The Volkswagen Group grew worldwide deliveries in the first three quarters of this year by 4.8 percent, handing over 7.03 (January-September 2012: 6.71) million vehicles to customers. There was a 7.0 percent rise in September deliveries, ...
Tags: Volkswagen Group, Vehicle
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported a continued modest improvement in air cargo markets in August. August air freight demand was up 3.6% on the previous year, which is considerably better than year-to-date ...
Tags: Service, air freight, Transport
After six consecutive quarters of decline, GDP in the Eurozone increased by 0.3% in Q2 2013. Economic activity is projected to expand further over the forecast horizon (+0.1% in Q3, +0.3% in Q4 2013 and +0.4% in Q1 2014) mainly on the back ...
Revenue for the integrated-motors market is projected to reach $553 million by 2017, up from less than $400 million in 2012. Brushless motors currently lead the way in growth, as shown in the attached figure, with more than 70 percent of ...
Tags: Integrated-Motor, Electrical, Electronics
The Markit Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index rose to a 27-month high in September, signalling the largest rise in activity since June 2011, according to the flash estimate. The flash PMI rose for the sixth consecutive month, up from 51.5 ...
In September 2013 economic expectations for Central and Eastern Europe including Turkey (CEE) remained almost unchanged. The ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for the CEE region has increased by 2.4 points and now stands at ...
Tags: economy
Following a strong pace of production in the first quarter of 2013, manufacturing production eased in the second quarter but should accelerate growth, according to the quarterly Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation U.S. ...
DuPont announced that it will increase prices on all of its titanium dioxide (TiO2) products sold in North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America and the Asia Pacific regions effective Oct. 1, 2013, or as contracts allow, as ...
Tags: Chemicals, titanium dioxide
The outlook for coatings producers in Europe has suddenly brightened after prospects for higher sales and profits appeared to be gloomy earlier in the year. The financial results of some leading players among coatings producers and raw ...
Tags: Construction, Coatings
The Western and Eastern European market is finding recycled containerboard in increasingly tight supply: The sun has been shining in much of Europe and demand is up…helping to bring the Eurozone out of a long recession. Testliner ...
August manufacturing activity picked up where July left off, according to the most recent edition of the Manufacturing Report on Business from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM). The PMI, the index used by the ISM to measure ...
The recovery in the eurozone manufacturing sector entered its second month during August. At 51.4, up from a flash reading of 51.3, the seasonally adjusted Markit Eurozone Manufacturing PMI® rose for the fourth successive month to reach ...
Tags: economy
European linear low density polyethylene C4 contract prices logged a Eur20/mt ($26.50/mt) gain on the week to touch a four-and-a-half month high of Eur1,450-1,455/mt FD Northwest Europe, buoyed by tight supplies and oil price spike, sources ...
Tags: LLDPE, Chemicals, polyethylene
In "Global Growth in 2013—Outlook and Risk Factors", the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) queried 130 corporate leaders from its council programs, including CEOs, CFOs, presidents, and heads of operations, ...
Tags: Processing Machinery
Elec-Tech International (ETI) revenues grew 10.52% to RMB 1.35 billion (US$ 220 million) in 1H13, according to the company’s 1H13 financial report released on Aug. 24. However, the company’s net income plunged 59.38% compared to ...