China is looking to build a homegrown panel-use driver IC industry in Hefei, China, which will likely threaten Taiwan's IC driver IC sector, according to industry sources. The China government's push to establish the local display driver ...
The LED components market in Japan is rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3% during 2014-2019, according to the report 'LED Components Market in Japan 2015-2019' from market research firm Technavio. The Asia-Pacific region ...
Tags: LED market, Lighting market
Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PHMA) has rejected the government's plan to impose import duty on cotton yarn saying it would pose negative impact on the value-added textile sector, the Pakistani media has ...
Tags: Yarn Import Duty, cotton yarn
Global nutraceuticals market is expected to cross $262.9 billion by 2020 from the current level of $182.6 billion growing at compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 8 per cent according to the joint study brought out by The Associated ...
Building new rail freight capacity for Port Botany will cost $7 billion. This cost can be avoided by building a rail freight bypass of Sydney, between Newcastle port and Glenfield. Railing containers will enable a rail freight bypass line ...
Tags: service, public service, new railway
The Victorian Government has committed to what it calls the biggest upgrade to regional rail freight in decades, the full Murray Basin Rail Project, which will standardise and upgrade the entire Murray Basin rail network. Premier Daniel ...
Tags: service, rail network
Japan's integrated beverages company Kirin is reportedly planning to acquire 55% stake in Myanmar Brewery from Singapore-based beverage producer Fraser and Neave (F&N) for $560m. Reuters cited sources familiar with the matter as saying ...
Tags: beverage, beverage manufacture, Kirin, company acquisition
Chile is planning to implement strict rules for tobacco, including plain packaging that depict the gory consequences of consuming such products. The government is proposing a bill that mandates tobacco firms to bring in changes in ...
Tags: Plain Packaging, Cigarettes
The August report of USDA informs that world cotton output in 2015/16 is forecast at 109.0 million bales, 2.5 million bales below last month's projection and 10 million bales below 2014/15. The US government agriculture department ...
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Pakistani Food Minister Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan has said that scientists must pay attention to the scourge of the leaf curl virus disease that has been causing colossal loss of two to three million bales of cotton every year. His comments ...
Tags: cash crop, cotton, Cotton Virus
Global LED chip demand and supply condition is gradually reaching an equilibrium, and easing the industry’s oversupply situation, according to a Qianjia.com report that quoted an electronic component industry report by UBS. Lighting ...
Tags: LED industry, LED lighting
Pact Group has announced new paint packaging solutions that allow consumers to use more of the paint they purchase and reduce the environmental impact associated with residual paint. As part of a new licensing agreement with LiquiGlide ...
Tags: packaging material, packaging carriage, packaging tins, bins
Western dances are increasingly slipping into Chinese fitness routines. Chen Nan gets a feel for the moves, once taboo in China. Belly dancing. Pole dancing. Salsa. Foreign dance styles are twirling into China with nimble steps, ...
Tags: Western dance, Latin dance
Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss is calling on retailers to better label British produce in supermarkets, in a bid to support struggling dairy farmers in the country. The supermarkets in the country may be forced by the government to ...
The 14th International Textile Asia Exhibition will be held for the first time in Lahore, Pakistan from August 29 to 31, the Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers & Exporters Association (PRGMEA) has announced. PRGMEA is hosting the ...