The Viet Nam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) will begin construction of a textile and garment factory complex in the central province of Quang Nam on March 25, 2015, according to Vietnamese media reports. The textile and ...
Tags: Textile, Garment, garment factory
BASF has made progress in its plans to build a world-scale methane-to-propylene complex on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The company has selected Freeport, Texas, as the potential site. It will use Air Liquide’s proprietary Lurgi MegaMethanol ...
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Asics launched a global search for amateur runners to take part in the annual 'Asics Beat the Sun' challenge, which returns to Chamonix on Jun. 21, the longest day of the year. Regarded as nature's toughest relay, the event will see five ...
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Columbia Sportswear Company's board of directors voted to expand the board to 11 members from 10 previously and elected banker Malia H. Wasson to serve in the newly-created position, effective March 19, 2015. The board also nominated ...
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REI reported record annual revenues of $2.2 billion, a 9.9 percent increase from 2013, and said it would double its investment in non-profits and new projects to create access to inspirational outdoor places to nearly $8 million. The ...
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BASF has selected Freeport, Texas as the potential site in its plans to build a world-scale methane to propylene complex on the US Gulf Coast. BASF in a press release said, it will use Air Liquide’s proprietary Lurgi MegaMethanol ...
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Li Ning widened its loss in 2014 to RMB743.5 million ($125 mm) from RMB359.4 milion a year ago. Revenues rose 15.6 percent to RMB6.73 billion ($1.13 bn) from RMB5.82 billion. Li Ning warned in January that it expected to post a loss for ...
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Real spending on travel and tourism grew more than twice as fast as real gross domestic product (GDP) in the fourth quarter, according to government estimates released Wednesday, March 18. Growth in spending accelerated in the fourth ...
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At the 30th IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC 2015) in Charlotte, NC, USA (15-19 March), Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany has announced the expansion of its gallium nitride (GaN)-on-silicon technology ...
Tags: Evatec Sputtering, PVD, Electronics
China will accelerate the overhaul of its overly-invested iron and steel sector to bring it back to a "basically balanced level" by 2017, the industry ministry said. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said it would ...
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GlobalShop is the world's largest annual event for retail design and shopper marketing. It's the only show in the world where you can find the largest, most comprehensive array of store fixture companies and more in-store solutions ...
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Total global solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity is forecast to reach 498 gigawatts (GW) in 2019, which is 177% higher than 2014, according to IHS. While total global solar PV demand is projected to grow steadily, the large number of discrete ...
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A series of 14 peer reviewed research papers have found that plain cigarette packaging in Australia has been a success as it has reduced the appeal of smoking among adolescents and also prompted smokers to quit. The findings of the ...
Thailand's meat producer Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods) in 2015 is set to invest up to $763m to expand in foreign markets. i The company will spend THB20-25bn ($611-763m) this year, primarily on overseas expansion and ...
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Online retail apparel sales in India are likely to reach annual turnover of US$ 35 billion by 2020, said Google India director (Ecommerce and Online) Nitin Bawankule, at an event in Mumbai. “By 2020, India is expected to ...