The World Bank’s East Asia and Pacific Economic Report April 2015 paints a favourable picture for Vietnam. According to the report, medium term projections reflect gradual improvement in GDP growth and macroeconomic stability ...
Tags: Vietnam's Growth, GDP growth
After a slowdown in demand in the second half of last year in many parts of Europe, coatings companies in the region have become less confident about the short-term future. However, despite economic forecasts of relatively slow growth in ...
"In the UK, our strategy of reducing promotional and discount activity and returning to being a full-price retailer has continued to stabilise margin." Mothercare has reported a 5.1 per cent increase in UK like-for-like sales for Q4 2014. ...
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China's consumer spending posted a double-digit growth in the first quarter of 2015, despite mounting pressures the country is facing. China's retail sales rose 10.6 percent year on year in the first three months to 7.07 trillion yuan ...
Scratches, abrasions, deformations and breakages of containers on packaging lines have negative consequences for line efficiency, cost efficiency and/or brand image. So Gebo has added two new options to its range of audits, “shocks ...
Tags: Solve Packaging, Packaging
Did You Know? Copper is a unique substance in a way that even if it is not treated, the natural weathering process causes to form a green patina over it that prevents it from corrosion or rust. Copper forms scratches easily, but also merges ...
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An increasing number of UK consumers are suffering from stress, sleep deprivation and a lack of energy, and are on the look out for ‘feel-good’ products, which could provide opportunities for food and beverage manufacturers, ...
Sidel's new Intelliblower technology brings control and self-regulation to the blow moulding process. According to Sidel, the new technology ensures greater accuracy in distribution of material during the production of individual bottles, ...
Tags: individual bottles, Pet Bottles
Backlight orders have eased this month, but will rebound in April, a UDN report cited Epistar Chairman B.J. Lee saying at Taiwan International Lighting Show (TILS) 2015. Despite a slowdown in backlight orders this year, Lee projected ...
Tags: LED Backlight, LED market
Tim Woods, managing director of IndustryEdge, knows that corrugated packaging is the powerhouse of Australasia’s paper industry. Here, he explains why. Australia and New Zealand use the full array of fibre packaging options, from ...
Tags: Virgin material, Virginity, Packaging
George Osborne has delivered his sixth Budget, and the last of the current Parliament. The key points are as follows: Economy The UK grew 2.6% in 2014, faster than any other advanced economy but lower than 3% predicted in December ...
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EV Group (EVG) of St Florian, Austria (a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor applications) has introduced two new configurations to its EVG580 ComBond series of automated ...
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BorgWarner has announced plan to increase its production capacity at Ningbo facility in China by adding a production line for its exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valves. ERG is engineered to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions for ...
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China unveiled its economic growth target for 2015 Thursday, putting an end to months of speculation.[Special coverage] The target, as expected, was lowered to "around 7 percent," a level not seen since 2004 and 0.5 percentage points ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Growth
As more global fast food chains rush to China for expansion, they also have to face the costly headaches in a fast-changing food supply environment plagued by repeated safety scandals. Fast-food giant McDonald's Corp recently announced ...
Tags: fast food, Food Production Monitor