Brazil has imported more than US$ 5 billion worth of textiles between the period of January and September, 2013, as per the estimates of Brazilian Association of Textile and Apparel (ABIT). According to a statement issued by ABIT, the ...
Tags: Textiles, garment sector
Louis Dreyfus, a French multinational conglomerate, has signed an agreement with Brooklyn Kiev to establish a joint venture for the development of a grain terminal in Odessa, Ukraine. Scheduled to commence the first phase of its operation ...
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Libby Langdon's introductions for Braxton Culler feature dramatic color mixes and transitional styles.HIGH POINT - The remodeled Braxton Culler showroom at 310 S. Elm St. is a study in both style and substance at this fall's High Point ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, sofa
The Volvo Group has made a directional decision to implement changes in the European industrial structure for truck manufacturing. The aim is to enhance the efficiency of manufacturing and thus strengthen competitiveness. The intention is ...
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With LED prices continuing to drop and supply chains actively lowering costs, Taiwanese LED epitaxial wafer and chip manufacturer Formosa Epitaxy (Forepi) chairman Frank Chien points out that changes in product design and manufacturing ...
Months of vigorous lobbying from German ministers have resulted in the scrapping of an agreement to cap average new car emissions in the European Union at 95 grams per kilometre by 2020, down from around 130/g/km today. Reuters reports ...
Tags: Scrap Car Emissions, EU Support
China and Russia on Tuesday pledged to expand energy cooperation in projects of oil and gas supply, nuclear energy and renewable energy. Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich co-chaired the ...
Tags: Chemicals, Energy, nuclear energy, renewable energy
Pioneer Foods, a South African food manufacturer, reportedly plans to cut more than 1,200 jobs, as part of its restructuring process to slice input costs in the wake of declining consumer spending. It is believed that employees from the ...
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Goulston Technologies Inc., Monroe, N.C. — a formulator and manufacturer of spin finishes and other specialty chemicals for man-made fiber, nonwovens and downstream production; and a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based Takemoto Oil ...
OLYMP Bezner GmbH & Co. KG has extended its existing company headquarters in Bietigheim-Bissingen/Baden-Württemberg/Germany with the construction of the new OLYMP Logistics Centre (OLZ). The fully automated warehouse has more ...
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Five Portuguese exhibitors visit the capital of Lithuania in Eastern Europe to participate in the 22nd edition of Baltic Textile+Leather. The textile fair takes place between 17th and 19th October and hosts exhibitors such as Goucam ...
Tags: Selectiva Moda, Baltic Textile
NOV Mono Industrial has announced the appointment of Dave Johnson as the new Managing Director for Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Pacific Islands, South Africa, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The appointment marks the ...
Up to 100 workers at Toyota Australia’s Altona manufacturing plant will be made redundant next month as the local car maker reacts to a drop in export orders. Toyota Australia says reduced demand from export markets has made it ...
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Collaborative partnership is needed to address problems in the mining sector, South Africa's Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Monday. "These problems cannot be addressed by any one group acting alone, they will require ...
Arkema places innovation at the heart of its development strategy. The consecration of its intense R&D policy, for the third consecutive year Arkema ranks among the "Top 100 innovative organizations and companies” in the world, as ...
Tags: Specialty Polymers, Arkema