The arbitrage to ship styrene monomer from the US Gulf to Northeast Asia has opened this week after being closed since late last year, traders and end-users in Asia said. But demand remains uncertain as China still has a relatively high ...
US ferrous scrap pricing trended lower on Thursday, the fourth day of the traditional US buy week as strong Ohio Valley pricing did not have a ripple effect into other markets. Mills outside the Ohio Valley region were able to remain on ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, ferrous scrap
In response to the March 2014 Job Report, The National Retail Federation (NRF) today issued the following statements. "After a long, harsh winter that put many retailers at a disadvantage in terms of inventory control and staffing their ...
The full colour, single pass press incorporates drop-on-demand inkjet technology using aqueous inks. The Corrstream comes in three ranges: 66, 40 and 20. Sun has linked up with an unnamed partner for the print heads. Mark Eaton, Sun ...
Ezmod furniture is releasing three new products for their contemporary furniture line on April 1st. The new releases will include three new chair models. The Plywood Lounge Chair, "W" Chair, , and the Elio Chair will all be featured for ...
Tags: Furniture, Chair, Furnishing
The IATA reports that growth in air freight markets moderated in February, rising 2.9% compared to a year ago, down on the 4.3% increase in January. But combining the first two months of the year shows there has been a solid 3.6% gain in ...
Tags: Air Freight, Service
While current traded prices for L8 and L10 steelmaking pig iron in northern China's Hebei province have slipped since March 3, the market is likely to see higher traded values in the coming weeks with some offers seen rising by as much as ...
Tags: Pig Iron, steel mills, Iron
Bread and snack food manufacturer Goodman Fielder has announced it expects its earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) in the 2014 financial year to be approximately 10 to 15 per cent lower than the previously expected $180 million. The ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Easton-Bell Sports reported nets sales of $780.4 million in the fiscal year ended Dec. 28, 2013, down 5.7 percent from a year earlier. The owner of Riddell, Bell and Giro helmets and Easton hockey and baseball products, reported gross ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, football, softball
The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 50.3 percent in March of the current year, up 0.1 percentage point compared to February, which is the first time the index has increased since November last year, ...
Tags: raw material, manufacturing sector
In March this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector stood at 44.2 percent, up by 4.3 percentage points as compared to February, indicating the first rise after three consecutive month-on-month declines, as ...
Tags: Steel Sector, raw material
LED pricing declined 5-9% in first-quarter 2014 as distribution channel inventory levels gradually returned to norm and manufacturers stocked up before the China May Day holidays, according to LEDinside. Looking ahead, the firm added that ...
Tags: Ultra HD TV, Lighting Demand, LED 1Q14
The premium of Indonesian Minas crude to front-month May ICE Brent futures fell to a one-month low of 4 cents/barrel on Tuesday after offers from Chinaoil in the Platts Market on Close assessment process failed to elicit buying interest. ...
Sun Chemical has teamed up with T+ink to form T+sun, an organization which will provide conductive ink solutions to make packages and objects communicate, engage customers and manage inventory systems. Drawing from the global resources of ...
The CFR China phthalic anhydride market has plunged to a three-year low amid weakness in China's real estate market, dragging South East Asian PA prices down with it, market sources said this week. PA is used to make dyes and is also a ...
Tags: Phthalic Anhydride, real estate, DOP