Smithfield Foods, Inc., a wholly owned independent subsidiary of WH Group Limited, reported record 2014 first quarter results. All comparisons are to the first quarter of 2013. Sales for the first quarter of 2014 were $3.4 billion, up 3%. ...
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Russian mining and steel group Mechel has announced its financial results for 2013. In the given period, Mechel saw an adjusted net loss of $734 million compared to a net profit of $305 million in 2012, while its sales revenues decreased by ...
Egypt's largest steelmaker Ezz Steel has announced its financial results for 2013, reporting a net profit of EGP 134 million ($18.8 million), significantly increasing compared to EGP 8 million in the previous year. The company's sales ...
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India-headquartered steel giant Tata Steel Group has issued its group financial results including Tata Steel Europe for the fourth quarter and the full financial year ended March 31. Tata Steel Group's net profit doubled to INR 10.36 ...
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Basque region, Spain-based seamless stainless steel pipe producer Tubacex has announced its financial results for the first quarter this year. The company registered a net profit of €5.6 million in the given quarter, up 59.8 percent ...
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Europe's largest coking coal producer Poland-based Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa SA (JSW) has announced its financial results for the first quarter, reporting a net loss of PLN 88.5 million ($28.9 million), compared to a net profit of PLN ...
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Taiwan-based EMS provider Lite-On Technology posted a gross margin of 12.41% for the first quarter of 2014, the lowest quarterly level since the first quarter of 2008, the company announced at a May 13 investors conference. Mainly due to ...
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South Korea's state-owned Korea Gas Corp imported 12.61 million mt of LNG in the first quarter, up 0.5% from 12.55 million mt a year earlier, the company said in a statement Wednesday. All of the volumes were imported under long-term ...
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American Vaping Association is a group that promotes positive media for the ecigarette industry. At a time like this when ecigs are attacked from all possible sides, AVA serves like a hope for every vaper. The aim of American Vaping ...
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Lenzing Group reports first quarter results for 2014. The first quarter of 2014 for the Lenzing Group was characterized by the steady erosion of selling prices for man-made cellulose fibers against the backdrop of the ongoing strong volume ...
Japan's leading electronics makers are falling into two groups. Some companies, including Hitachi and Panasonic, have recovered from the industry slump triggered by the global recession that started in 2008 and exacerbated by the 2011 ...
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As long as there is benefi,there will be competition, and there must be a fierce competition when there is a significant benefit .In front of fierce market competition,stationery products is now facing the process of industrial ...
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PV silver conductive paste is currently in short supply due to a shortage of silver powder. The shortage will continue until July-August 2014, chairman Chen Chi-jen of Taiwan-based PV conductive paste maker Giga Solar Materials said at a ...
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Solar wafer maker Gigastorage generated gross margin of 13.99% and net operating profit of NT$260 million (US$8.6 million) for the first quarter, while fellow maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) still suffered negative gross margin ...
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Northwest European spot prices for vinyl acetate monomer tumbled Eur70/mt Thursday under pressure from Asian imports, according to Platts data. The European spot price for VAM was assessed at Eur1,560/mt FD NWE ($2,162.63/mt), down from ...
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