Investment in equipment and software is expected to grow 3.3% in 2013, according to the Q4 update to the 2013 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook released by the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation. Equipment and software ...
Market fundamentals are sufficient to support rhodium prices near the current $1,000/oz level, despite reduced usage in automobile catalytic converters, according to analysts with A-1 Specialized, one of the largest recyclers of ...
The domination of prestige electric cars looks like becoming a reality, at least in California, with Elon Musk’s Tesla Model S already outselling a host of luxury competitors in the first half of 2013. A report by the Californian ...
Sims Metal Management expects tight ferrous scrap flows and US scrap processing overcapacity, two major headwinds impacting margins, to improve in its current fiscal year that ends June 30, 2014. The global scrap firm notes an improvement ...
Tags: Ferrous Scrap, Mineral
Japanese paint manufacturer, Nippon Paints is setting up a new plant in Bawal, India to produce automotive refinishing paints. According to Ramakanth Akula, president, decorative, Nippon Paints India, the decorative paint segment, which ...
Tags: Construction, paint, Decoration
For July, Chrysler Group reported US sales of 140,102 units, an 11 percent increase compared with sales in July 2012 (126,089 units), and the group's best July sales since 2006. July 2013 also reflected the 40th consecutive month of ...
Tags: Auto Sales, Mineral
Double-digit growth in car sales in China, the world’s motor vehicle market, in the first half of the year helped to lift profit of one of the country’s biggest glass makers in the first half of the year. Shares in Fuyao Glass ...
Tags: Glass Maker, Auto Sales, motor vehicle
US for-hire truck tonnage nudged up 0.1% in June, on the heels of a 2.1% increase in May, according to the latest data from the American Trucking Associations (ATA). May's gain was revised down from the initially reported 2.3% gain. ...
Tags: Truck, Transportation
Investment in equipment and software is expected to grow 4.8% in 2013, according to the Q3 update to the 2013 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook released by the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation. The Foundation ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, economy
China plans to expand the number of cities limiting auto purchases in an effort to curb greenhouse emissions and congestion, Bloomberg reported. Deputy Secretary General Shi Jianhua of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said ...
Strong industrial activity in early 2013 softened somewhat recently but the sector should have enough momentum to continue growth, according to the quarterly Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation U.S. Industrial Outlook, a ...
Tags: Processing Machinery, MAPI, US
According to the announced report from China Association of Automobile Manufacturers that China produced 1.7805 million vehicles in May and sold 1.7615 vehicles. The sales volumes were lower than those in April. The Taiwanese steelmaker ...
Tags: Construction, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
In the first quarter of the current year, China's auto industry saw increased operating revenues and profits, as reported by China Securities Journal on May 3. In the first quarter this year, the total operating revenue of listed ...
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Fuyao Glass, one of the world’s largest makers of glass used in automobiles, gained 3% on Friday at the Shanghai Stock Exchange after the company said net profit in the first three months of the year climbed by 11% to 391.9 million ...
Tags: Fuyao Glass, Glass
Reflecting the European auto glass business constriction company officials have been highlighting for some time, Paris-based Saint-Gobain announced plans to close a Belgium-based windscreen factory this week, impacting 263 jobs. Auto sales, ...
Tags: Windscreen, Auto Glass, Glass