Once prominent Japanese tech firms Sony – SNE and Panasonic – OTCPK:PCRFY have been bleeding money over the last several years, but now may be back on track to a return to profitability. Both companies have struggled due to ...
Tags: Profitability, Sony, Panasonic, Japanese Giants
A true Tier-1 WCS must be equipped to handle 2D barcode and RFID data for individual unique SKU track and trace requirements.Multi-channel order fulfillment, referred to in the logistics industry as omni-channel fulfillment, is increasingly ...
The two VDMA Textile Machinery Conferences held beginning of December in Mumbai and Coimbatore received excellent feedback from Indian textile mills. 16 textile machinery builders from Germany, their agents and subsidiaries presented ...
US-based packaging products provider Scholle has signed a deal to merge its business with performance packaging solutions provider IPN to form a new diverse performance packaging company. The move is expected to offer performance-based ...
As profitability is more difficult to find than prior to the financial crisis, 2014 will be a year of foundational investment for the financial markets, with the primary focus on investment in IT infrastructure, according to new research ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Fairchild Semiconductor announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $100 million of the company's common stock. Fairchild will repurchase shares from time to time in the open market or in privately ...
Tags: Fairchild Semiconductor, Lighting
International credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Luxembourg-based global steel giant ArcelorMittal's rating at 'BB+', with the outlook being stable. Fitch stated that the credit rating affirmation and the stable outlook ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
In excess of 100 senior representatives from the Irish dairy industry gathered in Dublin today for the launch of Bord Bia's national 'Sustainable Dairy Assurance Scheme' (SDAS). Delegates heard how the new dairy scheme is fundamental to ...
Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials—fabrics, leather, technical textiles and composite materials—recently opened a new International Advanced Technology Center ...
Tags: Lectra, Atlanta, integrated technology, IATC, soft materials
Which competitor provides the biggest challenge to your profitability? Is it a tire company-owned store? Sears? Sam's Club? Perhaps your local muffler shop takes business away from you. Or are independent dealers your strongest ...
Tags: tire, tyre, Auto Parts
Algeria-based label printing firm Etiq Color has forayed into the UV flexo business with the installation of two high specification presses from UK-based systems provider Edale. The company has installed an Edale FL-1 twin stack press for ...
Tags: label printing, Etiq Color, UV flexo, Edale
At the 75th Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Steel Committee meeting held recently in Paris, Alacero, the Latin American steel association, said the current situation in the steel industry is becoming critical ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
Chinese steelmakers' profits will remain low next year as output remains high and demand growth slows, said industry experts. The ratings agency Moody's Investors Service said on Wednesday that its outlook for the Asian steel and coal ...
Tags: Steel Sector, steel capacity
Lye Cross Farm, a UK-based cheese manufacturer, plans to expand its processing capacity by nearly a third at its milking and packing facilities. The project is backed by a finance package from HSBC's Devon and Somerset Commercial team in ...
The largest medical device companies have had a good run on the stock markets this year, with many clocking in double-digit percentage growth in stock prices over the past 12 months. There are always exceptions to the rule, however. Here ...
Tags: Medical Device, Medical Device Firms, Worst Performing Firms