Chinese manufacturers signalled weaker growth momentum at the end of 2014, fresh evidence of headwinds facing the Chinese economy, a recent HSBC report showed. After adjusting for seasonal factors, the HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index ...
Tags: Manufacturing Activity
Siemens may be saying Auf Wiedersehen to its healthcare business, but won’t be taking it public anytime soon. The German giant announced in November that it would legally separate its healthcare business from the rest of the ...
Tags: molecular biology, x-ray equipment, Health
Food manufacturing was one of four manufacturing sub-sectors to expand in November 2014, according to the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI). Food manufacturing expansion Among the ...
Tags: Dairy Products, beverages, tobacco
Smith & Wesson reported earnings slid 70.3 percent in the second quarter, to $5.05 million, or 9 cents a share. Revenues slumped 22.1 percent. Net sales for the second quarter were $108.4 million, a decrease of 22.1 percent from net sales ...
Tags: Slides, Sporting Goods
Profits at corrugated specialist DS Smith have risen in the first half of the financial year. Pre-tax profit is up 45% to £123m while operating profit has risen 10% to £176m However, there was a 5% dip in revenue to ...
Tags: Profit, financial targets, Packaging
Premium Brands, a producer, marketer and distributor of branded specialty food products, announced its results for the third quarter of 2014. * Revenue for the quarter increased by 15.2% to $330.4 million as compared to $287.0 million for ...
Tags: Premium Brands, Adjusted EBITDA, Agriculture
Checkpoint Systems, Inc, a RFID solutions provider for the retail industry, said in the third fiscal quarter of 2014, it reported the highest gross profit margins ever seen in the last ten years. Gross profit margin at Checkpoint expanded ...
Tags: RFID solutions, Gross profit margin, Textile
Just a month after Dutch electronics giant Philips said it would separate its healthcare and lighting businesses, German industrial conglomerate Siemens has announced a similar strategy. Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser announced Thursday that ...
Tags: Siemens, Healthcare Business, Medical Device
Avery Dennison, a producer and marketer of apparel labels said its profits in the third quarter ending September 30, 2014 climbed 38 percent year-on-year. Avery Dennison's third-quarter of 2014 profit rose to $64.3 million or $0.68 per ...
Tags: Avery Dennison, apparel labels
The Ford Fusion is continuing to gain market share in large part due to design-conscious buyers in California. The midsize sedan segment in the U.S. overall continues to grow in sales volume, but as a percentage of total sales the segment ...
Tags: Ford Fusion, Sales, Accessories
In its Interim Management Statement for the period since 1 May, the company said that good progress had been and performance has been in line with its plans. Like-for-like corrugated box volumes had improved with growth ahead of last year. ...
Tags: DS Smith, Q1 Statement, Packaging
According to Canadean's latest quarterly beverage tracker, Q2 saw a number of strongly contrasting commercial beverage performances across West and East Europe. West Europe benefited generally from milder temperatures than the ...
Tags: commercial beverage, World Cup
Growth in home improvement activity is expected to peak during the second half of 2014 and then begin to ease heading into next year, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) released by the Remodeling Futures ...
Tags: Growth, Improvement, Construction
Royal DSM reported second quarter 2014 EBITDA from continuing operations of €293 million compared to €332 million in Q2 2013, and €272 million in Q1 2014. Nutrition showed improvement compared to the last two quarters. ...
Tags: Royal DSM, Results, Construction
Performance Sports Group Ltd, (PSG) which recently acquired the Easton diamond sport business, reported revenues in the fiscal fourth quarter ended May 31 increased 30 percent to $112.9 million compared to $86.7 million in the same year-ago ...
Tags: Performance Sports, Revenues, Sporting Goods