Kwaithong Motor will pump in $0.14m to set up an assembly unit for electric vehicles in Thailand with a view to catering to the domestic and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) markets. Set to come up in Greater Bangkok, the ...
Japanese automotive giant Toyota may shelve its plan to promote its luxury Lexus brand in China, thanks to slowdown in the country’s automobile sector coupled with a weaker yen. With China's automobile market registering a growth ...
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Global 2015/16 cotton output is projected at 111.5 million bales, 6 per cent or 7.5 million bales below 2014/15 and the smallest global crop since 2009/10. According to the latest USDA July report, production declines are noted for most ...
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Although UV technologies were first introduced around 20-30 years ago, it is still considered not to be a mature sector with plenty of innovations needed to overcome barriers to greater efficiencies. Over the last few years growth in ...
Pump manufacturer Concentric AB will lay off 34 staff as part of its plan to restructure its new manufacturing unit in Chivilcoy, Argentina, in the wake of drooping demand in commercial vehicle market in South America. The entire one-off ...
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The Russian outdoor apparel and garment industry is trying for foreign investment in the sector. Representatives of the official Russian delegation at OutDoor, Europe’s leading trade fair for the outdoor sector in Friedrichshafen, ...
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According to the latest USDA report, the 2015 US cotton crop is projected at 14.5 million bales, unchanged since May and 11 per cent below the 2014 crop. “Despite a decrease in planted area reported in the June acreage report, ...
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Lower device costs and easy surfing access fueling surge Smartphones have overtaken personal computers and tablets to become the ultimate gateway for those who want to connect to the Internet in China, said a report released on Thursday. ...
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Global automakers will manufacture fewer vehicles in China this year than they are able to because of slowing demand in the world's largest auto market, a reversal after years of rushing to build factories. The average level of capacity ...
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The scale of the Chinese LED package market grew 19% year on year to US$8.6 billion in 2014, according to the 2015 Chinese LED Industry Market Report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. The growth of the Chinese LED package market will ...
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Sales will continue to grow as major companies roll out new products with long-lasting flavors in a highly competitive market Wallace Chung looked as if he had just stepped off a movie set. Dressed in an electric blue jacket with matching ...
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The Chinese government will allow prices of several agricultural goods to float freely in the market in an "historic adjustment," state media reported Tuesday, as high domestic prices struggle to cope with a downtrend in the global ...
Swedish automobile major Scania has taken its bus to Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT) in India for homologation test as the last lap towards the pilot launch of the first-ever ethanol-run buses in Nagpur, Maharashtra. The ...
Impressive growth in the demand for cider in the global markets has put it squarely back on the beverage alcohol map, attracting a younger, more affluent consumer, according to the Rabobank Wine Quarterly Q3 report. "In the past decade, ...
Vietnam’s textile and garment sector continues to be a magnet for FDI. While FDI in Vietnam has fallen significantly in the first six months of 2015, it rose sharply in the textile and garment sector, according to the country’s ...
Tags: textile industry, FDI, garment