European imports of polyethylene terephthalate shot up by over 30% in 2013, according to Eurostat data published this week, and market participants believe that the specter of imports continues to loom over European producers. From ...
Australian Pump?s popular Mine Boss 4? diesel powered trash pump has been upgraded with new features to suit mine and construction sites. Aussie Pumps launched the Mine Boss series two years ago. The company claims it has been a success ...
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For its THIRD edition in Europe, ASIA APPAREL EXPO, to be held in February 2014, will again present a carefully-selected group of high-quality Asian companies with a wide range of 100% Made-in-Asia apparel products, covering men's, ...
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Alcoa has announced it will permanently close its Point Henry aluminium smelter and two rolling mills in Australia. The smelter and an adjacent rolling mill are located in Geelong, Victoria. The second mill and a recycling facility are ...
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As the plane carrying your correspondent from Hong Kong to Singapore started its descent to the Changi airport, the world's fifth busiest, it started flying circles. Shortly afterwards, the captain explained that multiple aircrafts were on ...
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The Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) can spread the lethal and incurable citrus disease known as huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening that threatens the multi-billion dollar global citrus industry. In Southern California, large and widespread ...
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Global foreign direct investment (FDI) rose to levels not seen since the start of the global economic crisis in 2008, increasing by 11 per cent in 2013 to an estimated $1.46 trillion, with the lion's share going to developing countries, ...
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A recent consumer tracking studyconducted by the Pork Checkoff shows that multicultural consumers are enjoying fresh pork more frequently than the average consumer within the Checkoff's target market. According to the latest research, ...
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Asia's rising stars challenging soft drinks leaders The three largest global soft drinks brands continue to be Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola and Sprite, but Chinese brand Kangshifu (Tingyi Holding Corp) is not far behind, according to the latest ...
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Another major Australian milk supplier gets snapped up The sale of privately-owned dairy giant United Dairy Power to Hong Kong businessman William Hui is locked in, according to Stock & Land. It was reportedly sold for around $70 ...
Tags: Australian milk, Caboolture Cheese, shredded Mozzarella
Zepol Corporation reports that U.S. vessel imports were up 3.7 percent from 2012, which totaled more than 18.2 million TEUs (twenty-foot container) brought into the U.S. last year. U.S. imports in 2013 started off at a slow start but ended ...
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All currencies in this story have been converted to Australian dollars at today’s (4 February 2014) exchange rate Sales of Electrolux appliances in Australia “declined somewhat” in the final three months of 2013, ...
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BASF today inaugurated its Research and Development Laboratory and Application Technology Center for Battery Materials in Amagasaki, Japan. The facility, located in the Amagasaki Research Incubation Center (ARIC), is BASF’s first ...
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Hiwin Technologies Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Eric Chuo announced at the company's Jan. 17 yearend banquet that the manufacturer of ballscrews will see sales of intelligent robots more than double this year over 2013 ...
Tags: ballscrews, robotic, precision-machinery, automation system
Clean Air Power has entered into an agreement with British automaker Ricardo to produce a dual-fuel truck engine for South East Asian Market in a concept development agreement with a global truck manufacturer. This project will use ...
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