The thought of using synthetic wood seems abominable to some businesses, but for companies that strive to produce durable products that are affordable on most budgets, using the synthetic stuff for certain components and installations makes ...
Tags: RT Machine, Processing Machinery
Italian luxury car maker Maserati has introduced the new Ghibli sports sedan prior to its global debut at the upcoming 2013 Shanghai Auto Show to be held in China. The new sports sedan is expected to be offered with two gasoline ...
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Decreased customer inventories and depreciating Japanese yen and South Korean won against U.S. dollar are motivating Taiwan's machine-tool makers to accelerate expansions at home and overseas. Tongtai Machine & Tool Co., Ltd. will begin ...
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ProPhotonix Ltd of Salem, NH, USA, a designer and manufacturer of LED illumination systems and laser diode modules as well as a distributor of laser diodes, is to distribute the high-power laser line of Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA in ...
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Microsoft is hoping to build momentum behind its Surface Pro tablet in China by launching a special edition including Office Home & Student 2013 -- but with Windows 8 Standard, rather than Windows 8 Pro. Microsoft's Surface Pro 128 GB ...
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Egypt plans to increase sales taxes on six goods to raise state revenues by around EGP13bn (roughly $2bn), in a bid to curb the budget deficit to meet International Monetary Fund (IMF) preconditions for a $4.8bn loan, Ahram has reported. ...
Tags: Egypt, Sales Tax, State Revenues
Oerlikon Group reports full year and fourth quarter 2012 results. -Oerlikon increased profitability to EBIT margin of 14.5 % -EBIT up by 32.4 % to CHF 421 million; EBIT margin at 14.5 % -Strong margin improvement in Textile, Drive ...
Tags: Oerlikon Group, Textile, Sales, 2012
Since February 1 of this year, the Pump and System Division of the Lewa-Nikkiso Group has been led by a triumvirate. The former CEO of Lewa GmbH, Bernd Stütz, already left the company at the end of 2012. On January 1, Naota ...
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Jason Stamper summarises the most recent technology results and deals announcements. Of those reporting in this period it is Cisco that's the bellwether, and its results should give a little encouragement to the sector as a whole. But not ...
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Taiwan-based solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) will issue 100 million new shares to raise additional paid-in capital of NT$1 billion (US$33.7 million) through private placement in two phases. ...
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BASF announces fourth quarter and full year 2012 results. Full year 2012: -Sales €78.7 billion (plus 7%) -EBIT before special items €8.9 billion (plus 5%) -Record year in Agricultural Solutions and Oil & Gas; earnings in ...
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Nokia has expanded its Lumia portfolio with the 520 and 720. The Lumia 520 is the company's cheapest Windows phone to date at $184, and comes as the company is under pressure to increase sales volumes. The struggling phone vendor's switch ...
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The Bikes Belong Coalition wants more retail members and has lowered dues for dealers joining for the first time to $100. The reduced first-time retail member rate is effective starting Friday, Feb. 22 and will run through Sept. 20. ...
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Oracle has laid in out in detail how it intends to compete with the likes of Salesforce.com in the highly competitive arena for next-generation marketing software. The vendor spent $871 million in December to acquire marketing automation ...
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US-based metallurgical coal producer Walter Energy has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year 2012, reporting solid operational progress during 2012 in the face of challenging market conditions. In the ...
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