The average profitability of the global automotive supplier industry remains stable at an astonishingly high level: 6.5% EBIT margin for 2012 and for 2013. The most profitable sectors for suppliers are chassis, powertrain and tires, whereas ...
Tags: economy, Transportation
Global competition is presenting companies with new challenges. They must be able to develop and launch products that meet local market needs. Factors such as regional market trends, national laws and different customer wishes often lead to ...
Tags: Customized Product, economy
OEMs have been successful in developing technology for e-mobility worldwide, with vehicles now ready for series production. The price of an electric car is thus falling sharply, as the e-mobility index for Q3 2013 from Roland Berger ...
Tags: e-mobility, Auto, Transportation
SK Capital, a private investment firm with a disciplined focus on the specialty materials, chemicals and healthcare sectors, is expected to close the acquisition of the Textile Chemicals, Paper Specialties and Emulsions businesses from ...
Tags: SK Capital, Textile
LeMond LLC will introduce three models of a limited edition road bike at the Interbike expo in Las Vegas next week. The bikes, made by Time in France, will be the first bikes that Greg LeMond has marketed under his name since his split with ...
Tags: Interbike, bike, Transportation
The show organisers of the four-yearly Ipex show said that Martell will chair the Ipex 360 Committee. Informa said that the Committee will be a visitor focussed steering group that will see representatives from the whole value chain, ...
Voith is investing into the future of small hydro and celebrates two significant milestones in the further development of this sector: K?ssler, a subsidiary of the Voith Group, is expanding its location in Sankt Georgen am Steinfeld, ...
Vestar Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in the Roland Foods family of companies including Bruno Scheidt, American Roland Food, Pro Warehouse, and Costamar. Terms of the deal were not ...
Based on its recent analysis of the North American protective and marine coatings market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Hempel with the 2013 Growth Excellence Leadership Award. In 2012, Hempel exhibited double-digit revenue growth well in ...
The most powerful generator-turbine unit ever built by Voith has entered service in the Chinese hydropower plant Xiluodu on the Jinsha River. After a successful 72-hour test run, Voith handed over the first of a total of three such machines ...
Tags: generator-turbine, Processing Machinery, Industrial Equipment
The graduate industrial engineer Roland Fischenich (35) will be taking over the newly created position of expansion manager at OLYMP. His main role will be to consolidate both the successful OLYMP store expansion and the development of the ...
The specialty chemicals group ALTANA has acquired the specialty coatings business of Henkel. The products are sold under the brand names MiraFoil and Miracure and are mainly supplied to the packaging industry in North America. The business ...
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The International Certified Flooring Installers Association is celebrating 20 years of promoting the individual flooring installers worldwide in Baltimore, MD August 22-24th 2013. The CFI Convention is open to all in the industry. On ...
Tags: Construction, flooring
On August 7, NVC Lighting Holding Ltd released earning estimate, it is expected that the profits in the first six months of 2013 will grow about 50% compared to the same period of 2012. Changjiang Wu, the founder of NVC, was elected as ...
Tags: NVC Lighting
Dickey’s Barbecue, a US-based restaurant chain, has introduced new whole meat offerings that will be available in all its locations across the country. The new whole meat offerings include, slow-smoked briskets, pork butts, barbecue ...
Tags: Dickey's Barbecue, Meat Offerings