Indian steelmaker Tata Steel has announced that New Zealand-based Steel & Tube Holdings Ltd has agreed to acquire Tata Steel International Australasia Ltd (TSIAL) on April 14, 2014 for a cash consideration of NZ$27.5 million (23,8 million ...
Tags: Steel, Tube, Steel Subsidiary
Bosch Packaging Technology has relocated to a new site that covers an area of about 3,240m2 at Musashi near Tokyo in Japan. According to the company, the new site provides more space for the development, manufacture and assembly of ...
Tags: Bosch Packaging, Packaging
Bulla Dairy has a license to produce Cadbury brand ice creams At a time when consumers are refining their tastes and demanding products designed specifically for them, brands are focussed on delivering innovation and creativity across ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, candy, ice creams
Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats.com reports in its latest publication, "Asia-Pacific M-Commerce Snapshot 2014", that growing adoption of smartphones and tablet computers is changing the way people shop online. ...
Tags: Asia-Pacific, E-Commerce
The tobacco giant said all cigarette production for the Australian market would be moved to its plant in South Korea. The company said stagnation in exports, decline in domestic demand, and Australia's regulation regarding cigarette ...
Tags: Packaging, Cigarette Industry
The IATA reports that growth in air freight markets moderated in February, rising 2.9% compared to a year ago, down on the 4.3% increase in January. But combining the first two months of the year shows there has been a solid 3.6% gain in ...
Tags: Air Freight, Service
The Vietnamese garment and textile industry has grown at a healthy rate in the first quarter of the current year, and the outlook for the whole year is bright, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, reports Viet Nam News. ...
Tags: Garments, Textiles industry, apparel
The premium on LNG cargoes delivered into the Asia Pacific market compared with Southwest Europe is down 63 cents/MMBtu, or roughly 19%, since early January on steady demand in the Atlantic Basin from South American buyers. Recent buy ...
Bread and snack food manufacturer Goodman Fielder has announced it expects its earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) in the 2014 financial year to be approximately 10 to 15 per cent lower than the previously expected $180 million. The ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Asia’s increasing economic clout — backed by population growth and a burgeoning middle class — is forcing changes to the Western-led global corporate order. Late last year, the mayor of a city in suburban Belgrade, ...
Tags: Asia's Economy, World Order
A settlement announced today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice secured approximately $1 billion in funds to clean up 10 percent of abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation. The funds, going ...
Tags: EPA, Certificatiion
Bandai, Jakks Pacific and Rubie's each have ranges based on the upcoming blockbuster. Warner ccBros has detailed the toy offering for upcoming blockbuster, Godzilla. Bandai has a wide range of figures inspired by the film, including ...
Tags: Toys
The establishment of an Asian regional gas trading hub is still at least five years away, International Gas Union President Jerome Ferrier told a press conference in Sydney Tuesday. LNG importers in Asia are studying plans to establish a ...
Tags: LNG importers, gas, natural gas
The demand for construction paints and coatings is mainly prompted by growing infrastructure activities globally and the growing demand for water borne paints and coatings. Asia Pacific dominates the global market for construction paints ...
Tags: Paints, Coatings, Construction, Decoration
Bayer MaterialScience is increasing its production capacities in the Asia/Pacific region to meet the continued growth in demand there for raw materials for coatings and adhesives. Ground was broken at the site in Shanghai, China, recently ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Coatings