Haiti’s apparel sector has just got a shot in the arm. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has decided to invest $4 million to help The Willbes Haitian S.A., a subsidiary of South Korea-based ...
Tags: apparel manufacture, IFC, knits, sweaters, woven products, microfibers
Flexible packaging firm GualapackGroup has acquired a majority stake in Tradbor Indústria e Comércio (Tradbor Stand-up-Pouches), a pre-made stand-up pouches manufacturer in So Paulo, Brazil. The Brazilian company is stated ...
Tags: packaging material, packaging carriage, GualapackGroup
Since the implementation of policy of subsidies for purchasing agricultural machinery in 2004, China agricultural machinery industry has maintained double-digit growth, even with the operating revenue growth rate of 33.8% in 2011. However, ...
Tags: agricultural machinery, tractor
China’s LED package market grew 19% Year-on-Year (YoY) to US $8.6 billion in 2014, according to LEDinside’s 2015 Global Sapphire and LED Chip Market Report. The lighting market has been the major growth momentum for the ...
Tags: LED package, LED Chip, LED products, LED applications
Tremco Group announced the acquisition of certain assets of Chemtron Manufacturing Ltd., a Calgary-based manufacturer of construction adhesives, sealants and tapes with annual net sales of approximately $5 million. Terms of the transaction ...
Tags: chemicals, coating, Sealants bull, Adhesives, Sealant bull
Globally, the socks sector is growing at a faster rate compared to other apparel sectors, according to a top executive of a leading socks manufacturer in India. “Nobody can accurately say how big the global socks market is; but as ...
Tags: textile manufacture, apparel, socks, Terming socks
Donaldson Company, a global leader in engine filtration, has announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Industrias Partmo. Partmo is a leading manufacturer of replacement air, lube and fuel ...
Tags: auto manufacture, Partmo, engine filtration
Brintons, the world’s leading carpet manufacturer, is going to showcase the ‘Best of British’ at Maison & Objet Paris’ 20th anniversary exhibition which will be held from September 4 to September 8. This will be ...
Canned vegetable products manufacturer McCall Farms is planning to open a new production facility in Effingham, South Carolina. When operational this month, the facility will expand the company's existing Florence County operations, while ...
Tags: Canned food, food manufacture, canned vegetable, potatoes, canned yams
Textile segment sales in the first quarter ended June 30, 2015 grew 10.74 per cent year over year at diversified Indian manufacturer, Sintex Industries Ltd. In a BSE filing, the textile division of Sintex Industries reported sales of Rs ...
Tags: Textile Segment, Sintex Industries, Textile
Plasma process equipment maker Plasma-Therm LLC of St Petersburg, FL, USA says that an MDS-100 MicroDie Singulator plasma dicing system has been ordered by a global LED maker for high-volume LED production. The manufacturer produces LEDs ...
Tags: LED light, LED lamp, LED panel, Plasma-Therm
Global e-commerce sales made via mobile devices are expected to cross $638 billion by 2018, according to a joint study by ASSOCHAM and Deloitte. In a statement, ASSOCHAM said the availability of e-commerce applications on various devices ...
Swedish consumer goods and paper manufacturer SCA has introduced GraphoStyle, a high-bulk lightweight coated (LWC) publication paper with printability on the lines of magazines. Claimed to be environment-friendly and capable of creating ...
Tags: SCA, high-bulk paper, lightweight paper, plastic bag, bulky LWC paper
New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra has inaugurated its new facility at Heerenveen in Netherlands, which is its first wholly owned and operated ingredients plant in Europe. The firm has formed a partnership with Dutch cheese ...
Tags: dairy products, animal husbandry, milk, dairy Processing
School districts across the nation are analyzing how they purchase, service and fuel their bus fleets to make the best economic decisions for their communities. By studying total ownership costs -- for the life of the bus -- school ...
Tags: school buses, economic bus, auto parts and accessories