For the full year of 2014, sales at global specialty chemical company, Eastman Chemical grew by just 2 per cent over 2013 to $9.5 billion. Operating earnings for 2014 amounted to $1.6 billion, a slight increase compared with 2013, while ...
Tags: end-market demand, hygiene, Apparel
American meat processor Tyson Foods is planning to invest around $110m in the expansion of its poultry plant in Vienna, Georgia. This investment is expected to create 500 jobs in the region. Commenting on the expansion, Georgia ...
Tags: food safety, workplace safety, Agriculture
For fiscal second-quarter 2015 (ended 28 December 2014), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $413.2m, down 3.4% on $427.7m last quarter but similar to $415.1m a year ago and in the upper half of the target range of $400-420m ...
Tags: LED Demand, LED Lighting Offsets, Electrical
Canadian establishment Maple Leaf Foods has announced plans to close its plant in Winnipeg on 31 December. The Winnipeg plant, which is one of three previously identified for closure next year, will be the sixth closure under a ...
Tags: commercial requirements, financial targets, Agriculture
On a global scale, Southeast Asia represents the fourth largest market for synthetic latex polymers, accounting for 8% of the global consumption, according to the recently published Synthetic Latex Polymers: Southeast Asia Market Analysis ...
Tags: synthetic latex, polymers
Clothing marketer, Gildan Activewear said it posted record earnings per share performance for the fourth fiscal quarter ended October 5, 2014 for any fiscal quarter in its history. Net earnings in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 were ...
Tags: Clothing marketer, fiscal quarter, Apparel
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. has announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2014. The results contained in this earnings release reflect the results previously filed in Form 10-Q on November 14, 2014. Key ...
Gildan Activewear Inc., which is the largest supplier of branded athletic socks in the United States, reported record fourth quarter adjusted earnings per share of $1.00, up 20.5 percent compared to last year, but projected a loss for the ...
In the third quarter ended September 30, 2014, consolidated net earnings at German sports footwear and apparel marketer, Puma plummeted 45 per cent from a year earlier quarter. Puma said its net income plunged to €29 million in the ...
Tags: Q3 Net Income, Currency Effects, Apparel
Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits announced its second quarter results for the fiscal period ending 30 September 2014. The Company generated a profit in Q2 2015 of $116,320, a substantial improvement from the Q2 2014 loss of $2,431,770. ...
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Reported earnings per diluted share in the third quarter of 2014, at producer of speciality chemicals and NYSE-listed - Eastman Chemical Company, slipped 29% year on-year. “Reported earnings in the third quarter of 2014 stood at ...
Tags: Eastman Chemical, fibre segment, Textile
Textured Jersey Lanka PLC (TJL) recovered and bounced back in the second fiscal quarter of 2014-15, by reporting a quarter-on-quarter top line growth of 29% and its bottom line skyrocketing 72%. In the reporting quarter, TJL posted ...
For the third fiscal quarter of 2014, gross margin at apparel retailer JC Penney expanded 710 bps over the same quarter of the previous fiscal year. In the third quarter ending November 1, 2014, gross margin stood at 36.6 per cent of ...
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Net profit for the second fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2014, slipped 30.2% year-on-year at value-added yarns and home textile producer - Sutlej Textiles and Industries Ltd (STIL). In the second quarter of fiscal 2014-15, profit ...
Tags: Sutlej Textiles and Industries Ltd, topline performance, Textile
For third-quarter 2014, Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $8m (at the bottom of the $8-12m ...
Tags: 2-Inch Sapphire, Electronics