Sweden-based special steel producer Ovako has announced that in 2013 it registered a net loss of €21 million, widening from a net loss of €4 million in 2012, while the company's sales revenues amounted to €850 million, ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel
Trina Solar has announced that all solar PV cells produced by the Company have achieved anti-PID (Potential-Induced Degradation) ability following the optimization of the Company's manufacturing technology. From April 2014, all Trina ...
Tags: Solar, solar panels, solar PV cells
"Counting the Cost of Food Waste: EU Food Waste Prevention", has found that 15m tonnes of food are wasted each year in the UK which equates to a financial loss to business of at least £5bn per year, and was advised of the importance ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Food Packaging
Flint-based Creative Foods is set to cease ready meals operations in Flintshire, north Wales, a move which will affect around 150 staff. Located in Aber Industrial Estate, the plant manufactures frozen ready meals, sauces, soups and pasta ...
Tags: Creative Foods, Ready Meals
Africa's big telecom operators have won a court battle over reducing mobile termination rates, a South African ruling that may have a ripple effect in the region. MTN and Vodacom last month sued the Independent Communications Authority of ...
Tags: Computer Products
Recycled fibre and yarn will come into focus at ITMA 2015 with their own sub-chapter – a development that recognises the increasing role of recycled raw materials in textiles of all kinds. The recycling of synthetic polymers has ...
Tags: Recycled Fibres, Yarns, ITMA 2015
The aerodynamically optimised 2Impact FX unit heralds the arrival of the second generation of this ultra-economical compact spinning technology. In the new compact spinning unit for the Zinser 351 the air ducting system has been optimised ...
South Korean steelmaker Dongkuk Steel has announced that in 2013 it registered a net loss of KRW 120.9 billion ($114.9 million), narrowing down from KRW 235.1 billion in the previous year. In 2013, the company's sales revenues decreased ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, steel plate
Coal producers in Shanxi, China's biggest coal-producing province, incurred an overall loss of RMB 4.02 billion ($0.66 billion) in the January-February period of the current year, with half of the coal producers in the province recording ...
Tags: Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Woolworths has announced new long-term milk supply contracts Australian supermarket giant Woolworths has announced two new 10-year milk contracts across Australia that it says "will give dairy farmers and processors more certainty to ...
Tags: Milk, Agriculture, Food
Interpack is feeling confident that 2014 will be its best year yet. It has a high number of returning exhibitors as well as a collection of very eager newbies, each with new advances to show and new advantages to share. interpack 2014 is ...
In 2013, the net loss of Russian steelmaker Ashinskiy Metallurgical Works (Ashinskiy) increased by 10.5 times compared to 2012, rising to RUB 755.5 million ($21.4 million), according to Russian media sources. The reasons for the surge in ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
Gansu Province-based Chinese steelmaker Jiuquan Iron and Steel Group (JISCO) has announced that in 2013 its Gansu-based subsidiary Hongxing Steel recorded a net loss of RMB 2.338 billion ($383.28 million), as compared with a net profit of ...
Tags: Steel, Iron, Hongxing Steel
The Bridgestone Ecopia H/L 422 Plus RFT will be original equipment on select 2014 Nissan Rogue vehicles. The run-flat tire is included with the available third row Family Package on 2014 Rogue S and SV models. It offers temporary mobility ...
Tags: Nissan, Run-Flat Tires
Scania is now adding yet another environmentally oriented alternative to its industry-leading palette with Euro 6 certified truck engines. The Scania 16-litre, 580 hp V8 engine can now be ordered in a configuration with up to 100 percent ...
Tags: Scania, V8 Engine, Alternative Fuel Range