CHS,a US-based grains and food company owned by farmers and ranchers,has completed the acquisition of Atman,a Goiania,Brazil-based input distribution and grain origination company,for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition,which is a part ...
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Holcim Ltd. (HOLN) may receive a fine this year for price fixing in Brazil that is a third less than the maximum expected by the cement maker. Antitrust regulator Cade will probably issue a penalty of 20 percent of Holcim’s 2005 ...
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Portugal-Headlining the fourth night of this year's Rock In Rio(Lisboa)festival,Stevie Wonder used three DiGiCo SD7 consoles,ensuring that his sound didn't rely on any Superstition. Playing a mixture of hits and cover versions to an ...
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Who doesn't want to have a garden decorated with beautiful furniture? In this connection, a good piece of wooden furniture adds to the beauty of the garden. Garden furniture made from wood seems to out last many other outdoor products. ...
Brazil’s production of particleboard, MDF/HDF and rigid fibreboard was unchanged last year after skyrocketing in 2010. The latest figures released by the wood-based panels association Associação Brasileira da ...
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Italian employees of injection moulding machine company Romi Sandretto have been staging a protest at the company’s stand at the Plast 2012 exhibition taking place in Milan this week. The protests have been peaceful Around 20 ...
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A new strategy aimed at monitoring the supply chain of timber products using genetic and stable isotope markers will play a vital role in international efforts to combat illegal logging, say scientists, policy analysts and forestry experts ...
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Brazilian elliotis pine plywood manufacturers have now largely sold the products that they will make in May. Recent orders can generally not be shipped until June. A few major plywood producers are already confirming shipping dates in the ...
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After two years of negotiations, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies has approved the country's controversial 'Forest Code'. The legislationregulates land use and allows for the creation of boundaries within which native vegetation should be ...
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Reportedly, on April 19, Brazil's foreign-trade authority announced its decision to start an antidumping (AD) probe into the flat-rolled silicon steels from China, South Korea and Chinese Taiwan under Mercosur HS Codes 72251900 and ...
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Brazilian miner World Mineral Resources (WMR) has found a large reserve of neodymium, one of the 17 rare earth elements, in the western Bahia state (photo), which could bring US$8.4 billion to the country. Local newspaper Nova Fronteira ...
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W.W. Grainger Inc. is expanding further into Latin America by buying Brazilian supply company AnFreixo SA. Grainger, which sells hand tools, cleaning products and other equipment to businesses, bought the company from Brazilian industrial ...
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Bamboo is an important element of the balance of atmospheric oxygen and carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide storage capacity of bamboo is four times than hardwood, 35% of oxygen release than trees. Bamboo mesh roots can prevent soil erosion. Its ...
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PSIPENTA Software Systems has won a contract from Volkswagen’s Brazilian subsidiary Volkswagen do Brasil to implement integrated corporate planning and control software of the tool-making at its main plant in Sao Bernardo do Campo. ...
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The Brazilian company Eucatex will in future market not only its own laminate flooring in Brazil, but also vinyl flooring from the Tajima Group. As announced by the company on 12 December, three product lines will initially be introduced in ...
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