The automotive industry is caught between an app and a hard place. On one hand, carmakers are feeling growing pressure from thoroughly modern consumers, who expect their next car to respond more like a smartphone. On the other hand, the ...
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The 6th International Conference and Exhibition for the Organic and Printed Electronics Industry, the LOPEC, has taken place in Munich last week. This year Coatema presented a complete new product line for laboratory coating and ...
Australia's Atlas Iron in May made its first iron ore sale for delivery into India and is looking to add other Asian and European destinations, it said in a presentation Tuesday. China has been Atlas' traditional offtake market, with the ...
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North America-based petrochemical companies are likely to enjoy a competitive advantage over their rivals based elsewhere for the next several years as a result of the US shale gas revolution, which provides both inexpensive feedstocks and ...
Indonesia, the world's largest exporter of thermal coal, plans to build 14 dedicated coal terminals in the islands of Kalimantan and Sumatra in a bid to curb illegal coal exports, a government official said Monday. Around 50 million-60 ...
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Bangladesh, the second largest readymade garment exporter, has urged Japanese entrepreneurs to increase the share of Bangladeshi garments in their total apparel import from the current 1.77 percent to at least 10 percent. Speaking at a ...
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NetSuite Inc., the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP and omnichannel commerce software suites, announced its participation as a diamond sponsor at the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition 2014, being held ...
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. announced an update to its 2014-2016 capital allocation plan that will allow the company to invest approximately $500 million to build a new consumer tire plant to support demand in North America and Latin ...
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Sellers at the 8th Asia LNG summit in Beijing Wednesday said there is a growing shortfall of LNG globally, as buyers wait on the sidelines, preferring to sign LNG term contracts linked to other indexation points rather than traditional ...
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Peabody Energy estimates that Southern Powder River Basin coal prices are up about 30% in the trailing six-month period ended April 30, with SPRB stockpiles dropping below "normal" levels to 48 days use. Peabody's estimates, which were ...
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India's state-owned gas transportation utility GAIL Monday announced another quarter in which natural gas transmission and sales volumes fell, as domestic production continued to decline. GAIL's natural gas transmission for the ...
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As major engine supplier for many Shacman trucks for overseas markets, Cummins ISM engine have helped Shacman to seize many overseas markets with their strong power, stable output and great after sales services. And many end users are ...
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BASF increased spending on research and development to €1.8 billion (2012: €1.7 billion) in 2013. "In absolute terms, we lead the field in the chemical industry with our research and development expenditures," said Dr. Andreas ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Basf, Coating
Bayer MaterialScience LLC has developed a diverse portfolio of raw materials for coatings that provide a solution for many architectural, building and construction applications. This broad portfolio has showcased at the Durability + Design ...
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US methanol contract prices are expected to drop sharply for June following rapidly declining spot prices in recent months, sources said Thursday. June contract announcements from Methanex and Southern Chemical Corp. were expected to be ...
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