Tomorrow, CCA Global Partners will hold its 12th Annual charity golf tournament, which benefits the Floor Covering Industry Foundation (FCIF). According to the company, the charity golf tournament will bring together industry colleagues ...
The LEGO Group has reported an increase in revenue of 15 per cent in the first half of 2014. Double digit growth across all regions delivered a turnover of 11,504m DKK in the first half, fuelled by the success of The LEGO Movie products. ...
Tags: LEGO Sales, Movie products
Process control and yield management solutions provider KLA-Tencor Corp of Milpitas, CA, USA has introduced the WaferSight PWG patterned wafer geometry measurement system, the LMS IPRO6 reticle pattern placement metrology system, and the ...
Tags: KLA-Tencor, process control loops
Furniture was the best-performing product category in July, reporting its highest growth since January (excluding Easter distortions), according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. Although GfK’s Climate for Major Purchase ...
Tags: Sales, Furniture, Furnishing
The Passive House “Bruck” built by Landsea Group at its Green Building Research and Development Center in Changxing, Zhejiang Province, China was inaugurated and certified by the Passive House Institute of Germany. This is the ...
Tags: Landsea, Construction, Decoration
Brunswick Corporation has agreed to sell its Retail Bowling business to Bowlmor AMF for $270 million, contingent upon customary closing procedures. Brunswick also announced its intention to divest its Bowling Products business. Brunswick is ...
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As we discussed last week, innovation and collaboration will be key tools for semiconductor makers as they drive the industry forward. This week, we continue our dialogue with semiconductor pundits and industry leaders quoted in a volume ...
Tags: Semiconductor, Leaders, Electrical, Electronics
TOKYO — TDK is known as a top supplier of components used in personal computers and smartphones, but the Japanese company has been aggressively courting the automotive industry of late. The most avid salesperson is perhaps none ...
Tags: TDK, Electrical, Electronics
CR Bard execs know they have a gorilla of a competitor in the proposed $43 billion Medtronic acquisition of Covidien, particularly in the vascular business. They aren’t predicting the effects of that business combination on Bard, ...
Tags: CR Bard Eyes, Health, Medicine
The medtech jobs picture looked rosy in 2013, with the top 15 device makers in hiring mode, according to an EP Vantage report out this week. Excluding pharmaceutical spinoffs, these companies expanded their collective workforce by 6%, the ...
Tags: Medtech Jobs, Health, Medicine
Global polypropylene capacity increased at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 5.2% from 2003, reaching 65 million tons per year (mmty) in 2013, and is expected to continue rising to 86 mmty by 2018, at a slightly higher CAGR of 5.8%, ...
Tags: China&Russia, Polypropylene, Textile
For second-quarter 2014, NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for high-speed ...
Tags: NeoPhotonics PICs, Electrical, Electronics
Finnish mining and metal manufacturing equipment provider Outotec has issued its financial results for the second quarter and the first half of 2014. In the second quarter Outotec reported an operating loss of €300,000, compared to ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
"Retailers should collaborate to figure out ways to bring the excitement and enticement back to the High Street." As Independent Retailer Month enters its third week, the campaign is urging retailers to recognise the benefits of ...
Tags: Toys
New ABS Retail Trade figures show that Australian retail turnover fell 0.5 per cent in May 2014, seasonally adjusted, following a fall of 0.1 per cent in April 2014. The largest contributor to the fall was clothing, footwear and personal ...
Tags: Retail economy