Mainly buoyed by growing exports, Taiwan’s hand tool industry achieved output of NT$61.3 billion in 2011 for an year-on-year (YoY) growth of 5.15%, according to the report by Dr. Arthur Hsu, an industrial analyst at the Industrial ...
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OC Oerlikon Corp AG (OERL), the Swiss maker of textile machinery that announced the sale of a solar unit to Tokyo Electron in March, said profits may rise further than earlier guidance as a slumping textile market stabilizes. “The ...
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Central European decor printers continue to face a shortage of orders.Order intake,which has long fallen short of expectations,has stabilised at March's level at best over the past few weeks.A few printers saw a further decline in sales ...
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Dow Europe GmbH has introduced improved lab-scale equipment providing formulation and testing capabilities at the Performance Plastics Innovation Centre at its European headquarters in Horgen, Switzerland. Dow adds that this comes as a ...
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The upswing in demand that surfaced in Austria, Germany and Switzerland in the second half of February actually intensified in March. At the same time, a number of European export markets have picked up, as well. As a result, Central ...
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Since the beginning of April, Swiss softwood sawmills have shown a revival in demand from building companies and to a lesser extent from the pallet and packaging industry. However, in view of the positive figures for the Swiss building ...
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Power and automation group ABB has secured orders worth $20m to refurbish generators at two hydroelectric power plants located in southern Switzerland. The Mattmark and Mauvoisin power plants generate 680MW of electricity and represent ...
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Investments in laser edgebanding technology have picked up pace again over the past few months despite ongoing uncertainty surrounding the patent situation in Germany. Plant builders estimate that more than 150 laser units for edgebanding ...
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Nualight has announced a co-development agreement with Hussmann to develop and provide optimized LED-based refrigerated cases to the American markets. Nualight, an Enterprise Ireland-supported company, has announced a $100 million ...
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In the early weeks of 2012, timber wholesalers and producers have been registering slightly higher demand for hardwood gluelam boards in Germany and Switzerland than they did a year ago. In contrast, export business to northern and southern ...
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One of the interesting medical demonstrations at NPE 2012 will be molding of components in a multi-cavity mold for SHL, a major Swedish producer of drug delivery devices. It will be representative of one of the medical market trends to look ...
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Consistently dedicated to the development of high-quality, reasonably-priced pliers and cable cutters for DIY use, Li Yao Industrial Co., Ltd., a world-caliber manufacturers of this kind with over 30 years of experience in Taiwan, is ...
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Eulitha AG of Villigen, Switzerland, a producer of nanostructures using advanced lithography techniques, announced that it has signed a joint-development and licensing agreement with EV Group (EVG), a supplier of wafer bonding and ...
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Taiwan exported US$17.684 billion worth of machinery in the first 10 months of 2011, up 26.5% from a year earlier, according to customs-cleared statistics compiled by the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI). The sector of ...
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A hose clamp or hose clip is a device used to attach and seal a hose onto a fitting such as a barb or nipple. Types Many types are available, including: Screw/band (Worm Gear) clampsScrew clamps consist of a band (usually stainless steel in ...
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