The USA's largest rare earth producer Molycorp (NYSE:MCP) is mounting a credible challenge to Chinese rare earth dominance by dramatically scaling up output and potentially increasing its global market share to 30% from 4% at present. ...
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Lightweight components made from fiber reinforced plastics make wind turbines more efficient, sports cars faster and aircraft stronger. At ThyssenKrupp too, promising areas of application are opening up for carbon fiber-reinforced plastics ...
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Respect Your Universe, Inc. announces two new board members. Steven Eklund and Bill Marcus bring with them a breadth of experience in the sports apparel and equipment industries, as well as finance, sales and business development. "Steven ...
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AC Carpi Apparels Ltd is a leading manufacturer of vertically integrated circular seamless products. Specializing in Santoni seamless knitting technology with a product range covering all genders casual wear, functional sports, active wear ...
Germany-based SMA Solar Technology has concluded a contract in Shanghai about the acquisition of a majority stake of 72.5% in Jiangsu Zeversolar New Energy, a China-based PV inverter manufacturer. Zeversolar offers products specially ...
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Kelington Group Bhd (KGB), which dedicated in ultra-high purity gas and chemical infrastructure, has targeted to China's LED market. According to Group president and chief operating officer Ong Weng Leong, the company already had LED ...
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As business opportunities in China have become increasingly relevant to today's global economy, the 7th China Software & Sourcing Summit offers participants a prime opportunity for access and insight into the dynamic workings of the Chinese ...
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China's role in the global silver market has dramatically changed over the past decade. Once a small player in the global market, China today is the world's leading market for both physical investment and paper trading of silver futures and ...
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Efforts to attract younger workers to manufacturing and industrial fields have taken another step forward with the recent announcement from the The National College Credit Recommendation Service. NCCRS has recommended that postsecondary ...
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5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, a producer of specialty metal and chemical products, says that its new Malaysian recycling facility is now operational. Located in the Kulim High Technology Park (one of Malaysia's highest-profile ...
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Reports that Microsoft could launch its own Surface smartphone next year have surfaced again, leading some tech experts to ask: "Why, pray tell, why?" The latest round of speculation began Monday when the China Times reported Microsoft ...
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Samsung shipped nearly twice the number of smartphones as Apple during the second quarter, as potential buyers of Apple's phones and operators hold off purchases in anticipation of a rumored new iPhone 5 by October, research firm Strategy ...
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The market for pigments and dyes responds to the coloring needs of a wide range of end-use industries, ranging from paints and coatings to construction. With robust demand in key markets of paints and coatings, plastics, paper and printing ...
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When you talk with the executives of most U.S. companies the subject often turns to the global market and the opportunities for growth that countries like China offer. However, as that conversation continues the next thing you often hear is ...
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In terms of mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, portfolio changes and investment projects, one of the most active sectors in the European coatings supply chain is dispersions. Despite a slow growth in demand for coatings, ...
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