China's independent teapot refineries in eastern Shandong province have significantly expanded their capacities in the last few years ahead of an end-2013 deadline set by the government to eliminate smaller plants. In an effort to cool ...
Tags: Teapot, Fuel Oil, Refineries
Approximately $21.5 billion would be wiped from the Australian economy if the automotive manufacturing industry collapsed in 2018, according to research commissioned by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI). The report found ...
Atheris Laboratories and Debiopharm have announced the signature of a collaboration agreement regarding the Atheris 'Reverse-Discovery' lead optimization platform. Collaboration with Atheris is expected to accelerate Debiopharm's ongoing ...
The North American economy is still on the road to recovery and the automotive market in particular is on the upswing. The current issue of the BASF Coatings Partner e-journal (www.coatingspartner.com) focuses on developments in the ...
Tags: Coatings, Construction, Decoration
Work on construction of a US$ 4.5 billion petrochemical complex in Vietnam, a joint venture of Qatar Petroleum International (QPI) and Thailand-based Siam Cement Group (SCG) and its Vietnamese partners - PetroVietnam (PVN) and Vinachem, is ...
Tags: Petrochem, Siam Cement Group
Less tax for small businesses and more financial support for local government are on the cards as the Chinese leadership considers to start reforming the fiscal system. On August 1, the turnover tax was replaced by a value-added tax (VAT) ...
Tags: Fiscal Reform
Siemens received a large order from the Middle East. Saudi Arabia has put forward to Siemens group requirements once again. On Thursday, Siemens said that they will provide a driverless metro (worth 1.5 billion euros) to the Saudi ...
Tags: Siemens, Metro, Driverless Metro, Transportation
The Apparel Export Promotion Council of India (AEPC), the country's apex body for apparel export promotion, has sought immediate release of Rs. 182.4 million from the Textiles Ministry for the Knitwear Technology Mission (KTM) project in ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
USG, a leading building products company, announced its new brand identity and tagline, "It's Your World. Build It.," which exemplifies the organization's commitment to customers and its strategy for continued growth. Building on the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants has analyzed the role of banks in the internationalization of European small and medium enterprises in its new study: "What role can banks play in the internationalization process of European SMEs?". ...
Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry has agreed to a US$4.7bn takeover bid from a consortium led by its biggest shareholder, Fairfax Financial. In a statement released today, the company has signed a letter of intent agreement under which ...
Tags: Blackberry, Consumer Electronics, smartphone
Pervatech BV, the producer of membranes, membrane modules and separation systems for pervaporation and vapour permeation applications, has secured financial support for expansion. Pervatech says that its investment plan comprises a ...
Furi Electronics will be holding a shareholders’ meeting on Sept. 2 to decide on the company’s private investments to acquire 92.8% of MR LED Photoelectricity Co. stock shares. “If all goes well, the MR ...
China's Cabinet is throwing more support behind small and micro-sized businesses by emphasizing more financing innovation and credit for the cash-thirsty private sector. 8 detailed targets have been released by the State Council, ...
Tags: China Reiterates
Timber worth almost $40m has been seized in Latin America in "Operation Lead" headed by Interpol and in national investigations based on it. According to an Interpol press report, a large proportion of this wood, 292,000 m3, was confiscated ...
Tags: Wood, Construction, Timber