China's big players are gearing up for a price war in the high-end smartphone sector, and the only big winner will be the consumer. Xiaomi Corp, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp's Nubia have all rolled out new products in what has ...
Tags: high-end smartphone, smartphone
Welsh government has unveiled plans for a new legislation that will mandate a minimum alcohol price, preventing liquor to be sold for less than 50p per unit. The move comes in the wake of a research commissioned by Welsh Government in ...
Tags: agricultural products, beverage, alcohol
The Pakistani government has constituted a high level committee to bring about a ‘Policy Action Plan’ to redress the impediments confronted by the textile industry in increasing its exports, the media has reported. The ...
China’s A-shares started off with a strong rebound this week, after plunging to an all-time low last Thursday and Friday. In the short term, A shares are stabilizing on the market. Many listed LED manufacturers that suspended trade to ...
Tags: LED Market, LED manufacturers, LED
Textile and apparel exports from the Southeast Asian nation of Malaysia are set to benefit as the Malaysia-Turkey Free Trade Agreement (MTFTA) will come into effect on August 1, 2015, according to Malaysian media reports. The MTFTA ...
Tags: textile manufacture, apparel and clothing, MTFTA, apparel exports
A profitable high-speed rail (HSR) service between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane could be built for $30 billion – less than third of previous cost estimates – according to a new book. The rail would need little or no direct ...
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Driven in large part by the rapid expansion of shale oil and gas drilling and production in North America, the world market for oil field specialty chemicals at the service company level reached $25 billion in 2014, up from nearly $16 ...
Tags: chemicals, coating, paint pigment, shale oil
The three-day International Textiles, Weaving Machinery and Accessories Expo held in Erode in Tamil Nadu generated business of over Rs 200 crore, according to media reports. In a press release, M A Rayappan, chairman of Hi-Tech ...
Tags: International Textiles, textile manufcture, weaving machinery
The Sealant, Waterproofing & Restoration Institute (SWR Institute) recently validated BASF’s Deck Coating Applicator and Wall Coating Applicator training courses offered in the US and Canada. BASF’s applicator training ...
Tags: chemicals, coating, paint pigment, BASF
Malaysian LED manufacturers reportedly have raked in RM 37.1 million (US $9.86 M) at LED Expo Thailand 2015, reported MalayMail Online recently. Thirteen Malaysian companies joined a Specialized Marketing Mission (SMM) spearheaded by the ...
Tags: LED manufacturers, LED Light
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
Virender Uppal, chairman Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has requested the Indian Government to look into its demands favourably. The AEPC has demanded inclusion of 2 per cent fabric within 5 per cent overall entitlement under ...
Tags: fabric, Apparel Export Promotion Council, garment industry
On the sidelines of Taipei Innovative Textile Application Show, the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) in partnership with the Taiwan Textile Federation (TTF) will organise the ICAC International Seminar 2015. “The theme ...
Lower consumption of cotton will lead to higher ending stocks for both 2014/15 and 2015/16 relative to last month, says the US department of agriculture (USDA) in its estimate for this month’s world cotton supply and demand. For ...
China's coal imports, including lignite, thermal and metallurgical coal, totaled 16.6 million mt in June, up 16.5% from May, according to preliminary data released Monday by the General Administration of Customs. "Coal trade data showed a ...
Tags: coal imports, including lignite, coal