Stanley Furniture Company, Inc. reported it will cease domestic furniture production in the factory that supports its Young America brand. “We have decided to cease manufacturing operations in Robbinsville,” said Glenn ...
One of the UK's leading independent solar PV companies has installed a revolutionary new energy management system that could help the renewable sector grow its share of the energy market. Solar South West Limited, based in Somerset, will ...
Tags: Solar, Energy, renewable resources
After reporting revenue for full-year 2013 in late January, Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has now reported its full earnings figures. ...
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In Sweden, industrial production decreased by 2.2 percent in February this year compared to January and rose by 1.7 percent year on year in working day-adjusted figures, according to Statistics Sweden (SCB). On the other hand, the ...
Tags: Basic Metal, Metallurgy, Mineral
March 2014 was a good month for heavy and medium-duty truck orders, according to two reports from freight forecasters. The freight forecast firm FTR says that at the end of March in North America, a total of 27,139 Class 8 trucks were ...
Tags: Truck, Transportation
The 2014 edition of the Malaysian International Furniture Fair (MIFF) reported more buyers and record orders at its 20th anniversary edition, which took place from 4-8th March. The show recorded estimated sales of US$892m and a 6% jump in ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Economy
Ezmod furniture is releasing three new products for their contemporary furniture line on April 1st. The new releases will include three new chair models. The Plywood Lounge Chair, "W" Chair, , and the Elio Chair will all be featured for ...
Tags: Furniture, Chair, Furnishing
The Vietnamese garment and textile industry has grown at a healthy rate in the first quarter of the current year, and the outlook for the whole year is bright, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, reports Viet Nam News. ...
Tags: Garments, Textiles industry, apparel
The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's non-manufacturing sector dropped 0.5 percentage points in March from a month earlier to 54.5 percent, data showed on Thursday. The index tracks activity in a number of sectors, including ...
Tags: China's PMI, Non-Manufacturing PMI
Panel makers have order visibility for handset panels for 3G handsets through April 2014 but are pessimistic the orders will fade out through the second quarter of the year as demand for 4G units in markets such as China is expected to ...
Tags: Panel, 3G Handsets
Ammono S.A. in Warsaw, Poland, which produces bulk gallium nitride (GaN) using ammonothermal technology, and the Institute of High Pressure Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Unipress) say they have conceived proprietary new ...
Oak Furniture Land, independent retailer of solid hardwood furniture, has experienced a 10% improvement in its warehouse management productivity, since introducing a new high-tech system across the business. The introduction of a new, ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Oak Furniture
In March this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector stood at 44.2 percent, up by 4.3 percentage points as compared to February, indicating the first rise after three consecutive month-on-month declines, as ...
Tags: Steel Sector, raw material
Taiwan-based PV module makers have been expanding or will expand production capacities in 2014 to compete for orders from Japan-based clients who have adjusted their business strategies, according industry sources in Taiwan. These ...
Tags: PV Module, PV vendors
U.S. manufacturing grew at a slightly faster pace in March compared with February as factory output recovered from disruptions caused by severe winter weather. Manufacturers also received more orders, suggesting that production could ...
Tags: Manufacturing, factory output