Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Tuesday that the US imported a total of 3,250,000 net tons (nt) of steel in February, including 2,240,000 nt of finished steel (up 1.4 percent ...
Tags: Iron, Steel, finished steel
Volvo Car Group reported a full-year operating profit of 1,919 MSEK for 2013 and will stay in the black and grow sales in 2014, President and CEO Hkan Samuelsson said today. Retail sales are forecast to grow by "a good" 5 per cent in ...
Barilla launches gluten free pasta in Australia One of the world's largest pasta producers, Barilla, has announced it will enter Australia's rapidly growing gluten-free foods category with the introduction of a new gluten-free pasta ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Justin King, Chief Executive, said: "We have seen a decline in sales in the quarter reflecting tough comparatives. This time last year our sales benefited significantly from the discovery of horsemeat in some branded and ...
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ConAgra Foods, Inc., one of North America's leading food companies, today reported results for the fiscal 2014 third quarter ended Feb. 23, 2014. Diluted EPS from continuing operations was $0.58 as reported for the fiscal third quarter vs. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach, CA, USA and TowerJazz Japan Ltd) says that, at SEMICON China ...
Tags: LED drivers, high voltage, high power
The solar photovoltaic (PV) industry is set for rapid growth over the next five years, with up to 100GW annual deployment being targeted in 2018, according to Solarbuzz. This end-market growth is projected to increase annual PV module ...
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There were 106.83 million handsets sold in the China market during fourth-quarter 2013, growing 4.1% sequentially and 54.8% on year. Smartphones accounted for 97.63 million units, increasing 4.9% sequentially and 71.4% on year, according to ...
Tags: Smartphone Sales, China market, Smartphones
Efforts by China-based smartphone vendors to push sales through online trading is likely to result in significant impacts on sales volumes and vendor rankings in the China market in 2014 and beyond, according to industry watchers in Taiwan. ...
Tags: Online Smartphone, Huawei, Coolpad
The spread between the spot prices for acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomer in Europe surged to an all-time high of Eur1,040/mt ($1,444/mt) Thursday, as VAM prices soared and feedstock AA prices remained stable. In December last year, the ...
Global demand for paints and varnishes is forecast to expand 4.7% p.a. between 2014 and 2018. Argentina, China, India, Morocco, and the United States are considered the highest potential markets in the coming years. According to recently ...
Tags: paints, varnishes, Decoration
Ahmedabad and India-based Chiripal Group company – Nandan Exim Ltd is on its way to becoming the biggest denim fabric producer in India in 2015 by which time it hopes to reach 112 million meters per annum, if the current market ...
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The installation was for a new company set up to serve the whole southeastern region of Asia. When Thai businessman, Pongsakorn Pongsak established the General Beverage Company Limited in his home country, he was entering the beverage ...
The Canadian Pork Council (CPC) has been following with great interest developments in trade negotiations between Canada and South Korea and welcome today's news that the terms of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has been finalized. The ...
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Tree Island Steel Ltd. announced Tuesday its financial results for the three-month and full-year periods ended December 31, 2013. For the three-month period ended December 31, 2013, revenues increased to $35.7 million on 27,295 tons, ...
Tags: Tree Island Steel, Construction market, Commercial Construction market