The Chinese government is struggling to meet its annual fiscal targets, finance minister Lou Jiwei warned Wednesday. The central treasury received 2.968 trillion yuan (about 446.4 billion U.S. dollars) from January to May, a year-on-year ...
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EpiGaN nv of Hasselt, near Antwerp, Belgium, which supplies commercial-grade 150mm- and 200mm-diameter gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) epitaxial wafers, says that on 7 June it received official notification from the International ...
Specialized Packaging Group (SPG), a North American engineering and protective packaging firm with over 1,000 employees across 16 plants, announced that President and CEO Paul Gaulin has repurchased Investissement Québec's stake in ...
Tags: SPG, packaging systems, Investissement
US-based Fluor has completed work on Stora Enso’s consumer board machine in Beihai Mill in Guangxi, China. As part of the deal signed earlier, Fluor provided procurement and construction management services for the board machine and ...
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) says that Huawei's newest flagship P9 and P9 Plus smartphones are being enabled by a broad suite of its devices, ranging from highly ...
Honda Motor has issued the “Honda SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2016” which summarises the company's approach to sustainability as well as initiatives Honda has undertaken based on key challenges identified in non-financial areas. ...
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SsangYong Motor said that the company surpassed 100,000 units of production of its Tivoli-platform and held a ceremony to celebrate the event. Attended by 50 management and employees including Seung-Ki Song, the head of Production ...
Tags: SsangYong Motor, SUV market, XLV
The California Craft Brewers Association (CCBA) announced that now there are more than 700 craft breweries operatiing across the state. The industry reaches this historic milestone during the early bird ticket sale for the CCBA's annual ...
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D.G. Yuengling and Son has agreed to pay $2.8m in civil penalty to settle the allegation of violating Clean Water Act (CWA) pretreatment discharge limits involving its two large-scale breweries near Pottsville, Pennsylvania. The company ...
Kering chairman and chief executive Franis-Henri Pinault told the Financial Times that Puma was not for sale for the time being. He further said the company, which also owns a number of luxury brands including Gucci, Bottega Veneta and ...
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Yakima Products Inc. is partnering with Toyota for its Road Warrior Program, which gives consumers the chance to test products at more than 75 cycling, outdoor and automotive events across North America. The new partnership makes Toyota ...
Taiwan boasts a large number of globally competitive manufacturers of furniture parts, to enjoy solid presence in the global furniture supply chain.Despite global economic uncertainties, most of Taiwanese furniture parts makers have yet to ...
Tags: furniture parts, sustainable development, competitive edges
The prestigious brand Tous Perfumes, international referent in jewelry and perfumery, has selected Pujolasos wood & pack for the production of its new and exclusive fragrance, specifically the luxurious ash wooden caps that shows the new ...
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Debenhams has announced its trading update for the 15 weeks to 11th June. LFL sales grew by 0.2%, with online sales up 7%. In the 15 week period, gross transaction value rose by 0.5%, taking the cumulative YOY performance to growth of 1.3%. ...
Tags: clothing, sustainable growth
The American Apparel & Footwear Association applauded President Barack Obama for signing the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 2576). The AAFA-supported legislation, an update of the Toxic Substances ...
Tags: TSCA, AAFA, sustainable consumer products