Taiwan's Formosa Chemical and Fiber Corp is maintaining run rates at its three aromatics plants at 90-100% of capacity despite paraxylene production margins remaining poor, a company source said last Friday. The price spread between Asian ...
An official from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) revealed that 80% of the more than 300 types of original drugs from foreign companies supervised by government agencies are really higher than peers in South Korea, Hong ...
Tags: Foreign Original Drugs, Health, Medicine
Philippines’ abaca output has dipped to 35,060 tons, registering a decline of 5.5 percent during the first half of 2013, compared to 37,120 tons recorded during same period last year, according to data from the Bureau of Agricultural ...
Tags: Abaca Output, Textile
MacGregor's MacRack technology specified for five Greek bulk carriers Friday, Sep 06, 2013 MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has confirmed that five 180,000 dwt bulk carriers under construction in South Korea at Sungdong Shipbuilding and ...
Solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.128 billion (US$37.6 million) for August, the highest monthly level since October 2011 with on-month growth of 1.23% ...
Tags: polycrystalline silicon, Lighting
The price spread between Asian paraxylene and isomer-grade mixed xylenes shrank $9/mt day on day to a one-year low of $175/mt on a CFR basis Wednesday as PX prices turned top heavy while MX remained bullish, Platts data showed. Asian ...
Tags: MX Firms
Korea's trade balance showed a US$4.92 billion surplus in August, according to data released by the Export and Import Division of South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MOTIE). In August, Korea's export values increased by 7.7% year ...
Tags: steel, Construction
The global LNG market is expected to see a peak in supply tightness in 2014, rising Asian demand will likely match the average 0.9 Bcf/day additional liquefaction capacity expected to come onto the market in the year, Barclays Research said ...
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "In-depth Research on China LOW-E Glass Market, 2013-2017" report to their offering. At present, the global major LOW-E glass manufacturers are Pilkington (U.K.), PPG (U.S.), ...
Green Energy Technology (GET), Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) and Gigastorage, the three main Taiwan-based makers of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers, are expected to see their business operations improve in the second half ...
The CFR Taiwan/China paraxylene price benchmark fell $8.50/mt from Friday to be pegged at $1,511.50/mt early Monday, after negotiators reached no settlement for September Asian Contract Prices, market sources said. Market sources said ...
From 10 to 12 September 2013, do not miss the next Indigo Home Edition trade show, in the hall 9 of Brussels Expo, Belgium. With a 3% increase in its exhibitors (vs September 12), Indigo will present creative and updated collections from ...
Tags: Textile, trade show
The Clothing Manufacturers Association of Turkey (TCMA) and South Korea’s Daegu Gyeonbuk Textile Industry Association (DGTIA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at increasing apparel trade between the countries. ...
Tags: Textile Body, Clothing
Global efforts to battle trade protectionism need to be reinforced to help shield the fragile economic recovery across the world. In a report released today, the European Commission identified about 150 new trade restrictions introduced ...
Tags: economy
Smartphones with screen sizes of 5- to just under 7-inch, colloquially known as phablets, overtook shipments of each of the portable PC and tablet device categories in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) in the second quarter of 2013, according ...
Tags: Smartphones, Portable PC