Indian textile and garment manufacturers are eyeing on emerging markets, including South America, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Africa, for exports. According to industry representatives, Indian textile sector witnessed a negative ...
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SALES of traditional desktop and mobile personal computers are expected to drop 7.6 per cent this year as consumers shift to tablets and other devices, a market tracker says. The report by research firm Gartner said all connected devices ...
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Amira Nature Foods, a United Arab Emirates-based provider of packaged Indian specialty rice, has inked a $8m agreement with a new South Korean customer to supply Indian medium short grain specialty rice. As per the agreed terms, the ...
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Almost 2.4 billion computers, tablets and cell phones will ship this year, according to estimates from Gartner. That's a jump of 9% on 2012, and the industry has plenty more growth ahead. By 2017, Gartner expects just under 3 billion of ...
Post-2008, the textile dyes and chemical sector was in turmoil following the slowdown in the worldwide textile and apparel sector. Although a strong rebound followed in 2010, 2011 and 2012 on the other hand, were impacted by the volatility ...
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Solar demand from the emerging Asia Pacific and Central Asia (EAPCA) region is forecast to exceed 3GW by 2017, according to Solarbuzz. Compared to 723MW of solar demand in 2012, this represents a strong compound annual growth rate of 28%. ...
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Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp began operations at its new coal trading desk in Singapore Monday as part of a wider restructuring of its commodities trading businesses, market sources said Tuesday. The Japanese trading house ...
BlackBerry chief executive Thorsten Heins has revealed plans to expand the Canadian firm's smartphone portfolio, to incorporate lower-end devices, in a bid to keep up with the likes of Samsung and Apple. In an interview with The Canadian ...
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Dell last week released a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that highlighted commercial considerations that led to the firm looking to go private, citing the financial outlook for the PC market as a primary reason. ...
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The Managing Director of Sphinx Glass declared that processing high quality flat glass will witness a strong growth in Egypt within the upcoming years, in the light of the domestic economic growth as well as growth in exports, especially to ...
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On the recently held 21th General Motor "Supplier of the Year" awards ceremony, Baosteel becomes the only iron and steel enterprise which wins 2012 "Global Supplier of the Year". This is the third time that Baosteel wins this title ...
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For the first time First Solar became the world's largest solar EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contractor in 2012, with more than 500MW of projects completed - an increase of 50% over 2011, according to IMS Research. The ...
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Switzerland-based ingredients firm Givaudan is set to shut down its savory flavor production facility in Merseyside, UK, by the end of this year, a move which is expected to result in more than 150 job losses. The company is shifting most ...
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SALES of tablet computers will surpass sales of both desktop and portable PC sales by 2014. A report by the research firm IDC said worldwide shipments of these devices -- personal computers, tablets and smartphones -- grew 29.1 per cent ...
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Xylem Inc. announced the launch of an innovative treadle pump called Saajhi, the first product in Xylem’s planned Essence of Life portfolio. Essence of Life is a sustainable business model from Xylem that addresses the fundamental ...
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