Asian polyethylene terephthalate production margins remain in positive territory despite a sharp fall in PET prices Wednesday, May 13, underpinned by seasonal demand peak and even sharper falls in feedstock prices, Platts data shows. ...
Chinese carmaker Beijing Auto International Cooperation (BAIC) is betting big on Malaysia to promote it as the hub for electric vehicles to tap the Southeast Asian market. BAIC has already inked a cooperation pact to this effect with ...
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Australian supermarkets Woolworths and Coles, along with food brands Kellogg’s, Vegemite and Milo are among the top 10 ‘meaningful brands’ for Australians, according to new findings from communications and marketing ...
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Food testing services provider Eurofins Scientific has agreed to acquire 65% majority stake in Vietnamese food testing company Sac Ky Hai Ang (EDC-HD) for an undisclosed amount. EDC-HD, a merger between the Ho Chi Minh City Center of ...
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For its fiscal third-quarter 2015 (ended 28 March), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $83m, down 13% on $95.4m a year ago and down 4% on ...
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IRL has announced the launch of a new edition of its regional title A Profile of the Central Asian Paint Industry. This fully updated report provides market data for 2013 and forecasts for 2018, and gives an overview of the paint industry ...
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Orkla has reported a 10% increase in operating profit , totalling NOK 725m in the first quarter of 2015. The Branded Consumer Goods business achieved EBIT (adj.) of NOK 769 million, an improvement of 11% from the first quarter of 2014. ...
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Foton Motors released the sales data on April 29 in the first quarter this year, and their sales revenues were 8.392 billion Yuan, down 13.57% over last year, and the profits were 125 million Yuan, down 42.01% over last year. And they ...
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Retail sales have continued to slow, with the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) CHEP Retail Index revealing growth of only four per cent year-on-year in the March quarter, slowing to three per cent by the June quarter. Retail ...
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All the world's cropland is a difficult task. Yet the competition for land among developers, growers and other parties makes getting an accurate count of the world's arable acres especially important as the planet's population grows. The ...
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The Australian retail sector is expected to see a further slowing in growth nationally, with the AFGC CHEP Retail Index showing growth of 4 per cent year-on-year in the March quarter, slowing to 3 per cent by the June quarter. Within this ...
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Frozen pastry products maker Kawan Food will commission its new factory in Pulau Indah, Malaysia by the end of this year. The new plant houses two-storey frozen food factory and a three-storey office, which will allow the company to ...
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The Furniture Branch of China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Light Industrial Products and Arts-Crafts organized a delegation to Hungary and Italy for furniture industry exchanges and exhibition promotion activities on April ...
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BASF inaugurated its new Ultramid (polyamide 6 and 6/6.6) polymerization plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Shanghai, China. The new plant, with a capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year, will further strengthen BASF’s ...
Columbia Sportswear Company’s has increased its pan India footprint by adding six more stores to the existing six already operating in India and took the store count to 12. Columbia Sportswear’s Indian distributor, Chogori ...
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