Stanley Black & Decker is to continue working with Kawasaki after renewing its sponsorship of the British Superbike team. Building on the relationship forged with MSS Colchester Kawasaki over the two previous seasons, Stanley Black & ...
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With the GGS 28 LP Professional, Bosch is launching the first straight grinder with deadman switch onto the market. The tool runs only when the safety mechanism is permanently pressed. If you let go of it, the machine immediately shuts ...
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Saint-Gobain Abrasives - Norton, the world's largest abrasives manufacturer and leader in metal fabrication abrasive products for over 125 years, is implementing a performance upgrade across their "Better" tier of metal fabricating ...
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Battenfeld-Cincinnati scored big in China last year with some major orders, and the company expects to continue to grow as China demands high output and high efficiency machinery. In an interview with Plastics News at the recent Chinaplas ...
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Stora Enso is to supply one of the largest wooden roofs in Finland to cover what will be Europe’s largest car showroom. The 50, 000m² roof for the Sunny Car Centre in Hämeenlinna will be produced at Stora Enso’s ...
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On January 6th, CAMCE announced its plan to acquire 60% of Canadian Procon Holdings (Alberta), Inc. Stock for the price of RMB 737 million as part of the company’s efforts to expand into the North American engineering market. ...
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A cement plant in the United States has awarded FLSmidth a US$ 136 million contract for the modernisation of its cement production facility. The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) project aims to convert one of the plant s ...
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The Saudi Arabian Tadawul All-Share Index rose one percent Tuesday, as oil prices climbed above $92 per barrel. Najran Cement, which was listed on May 12, was the most liquid share and posted the biggest day gain (up 4.56% at SR22.95). ...
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Acbel, a member of Taiwan's Kinpo-Compal Group, recently signed an investment agreement with Samost, a company based in Zhengzhou, China, to focus on developing LED lighting. Industry sources said the investment will be largely put towards ...
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The Finnish Forest Industries Federation attributes the slight reduction in the domestic sawmilling industry’s lumber output in the first quarter of 2012 of roughly 2% to 2.3m m³ to comparatively difficult sales conditions on the ...
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Cree, Inc. announced that John Kurtzweil has resigned as executive vice president-finance and chief financial officer, effective May 21, 2012, to pursue other opportunities, and that Michael McDevitt has been appointed CFO on an interim ...
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Second-quarter 2012 LED prices have been flat, according to industry sources. Demand has been high pushing capacity utilization rates to remain high. If prices continue to hold in the third quarter, the overall fall of ASPs in 2012 may be ...
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Setra intends to close down its Horndal pine sawmill in Avesta. The company announced on 14 May 2012 that associated negotiations with employee representatives were to begin on the basis of the Swedish Co-determination Act (MBL). Closure of ...
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The majority of European importers report that demand for African lumber in April and the early days of May remained below the levels recorded for the same time last year. After a good start in January, demand weakened noticeable throughout ...
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Hydro International has launched the Hydro Brake Optimum, a flow control for surface water, foul and combined sewer systems. The Hydro-Brake Optimum was officially launched at the IFAT show, which took place recently in Munich, Germany. The ...
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