Bayer MaterialScience is increasing its production capacities in the Asia/Pacific region to meet the continued growth in demand there for raw materials for coatings and adhesives. Ground was broken at the site in Shanghai, China, recently ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Coatings
American Tire Distributors Holdings Inc. posted a net loss of $6.3 million on net sales of $3.8 billion for its fiscal year ended Dec. 28, 2013. That compares to a loss of $14.3 million on sales of more than $3.4 billion for fiscal 2012. ...
Tags: Tire, Tyre, Auto Parts
Polytetrafluoroethylene accounts for the major share of fluoropolymer market. PTFE is the linear homopolymer of TFE with a repeat unit and is made by polymerizing TFE in water using free radical initiators. The PTFE market is experiencing ...
Tags: PTFE Market, Coatings, Inks
Higher prices for construction materials and nonresidential construction will squeeze margins for construction companies despite an overall improving construction outlook, Associated General Contractors said. AGC’s analysis of ...
Tags: private-sector demand, improve market, materials cost increases
Demand for polysilicon used in solar and semiconductor applications is expected to rise to 282,000 metric tons in 2014, up 25% on year. According to Solarbuzz, the growth in demand for polysilicon is being driven by the rapid increase in ...
Tags: Polysilicon, Lighting
The China government has set a 2020 target production value of CNY1 trillion (US$164 billion) for all types of LED products, with 70% of the value to come from LED lighting, according to Digitimes Research. The target production value for ...
Tags: LED Production, Lighting
World demand for water treatment chemicals is forecast to rise 5.8 percent per year to $30.6 billion in 2017. Demand will be driven by rising water quality standards in manufacturing and other industrial applications, expanding access to ...
Muscat:Oman s cement companies are likely to benefit from a reduction in dumping by the neighbouring UAE producers and better demand for cement from within the country this year,said a top-level analyst. The Sultanate s two cement ...
Tags: Construction, Omani Cement, Cement
In 2013, the worldwide automobile market showed decidedly mixed trends, with demand continuing to contract in 30-country Europe (down 1.6%) and Russia (down 5.4%), while expanding in China (up 19.1%) and Latin America (up 2.9%). In this ...
According to RICS' UK Residential Market Survey, December 2013, the number of homes sold per chartered surveyor reached its highest point since March 2008 last month as the recovery in the nation's property sector continued full steam ...
Tags: House Sales, Furniture, Furnishing, Construction
Damodar Industries witnessed a 50 per cent growth in net sales during quarter ended September 2013, driven by robust export revenues amidst increased demand for the value-added yarn from China and rupee’s depreciation against the US ...
In December, Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – announced that it is to construct a CIS solar module manufacturing plant on a ...
CAP-XX releases prototype SMDDiscrete miniature capacitors which are packaged without leads and fastened directly to foil patterns. supercapacitor for licencing evaluation.The Company announces that CAP-XX is ready to ship prototypes of its ...
Tags: Electronic News, Electrical News, CAP-XX, SMD Supercap Prototype
The LED lighting market in China is expected to double in size from 9.6 percent to 18 percent of all lighting used in the next four years, according to a recent growth forecast from Lux Research. This growth will be spurred by falling ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED Market
The Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to grow to 26 billion units installed in 2020, according to Gartner. Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc., sees opportunity in the key technologies that make the ...
Tags: consumer electronics, technology, market