South Korea imported 16,769 mt of ethanol in August, up 34% from July, and up 5.6% on the same month a year ago, according to customs data released Friday. The biggest increase was seen in imports of undenatured ethanol, which surged 259% ...
Brazil's government plans to finance state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA's participation in the October 21 auction of Libra, country's largest-ever oil discovery, the Estado de S. Paulo daily newspaper reported on Saturday. The ...
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Today eight emerging fashion designers from Europe and Asia were announced as finalists of The EcoChic Design Award 2013, the first international sustainable fashion design competition uniting European and Asian emerging fashion designers ...
Tags: Textile, Apparel, Accessories
DuPont announced that it will increase prices on all of its titanium dioxide (TiO2) products sold in North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America and the Asia Pacific regions effective Oct. 1, 2013, or as contracts allow, as ...
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GOLDWIN Inc. is starting sales of its revamped 2013-14 collection to the European and North American markets, including the limited edition "Exclusive Model" designed and hand crafted in Japan from October 2013. The common theme of this ...
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After having created history in the first two editions of Asia's one and only comprehensive denim B2B show, Denim Club is now gearing up to organize the third edition, on the same lines as the first two, and bigger, better and with more ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories, Denim, Textile
Kiosked announces that it has raised a further $6.9m funding from private investors, which will be used to support the company's rapid expansion into the U.S. and Asian markets. The funding will also be used to launch Kiosked's mobile ...
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As the anticipated U.S. decision to put an end to the quantitative easing policy has sent jitters across the markets of emerging economies, and has led to mounting concern over a capital exodus, the Chinese government has geared up to do ...
Filigree inlaid metal art is one of the eight traditional arts and crafts of Beijing. Use of the filigree-inlay process began during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC), and the process flourished during the Ming Dynasty ...
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The Asian naphtha market may firm going into the last two months of this year on curtailed arbitrage flows which will likely tighten supply balances and year-end demand mopping up excess naphtha supply from the higher arbitrage arrivals in ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Mikawaya, a Japanese pastries and desserts manufacturer, has unveiled Mikawaya Exottics Ice Cream, a new line of gourmet ice cream. Mikawaya Exottics Ice Cream, which builds on the success of Mikawaya Mochi Ice Cream, brings in a new line ...
Bosch released 10 Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensors, including next-generation HFM7 (Hot Film Air Mass Meter) sensors. Fifty-nine new part numbers have just been added to the Robert Bosch LLC OE specialty wiper blade and engine management ...
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Turkey has emerged as one of the influential producers of denim fabrics due to its innovation and research for quality excellence, according to industry representatives. In an interview with fibre2fashion, Mr. Thomas Dislich, director of ...
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German engineering giant Siemens saw a factory, namely Siemens Electronics Works Chengdu (SEWC), run into formal operation in Chengdu, Sichuan Province on September 12. Located in the west of the Chengdu Hi-tech Industrial Development ...
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Asahi Kasei Chemicals announced today that it will build a polycarbonate diol (PCD) plant in China. PCD is an intermediate used in high-performance polyurethanes (PUs). The company will use proprietary technology to produce 3,000 m.t./year ...
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