Global production of digitally printed textiles is growing at an annual rate of 25 percent and at present, digitally printed textiles account for just 2 percent of total printed textile production worldwide and are expected to account for 5 ...
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The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projections for 2014 indicate that the global cotton crop is forecast at 116.4 million bales, about 2 percent below the 2013 estimate of 118.3 million bales. While below a year ago, world ...
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The Spanish stainless steel producer Acerinox S.A. has reported a net profit of €76.1 million in the first half of the current year, increasing by 373 percent compared to the same period of 2013, while its net sales came to €2.17 ...
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Culp Home Fashions, a leading marketer of mattress fabrics for bedding and a division of Culp, Inc. has announced plans to invest $9.5 million in the company’s mattress fabrics operations. This capital project is designed to support ...
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Chinese electrolytic manganese metal prices rose this week on tightening supplies in the market, sources said Thursday. Major electrolytic manganese metal producers in China have kept their run rates lower due to continued maintenance ...
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Peru issued production diversification plan has entered the implementation stage, the ultimate goal is to let Peru to be a productivity developed, more effective and more forceful country. Peru has become a gricultural processing ...
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Mercedes-Benz for the first time has started production of a long-wheelbase version of the C-Class. Not even six months after the start of production of the new C-Class in Bremen, Germany, the first long-wheelbase C-Class model has rolled ...
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Dutch automotive producer VDL Nedcar is set to commence production of new BMW MINI Hatch in Born, Netherlands. The MINI Hatch originally started production at the BMW's facility in Oxford in November 2013. Dutch King Willem-Alexander ...
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Global 2014/15 cotton mill use is forecast at 112.3 million bales, 2 percent above the previous season. Mill use in China is expected to rebound in 2014/15 to 37.0 million bales—up from an estimated 35.5 million bales this season and ...
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The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projections for 2014/15 indicate that world cotton stocks are expected to rise for the fifth consecutive season. Global ending stocks are now projected at a record 102.7 million bales for ...
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The US posted a second consecutive year of record oil production growth in 2013 with its surging shale industry balancing out supply disruptions to underpin an unprecedented period of stable global oil prices, BP said Monday. US output ...
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Japan-based automaker Nissan Motor has expanded production capacity of the Canton plant in Mississippi, US to commence production of the Nissan Murano crossover vehicles. Following the start of production, the manufacturer plans to export ...
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Russian aluminum producer Rusal said Monday that it is bullish on the near term prospects for the aluminium market and believes that the price is undervalued. "A number of influential factors that have emerged in recent weeks cause the ...
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U.S. corn ending stocks came in slightly higher in Wednesday's USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, while soybean ending stocks are seen slightly lower from last month's estimate amid reports that crop ...
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The relationship between feedstock soybean oil and blendstock heating oil that the biodiesel industry uses to gauge costs and margins rebounded Tuesday from hitting a three-month low Monday. The "boho" factor, as the relationship is also ...
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