Chinese imports of iron ore in 2015 will increase from a record 900 million mt, an executive at Vale told media Thursday. According to Claudio Alves, global director of marketing and sales at the Brazilian mining company, the Asian ...
ESCATEC, one of Europe's leading providers of contract and manufacturing services, has nearly doubled the size of its ISO Class 7 cleanroom to meet the increasing need for miniaturized, multi-function components and 'smart ...
Australian private equity firm Archer Capital is looking for a joint venture (JV) partner in Asia for its Brownes Dairy unit. As reported in the Wall Street Journal, the move comes in response to the dominance of retailers, which have ...
Tags: Archer Capital, Brownes Dairy, Food
Perstorp, one of the world leaders in specialty chemicals, such as Capa, highlighted at UTECH Asia/PU China 2014 its growing commitment to China as the company's production platform in Zibo is being expanded to include a new Neopentyl ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI), the apex industry chamber of the textiles and clothing industry of India, is organizing the 8th Asian Textile Conference (ATEXCON) on the 22nd and 23rd of September in Mumbai. The ...
The forthcoming instalment of Children's Fashion Cologne (CFC) 2015, an international trade fair that showcases children’s fashion trends for the coming seasons, is slated to take place from January 11 to 13, 2015, in Germany’s ...
Russia aims to increase its coking coal exports, given the decrease in demand for raw materials in its domestic market, Russia's Metal Supply and Sales magazine has reported. In 2013, the consumption of coking coal in the country grew by ...
Tags: Coal Industry, coking coal
The LED (chips and components) market is forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.5% from 2014 to $42.7bn by 2020, according to a report ‘Global Light Emitting Diode (LED) Market (Technology, Application and ...
Tags: LED Market, Lighting market
China's silicon metal exports for 2014 are expected to be slightly above 800,000 mt, up from 600,000-700,000 mt projected earlier in the year, an analyst from state-owned nonferrous metals information provider Beijing Antaike said Friday. ...
Tags: Silicon Metal, Metal Export
Japanese food producer Ajinomoto has agreed to acquire US-based frozen food maker Windsor Quality for $800m. Windsor has seven production facilities throughout the US and strong brands/positions in Asian, Mexican, Italian and appetizer ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Specialty chemicals group LANXESS is strengthening its production network in China to meet the high level of demand for iron oxide pigments and is adding a mixing and milling plant to the pigment plant already under construction in Ningbo. ...
Tags: Iron Oxide, Red Pigments
Dairy Home, a leading dairy producer, has agreed to use bioplastics for all of its yoghurt packaging, in a deal struck with NatureWorks Asia Pacific, an affiliate of PTT Global Chemical. Heralded as the first such deal sealed with an ...
Tags: Chemicals, Green Chemicals
Gokul Jaykrishna, Joint MD, Asahi Songwon Colors is very optimistic about the growth outlook for the pigment industry in India over the next five years. He sees good growth for the business in Asian countries like India and China and also ...
The global automotive plastics industry is in boom mode today. Improvements in vehicle design and the ongoing trend toward lighter weight for improved fuel efficiency have led to greater demand for engineering plastic components. A recent ...
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Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis remained steady for the fourth consecutive week amid thin trade, market sources said Wednesday. Sources said physical buying interest ...
Tags: Copper Cathode, Copper, Metallurgy