Austrian steelmaker voestalpine AG has announced its financial results for the first half ended September 30 of the fiscal year 2013-14. Accordingly, voestalpine's net profit in the first half decreased by 10.9 percent to €240 ...
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Franklin Electric Co., Inc. reported third quarter 2013 diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.51, an increase of 11 percent compared to 2012 third quarter diluted EPS of $0.46. In the third quarter of 2013, the Company s adjusted EPS was ...
Tags: Water Systems, Electric, Electrical, Electronics
Most domestic steelmakers are seeing an improvement in their third-quarter performance. Fifteen of the 20 listed steel companies that issued third quarter reports made profits, as opposed to last year, when up to 90 percent of the steel ...
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China's PMI Was 51.4 Percent in October National Bureau of Statistics of China Department of Service Statistics of NBS China Federation of Logistics and Purchases (CFLP) In October, China's manufacturing purchasing managers index ...
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The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 51.4 percent in October this year, up 0.3 percentage points compared to September, rising for the fourth consecutive month on month-on-month basis, according to ...
Tags: Manufacturing Sector, Mineral
Finland-based stainless steel producer Outokumpu has announced that it will introduce the daily alloy surcharge pricing model for distributors in Europe, instead of the current monthly pricing model. The daily alloy surcharge will cover new ...
Tags: stainless steel, Daily Alloy
Yieh Hsing, one of the major wire rod producers in Taiwan to keep its carbon steel wire rod prices unchanged for November. Also, the company has remained its wire rod prices unchanged for consecutive two months. Recently, the raw material ...
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In October this year, the purchasing managers' index (PMI) of the steel sector in China's Hebei Province decreased to 43.5 percent, down 0.4 percentage points month on month, declining for the second consecutive month, as announced by the ...
Tags: Hebei Province Steel, Mineral
Carvico relaunches on the market one of the most innovative fabrics ever: XLAnce. The company has this time chosen to go the extra mile developing a “green” version of this classic, the brand new Xlance Eco which boasts ...
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Clariant performance well on target after solid third quarter Sales from continuing operations in Q3 2013 grew 2% in local currencies and were 3% lower in Swiss francs, at CHF 1.443 billion, down from CHF 1.489 billion in the same period ...
Tags: economy, Construction
Resilient flooring has grown from 13% to over 20% of the flooring market on a square footage basis over the last decade. In the last five years, it has been the fastest growing category, fueled in part by its frequent specification in ...
Tags: Resilient Flooring, Flooring, Construction, Decoration
Reportedly, Yieh United Steel Corp. (Yusco), one of the major stainless steel producers in Taiwan announced to remain its list prices flat for November. In fact, Yusco planned to raise prices for November due to rising raw material prices ...
Tags: Stainless Steel, steel, Construction
Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, RFIC, semiconductor and optical industries) has launched what it claims is the first commercial line of large-diameter ...
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Reportedly, Yieh United Steel Corp. (Yusco), one of the major stainless steel producers in Taiwan announced to keep its list prices for stainless steel products unchanged for November. Yusco stated that it decided to keep prices flat for ...
Tags: steel, Stainless Steel
It’s reported that the Taiwanese steel pipe producers have remained prices flat for November after Chung Hung Steel, the major upstream raw material supplier announced to keep its prices for carbon steel flat products unchanged for ...
Tags: Steel Pipe, taiwan, Construction