German automotive parts supplier ZF Friedrichshafen has opened a new passenger car axle production plant in Kulim, Malaysia. Currently having a workforce of 74, the new plant will produce axle sets and supply them to the nearby BMW ...
Several opportunities are predicted to emerge in the coming months as more data is generated by machines or things other than human beings. Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific says that 2014 will see more IT buyers and sellers focused on the ...
Tags: Internet of Things, IT, IoT
The Asian paraxylene/naphtha spread slumped to 28-month low of $440.38/mt on Friday, down $14.62/mt from the previous day, with the regional PX market hit by rising supplies. The CFR Taiwan/China PX price benchmark inched down $0.50/mt ...
Tags: PX Supplies, PX-Naphtha
Coating applications, one of the major sources of industrial volatile organic compound emissions, are facing stricter industry regulations as air pollution has emerged as a major issue for the Chinese government, sources said. The central ...
Tags: Stricter Standards, Coating Firms
At an extraordinary general meeting shareholders in the Canadian OSB manufacturer Ainsworth Engineered approved the takeover by Louisiana-Pacific agreed on 4 September. On 31 October, the Supreme Court of British Columbia also approved the ...
Tags: Ainsworth, Approve Takeover, LP
In the third quarter of 2013, Louisiana-Pacific suffered year-on-year decline in the operating result of the OSB division to US$30.2m, representing only one third of the result of US$95.4m achieved in the second quarter. The adjusted ...
Tags: Louisiana-Pacific, Decline, OSB Business
Epicor Software Corporation, a global leader in business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organizations, recently announced the winners of the Epicor Global Channel Partner Awards at the annual Epicor ...
Rackspace Hosting, the open cloud company, has been selected by online Indian ethnic wear store Cbazaar to host and support its online sales backbone using the Rackspace Hybrid Cloud. “As an online retailer, it’s imperative ...
Its Reverse Osmosis Elements are helping power plants, municipalities and manufacturers 'put the ocean to work'. Dow Water & Process Solutions has launched its new Seamaxx Reverse Osmosis Elements which aims to help reduce the high amount ...
Datalogic, a leader in the automatic data capture and industrial automation markets, has announced that it has concluded a strategic agreement with Japanese company IDEC Corporation for the development of the Japanese market. Already a ...
The warm appeal of wood combines with the functionality and resistance of porcelain in the new line from Tesoro: Larix; which is inspired by larch wood and widely used in traditional alpine architecture. The Larix series from Tesoro is ...
Verbatim announces the launch of its ground-breaking Natural Vision VxRGB™ technology, available as realistic candle (Classic B) and MR16 retrofit LED lamps. The products are being launched at Lux Live – one of Europe's key ...
Tags: natural light, LED, LED candle lamp
BonAlive Biomaterials, a manufacturer of implantable medical devices for bone regeneration, has announced the CE Mark approval and the launch of a patented, ready-to-use and mouldable version of its osteostimulative BonAlive bioactive glass ...
Virginia Gov. Bob McConnell's office has announced that a Chinese furniture manufacturer is investing $2.1 million in a new subsidiary here that will create 125 jobs. Lioyang Ningfeng Woodenware Co. Ltd. is establishing a subsidiary ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) national secretary Tony Sheldon said six truck crashes and six deaths in two days was evidence of the pressure on drivers to speed or skip rest breaks, to meet unrealistic deadlines. “Road ...
Tags: six, truck-related, death, two days