,Elsoft Research Bhd,and MMS Ventures Bhd have paved the way for expanding LED production to meet global demand. Osram Opto ...
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Malaysia's LED companies including Osram Opto Semiconductors(M)Sdn Bhd,Globetronics Technology Bhd,Elsoft Research Bhd,and MMS Ventures Bhd have paved the way for expanding LED production to meet global demand. Osram Opto ...
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Swedish wood products giant Setra recorded a SKr27m operating loss for the first quarter. The result was an improvement from the SKr48m loss posted a year ago. Net sales were stable at SKr1.065bn (2011: SKr1.1bn). Setra president and CEO ...
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The LED industry saw a recovery in the first quarter with increased orders of large-size LED backlights. This has increased LED firms' utilization rates to around 80-90% and revenues in March will increase as well. This is an improvement ...
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February brought a widespread end to the downward spiral that has afflicted Central European OSB prices since mid-2011, a number of OSB manufacturers report. Prices have altered little in the past few weeks after buyers managed to secure ...
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Tool franchise Snap-on Tools Australia says it is getting a strong response from new franchisees to its private funding offering, which has been designed to effectively cut out traditional lenders in the franchise market. Operating in ...
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The longstanding pressure on MDF/HDF prices has remained in place in Central Europe during the first quarter amid a challenging sales environment. Minor price cuts have emerged again, with deals being struck at relatively short notice. ...
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Full year 2011: Sales EUR 73.5 billion (plus 15%) EBIT before special items EUR 8.4 billion (plus 4%) Earnings per share EUR 6.74 (plus 36%) 4th quarter 2011: Sales EUR 18.1 billion (plus 10%) EBIT before special items EUR 1.5 billion ...
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Despite a pick-up in orders, Acme Electronics remains wary on the outlook for sapphire ingots citing low pricing that has not recovered. Subsidiary USI Optronics, a maker of sapphire ingots, has seen the visibility of orders shorten to ...
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Players in China’s polymer markets are expressing mixed forecasts for 2012. While there is general agreement that upstream costs will continue to support polymer prices, players hold divergent opinions about the macroeconomic outlook ...
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China’s slowing manufacturing economy and difficult conditions in export markets in North America and Europe hammered Chinese injection press maker Chen Hsong Holdings Ltd., sending revenues for the first half of its fiscal year down ...
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Here’s a message from people who sell injection molding machines: The joy is back. Sales have increased for two years in a row, after a steady 10-year decline. That should continue in 2012. The U. S. Injection press market is nearing ...
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New Britain, CT - Did you know that the light bulb standard is changing? It’s true. A new light bulb standard is encouraging energy efficient innovation in lighting and giving consumers more choices when selecting a bulb. Sometimes ...
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New Britain, CT - Did you know that the light bulb standard is changing? It’s true. A new light bulb standard is encouraging energy efficient innovation in lighting and giving consumers more choices when selecting a bulb. Sometimes ...
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