CHARLESTON, S.C. — East Coast ports are looking to attract shipments from Asia in light of the soon-to-be-expanded Panama Canal and congestion on the West Coast earlier this year, and the Port of Charleston has cleared a hurdle in ...
Tags: furniture, furniture transport
According to a new forecast report by Ovum, FTTx optics will reach a new record level in 2015, following a record-breaking 2014. The report forecasts that FTTx optical components revenue will exceed $1bn this year, up almost 5% from $953m ...
China has the world's longest HSR network with over 16,000 km of track in service as of December 2014, which is more than the rest of the world's high speed rail tracks combined. China's high speed rail system also includes the world's ...
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The U.S. crop condition ratings came in better than expected Monday, putting continued downward pressure on prices. In its Weekly Crop Progress Report, the USDA rated the U.S. corn crop at 69% good/excellent, slightly above last ...
Tags: agricultrual food, USDA, wheat, agricutural products, soybeans
Craft beer is hot right now globally. With little money for traditional advertising, niche brewers are relying on striking packaging designs to win friends and influence beer (and wine) drinkers. The number of craft breweries in the US ...
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UK dairy companies are at the forefront of the food and drink industry’s efforts to enhance water efficiency, a new report has revealed. The Food and Drink Manufacturing Water Use Report demonstrates that there have been marked ...
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Infinera is described as the "ne plus ultra of the rapidly growing Internet content provider and data-center interconnect market". The report further highlights Infinera as a leader not because of size but because of "outstanding customer ...
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With these orders, OEM Group has now expanded its production proven and patented ECO-Process wafer surface preparation solutions from the established markets of power device, CMOS IC and MEMS manufacturing into UB-LED fabrication (a new ...
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The Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation (the Forum) met in Hobart today and considered a range of food regulation matters. The Forum comprises all Australian and New Zealand Ministers responsible for food ...
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A new study reported by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has found increased supply to be the main cause behind global obesity problems. In a report just published in the July 2015 Bulletin of WHO, researchers based in New Zealand ...
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JMC released sales report in June, and they sold 5775 Transit light buses, up 29.2% over last year, and they sold 33415 units from Jan to June, down 0.76% over last year. And they sold 8930 light trucks in June, up 10% over last year, and ...
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Swiss specialty textile chemicals producer Archroma said it has entered into a senior secured credit agreement that provides for credit facilities totaling to around $515 million. According to an Archroma press release, the credit ...
Tags: textile chamicals production, specialty textile chemicals
Japan-based Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) and Turkish firm Abdulkadir Ozcan Otomotiv have flagged off output at their tire manufacturing unit, set up through joint venture in the Central Anatolian province of ankr, Turkey. Under the ...
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Financial services company India Nivesh has warned that when the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) comes into effect, India would be negatively impacted to a major extent; though India would not be the only country at disadvantage. China, ...
International cotton prices may remain stable in 2015/16, though this will depend in part on changes in world cotton stocks. “In 2014/15, world ending stocks are forecast up 9 per cent to 21.9 million tons, reflecting a stock-to-use ...
Tags: International cotton price, ICAC