Global demand growth for fluorochemicals is forecast to accelerate, rising 3.8 percent per year to 3.8 million metric tons in 2018. Above average growth in higher value products will help drive increases in value demand more than seven ...
Apollo Tyres Ltd. posted net income of nearly 2.6 billion rupees on net sales of 33 billion rupees for its second quarter ended Sept. 30, 2014. That compares to income of 2.2 billion rupees on sales of 34.3 billion rupees for the same ...
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The analyst presentation that De Beers published this week on behalf of Anglo American was as revealing as the company’s much publicized Diamond Insight Report. Whether this was a once-off publication or not, the presentation was ...
Two-thirds of the world’s largest companies are reporting exposure to water risks, some of which have potential to limit growth. The news comes amid mounting shareholder concern around the business impacts from water scarcity, ...
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Adidas AG reported third-quarter profits slid 11 percent due to negative currency effects and a continuing slide at its golf division. Currency-neutral (c-n) sales increased 9 percent. In currency-neutral (c-n) terms, sales increased 9 ...
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Taiwan-based makers from the LED lighting sector have been tapping emerging markets, including Indonesia, Thailand, India, Russia and Brazil, as they face fierce competition in North America, Europe, Japan and China, according to industry ...
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For third-quarter 2014, RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has reported record revenue of $272.1m, up 18% on $230.8m last quarter and up 8% on $250.8m a year ago. This ...
Global Sources, one of the leading business-to-business media company and a primary facilitator of trade with Greater China, is hosting the four-day China Sourcing Fair for garments and textiles at Asia World-Expo near Hong Kong ...
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Maruti Suzuki unveiled a revamped version of Swift with improved fuel efficiency when compared to its predecessor. The car is powered by 1248cc DDiS 190 diesel engine capable of producing 75 horsepower and pump 190Nm of torque. Maruti ...
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The exports of garments and clothing accessories from India increased by 17.6 percent in the first six months of the ongoing fiscal year 2014-15 to touch US$ 8.3 billion, over the same period of the previous fiscal year, according to the ...
Amira Nature Foods, a global provider of packaged Indian specialty rice, has entered into a strategic partnership with Snapdeal.com, India’s largest online marketplace. With the agreement with Snapdeal, Amira becomes the first rice ...
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India-based Parksons Packaging will be adding two additional Rapida 106 sheetfed offset presses manufactured by Koenig and Bauer (KBA) to their facilities to increase production capacity. Apart from the two current orders, Parksons has ...
Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific is to build a multi-million dollar flexible packaging plant in the Philippines. The new plant will manufacture high performance packaging for a leading multinational consumer brand. Managing director, Ken ...
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In partnership with Infor, a supplier of business application software, the Institute of Logistics at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organized a round table conference for the second time last month, under the theme ...
New York cotton futures moved sideways last week, as December dropped 52 points to close at 63.04 cents/lb, while March gained 17 points to close at 61.88 cents/lb. "The main feature this week was the drop in volatility, as the market is ...
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