Prices for large cargoes of butane in Northwest Europe fell Tuesday to the lowest level in a year on low demand and ample supplies. Platts assessed the price of a 4,000 mt CIF refrigerated cargo of mixed butane loading 10-25 days forward ...
Tags: Butane, mixed butane
Audi México is set to expand parts supply capacity in the NAFTA region by expanding local production. In the medium term, well over 65 percent of all sourced parts for the Audi Q5 will come from North America, with this to increase ...
Shacman starts strategic cooperation with Yuntianhua Tianchi Logistics Company on May 13, and the first batch of D'long M3000 8×4 heavy duty dumpers delivery ceremony was held in Yunnan Shuifu. Deputy GM of Shacman Sales Company Liu ...
Tags: Heavy Trucks, Truck, Transportation
Truck freight volumes declined after March's spike in loads, but truckers still hauled more goods in April 2014 than the same time last year, according to data records from TransCore Link Logistics' Canadian Freight Index. April's load ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts, Logistics
Northwest European spot prices for vinyl acetate monomer tumbled Eur70/mt Thursday under pressure from Asian imports, according to Platts data. The European spot price for VAM was assessed at Eur1,560/mt FD NWE ($2,162.63/mt), down from ...
Tags: Vinyl Acetate Monomer, NWE
The high speeds in warp knitting frequently require technical modifications to be made along the entire production chain – especially in warp preparation. Lace production is one example of this. KARL MAYER’s modern lace raschel ...
Tags: Karl Mayer, warp knitting
With the impact of financial crisis, let more and more export enterprises of stationery facing the sluggish market, the status of poor sales record makes those small and medium enterprises have to find a way out, the stationery industry is ...
Tags: Export Enterprises, Stationery
If you haven't felt the pinch yet, you may soon. There's a link missing in the supply chain, and it may take time to repair. The gap is in talent, and the number of people needed to fill all levels of the vast number of supply chain and ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd and Grocery Holdings Pty Ltd (together, Coles) alleging that Coles engaged ...
Tags: ACCC, Certification, Service, Logistics
Groupe Michelin has begun steps to close its truck tire plant in Budapest, Hungary. According to Michelin, the closing is necessary "in response to the adverse trends and aggressive competition in the European truck tire market, which ...
Tags: Michelin, Truck Tire
China’s manufacturing contracted in April for the fourth straight month but the pace of decline was less severe, suggesting the downturn in the world’s No. 2 economy is bottoming out. HSBC’s purchasing managers’ ...
BRP has announced its plan to reinforce its presence in Mexico with the opening of a new facility in Juárez to expand its Can-Am product offering and meet future demand in off-road segments. The 46,000-m2 (500,000-ft2) facility ...
Tags: BRP, Manufacturing Capacity
Retail-ready packaging (RRP) provider Polymer Logistics has introduced new Wood Effect plastic crate. The new crate is said to use the active lock system that enables store colleagues to fold away the crates properly using the ...
Tags: Polymer Logistics, Wood Effect
In April this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector stood at 52.6 percent, surging by 8.4 percentage points as compared to March and exceeding the 50 percent threshold for the first time since September ...
Tags: Steel Sector, PMI
Australia-based Aquila Resources Limited has announced that it has received a A$1.42 million takeover offer from Baosteel Resources Australia Pty Ltd (Baosteel) and Australian rail and logistics company Aurizon Operations Limited (Aurizon) ...
Tags: Baosteel, Aurizon, Aquila Resources