Malta-based brewing firm Simonds Farsons Cisk will open a new beer packaging facility with an investment of €27m. The new facility will comprise a glass line and a canning line, which will be capable of filling beer and non-alcoholic ...
USDA left the U.S. ending stocks number for soybeans unchanged in its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, deflating hopes of what some market-watchers said could be a bullish jolt for that pit. At the ...
Though hog farmers are starting to see decent profits, the continued presence of a major disease continues to keep a lid on profits and herd expansion, a report released this week shows. In a quarterly pork report, Rabobank livestock ...
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LPG prices in South China surged Yuan 300-600/mt ($49-98/mt) this week as supply fell and demand increased, domestic traders said Friday. Imported LPG, with a propane and butane ratio of 80:20, was heard traded in the range of Yuan ...
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Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, announced the availability of Infor Fashion Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), the company's new application that helps link vital areas of ...
Tags: Fashion PLM, Textile
In January this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector stood at 40.7 percent, down sharply by seven percentage points as compared to December last year, remaining below 50 for the fifth consecutive month and ...
Tags: Steel Sector, Mineral
According to a release this week from the Metals Service Center Institute, monthly shipments of steel in both the United States and Canada began 2014 with small gains or losses from January 2013. However, inventory levels were improved from ...
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On February 19, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in early February (Feb. 1-10) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.761 million mt, ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Mineral
On February 13, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in late January (Jan. 21-31) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.6594 million mt, ...
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Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki has issued its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2013, reporting an operating profit of €8 million in the fourth quarter, compared to an operating loss of €34 million in ...
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Wohl Associates is a family-owned and operated business, which sells used packaging and processing machines. The company is based in Bohemia, NY and has been serving the industry with integrity for over 40 years. Their dedication to ...
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A combination of weak demand and expectations of lower import prices had weighed down on LPG spot prices in southern and eastern China over the week, domestic traders said Wednesday. Spot prices of imported LPG truck cargoes, including ...
Tags: LPG Prices, Import Prices
The Dixie Group reported financial results for the year ended Dec. 28, 2013. For the year of 2013, the company had sales of $345,066,000 and income from continuing operations of $5,358,000, or $0.40 per diluted share, compared with sales of ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Electrical, Electronics
The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 50.5 percent in January this year, down 0.5 percentage points compared to December last year but remaining above 50 percent for the 16th consecutive month, ...
Tags: Pmi, Manufacturing Pmi
Import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to drop 8.4 percent in February from the same time last year as the shipping cycle reaches its slowest month of the year, according to the monthly Global Port ...
Tags: container ports, Textile, Apparel