PPG Industries announced that its North American architectural coatings business has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Masterwork, an independent architectural paint distributor headquartered in Pittsburgh. The acquisition of ...
Tags: PPG, Construction, Decoration, coatings
PURE Bioscience, creator of the patented silver dihydrogen citrate (SDC) antimicrobial, reported financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2014. Revenues for the third fiscal quarter of 2014 were $261,000, compared ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Chemicals
United Natural Foods reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 ended May 3, 2014. Net sales increased 13.8%, or $215.5 million, to $1.78 billion for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 compared to $1.57 billion for the ...
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Crystal IS Inc of Green Island, NY, USA, an Asahi Kasei company that makes proprietary ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UVC LEDs) grown pseudomorphically (strained) on aluminum nitride (AlN) substrates, has announced availability of its ...
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PPG Industries' North American architectural coatings business has reached a definitive agreement to acquire The Homax Group, Inc., a supplier of decorative wall and ceiling texture repair products. Homax is a portfolio company of Olympus ...
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Analogic Corp., a Peabody maker of medical and security imaging technology, Thursday reported revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 was $124 million, generally in line with what analysts had been expecting. The latest figure ...
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Vail Resorts Inc. reported its retail and rental sales grew 11.2 percent in the third quarter ended April 30 compared to the same period the prior year due primarily to growth at its Colorado and Utah stores and incremental revenue ...
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LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker and LED packaging service provider Lextar Electronics will showcase its latest products at the 2014 Quangzhou International Lighting Exhibition in Guangzhou, southern China, during June 9-12, according to ...
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Delta Apparel, Inc. plans to consolidate fabric production for basic, blank tee shirts to its Ceiba Textiles facility in Honduras. The consolidation transfers the production of some fabric for basic tees currently manufactured at the ...
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Halla Visteon Climate Control (HVCC), an automotive supplier of climate systems, has signed an agreement to take up majority stake of 51% in Japan Climate Systems (JCS) Nanjing. The acquisition of majority ownership in the company is said ...
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South Africa-based paper and packaging firm Mondi has signed an agreement with Graphic Packaging subsidiary Graphic Packaging International to acquire its bags and kraft paper business, for around $105m. As part of the deal, Mondi will ...
Tags: Bags, Graphic Packaging
Ascena Retail Group, Inc. reported financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended April 26, 2014. Highlights: -GAAP EPS $0.20; Adjusted EPS $0.27 -Total Comparable Sales (1%) -Fiscal 2014 EPS Guidance Reaffirmed Between ...
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Residents in Tangshan are very familiar with the concept of oversupply. A severe glut in the steel industry has put many jobs at risk in the northeastern Chinese city that counts the metal as one of its primary exports. But the oversupply ...
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Global aluminum producer Alcoa has offered third-quarter term shipments at a $408/mt premium to London Metal Exchange cash, CIF Japan, Japanese buyers said Thursday. The premium is for primary aluminum ingot to be shipped to Japanese main ...
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Platts Chinese import premiums for Good Western aluminum rose to $330-360/mt CFR plus LME cash Wednesday from $270-280/mt a week earlier as premiums in Europe, the US and Japan remained high. Western producers' offers to Japan for third ...
Tags: Aluminum Import, Import Premiums