A profitable high-speed rail (HSR) service between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane could be built for $30 billion – less than third of previous cost estimates – according to a new book. The rail would need little or no direct ...
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Driven in large part by the rapid expansion of shale oil and gas drilling and production in North America, the world market for oil field specialty chemicals at the service company level reached $25 billion in 2014, up from nearly $16 ...
Tags: chemicals, coating, paint pigment, shale oil
The Nigerian presidency has constituted a special committee to resuscitate the country’s ailing cotton and textile industry, according to newspaper reports in the country. The direction is in line with the campaign promises of ...
Tags: textile manufacture, garment, ailing cotton
The three-day International Textiles, Weaving Machinery and Accessories Expo held in Erode in Tamil Nadu generated business of over Rs 200 crore, according to media reports. In a press release, M A Rayappan, chairman of Hi-Tech ...
Tags: International Textiles, textile manufcture, weaving machinery
UK-based Plessey Semiconductors is to lead a £1.3m UK government-funded project in conjunction with Aixtron Ltd (the UK subsidiary of deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany) and Bruker Nano ...
Tags: Semiconductors, deposition equipment, LEDs
India has the capability to emerge as a manufacturing hub for textile machinery, according to an industry expert. The rolling out of 'Make in India' campaign by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and its subsequent promotion for setting up ...
Tags: apparel, clothing, textile machinery manufacturing, textile machinery
Deccan Auto has set up its first integrated bus manufacturing unit in Hyderabad, India, entailing an investment of $39m. The plant, with an annual installed capacity of 3,000 units a year, is sprawled over 18 acres with a covered area of ...
Tags: Deccan Auto, integrated bus, bus
For the second time, Surat, Gujarat-based textile dyeing company Zenitex has made it to the Limca Book of Records for winning top recognition for sustainable practices in the textile industry in India. Elated on achieving the ...
Tags: textile dyeing, textile product
Malaysian LED manufacturers reportedly have raked in RM 37.1 million (US $9.86 M) at LED Expo Thailand 2015, reported MalayMail Online recently. Thirteen Malaysian companies joined a Specialized Marketing Mission (SMM) spearheaded by the ...
Tags: LED manufacturers, LED Light
Textiles minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar has said that given its employment and export intensity, the apparel industry plays a significant role in realizing the vision of ‘Make in India’, according to an official statement. His ...
Tags: Apparel Industry, Textile
Virender Uppal, chairman Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has requested the Indian Government to look into its demands favourably. The AEPC has demanded inclusion of 2 per cent fabric within 5 per cent overall entitlement under ...
Tags: fabric, Apparel Export Promotion Council, garment industry
China auto association downgrades growth rate China's vehicle sales plunged deeper in June, forcing the country's leading auto organization to slash the industry's estimated growth rate. Statistics from the China Association of ...
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Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has established a joint venture with Cardiff University to lead the development and commercialization of compound semiconductor technologies in Europe. IQE says that ...
Tags: electics, IQE, semiconductor
The commerce and industry ministry has launched the facility for online payment of application fees through credit or debit cards and other electronic fund transfers, according to a government statement. The facility of online payment was ...
Tags: textile manufacture, DGFT
The latest report on working conditions in Cambodia’s garment factories, compiled by the International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia Programme (ILO-BFC), has found a slight improvement in factories’ ...
Tags: garment manufacture, BFC, footwear, apparel, clothing