France-based global pipe manufacturer Vallourec has announced that its subsidiary Valinox Nucléaire, specializing in the production of steam generator tubes for nuclear power plants, received a number of significant orders at the end ...
Tags: supply tubes, steam generator tubes, Vallourec subsidiary
NatureWorks, the world's leading supplier of biopolymers, with Ingeo fibers and plastics made from plants, not oil, announced today that the company has located its first Asia Pacific (A/P) regional headquarters in Bangkok and has expanded ...
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Sweden-based medical imaging IT company Sectra has inked a partnership agreement with Malaysian firm CT Frank Technology to distribute its Sectra visualization table in the Southeast Asian market. As part of the agreement, CT Frank ...
TEX cited a source as saying that that there is a feeling of bottoming out in prices of steel plates for general use in the Asian region. Some mill that got an order at below USD 500 CFR in October/December appeared, which dropped to the ...
Tags: Steel plates prices, Steel plates, general use plates, Iron, Steel
According to a study by Chile's state copper comission Cochilco, iron ore prices will fall to an average of USD 120 per tonne in 2013 before rising again to USD 125 per tonne in 2014. The commission is estimating an average price of USD 125 ...
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China's competition officials are still weighing Dole Food Co's deal to sell its global packaged food and Asian fresh businesses to Japan's Itochu Corp, forcing the two firms to delay completion of the sale. Dole had hoped to sign-off ...
Tags: Dole Food Co, global packaged food, fresh businesses, company news
Computerworld - Western Digital's HGST subsidiary may not have picked the best time to have a breakthrough in hard-disk drive innovation. After a decade of trying, HGST recently perfected a method to seal helium gas inside drives. The ...
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Japan-based Toyota Motor is expecting its sales to reach 9.91 million units by 2013, up 2% compared to 9.7 million units in 2012. Toyota spokesman Joichi Tachikawa told Bloomberg that the company's overall sales in 2013 will rise 8% to ...
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The global near-field communications (NFC) retail payments market will reach $180bn (£116bn) by 2017, with one in four shoppers paying in store using the technology, according to a report from Juniper Research. North America, ...
Tags: NFC, smartphone, mobile network operators, mobile handsets
5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, a producer of specialty metal and chemical products, says that its new Malaysian recycling facility is now operational. Located in the Kulim High Technology Park (one of Malaysia's highest-profile ...
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Sigmasoft Technologies Corp. brings to the country, OrangeHRM, the world's leading Open Source Human Resources Management solutions provider for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) by providing a flexible and easy to use HRM system ...
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The National Retail Federation is pleased to announce that Amazon,Crocs,Kohl's and lululemon are the recipients of its prestigious annual awards.The award winners are selected each year by select members of the NRF Board who comprise its ...
Grupo Cortefiel,the Royal Spanish Football Federationa and Santa Mónica Sports have signed a new sponsorship agreement whereby the brand Pedro del Hierro will once again be acting as an Official Supplier/Collaborator for an ...
Tags: Grupo Cortefiel, Pedro del Hierro, Spanish Football Team
Insurance Australia Group (IAG) has sold its UK insurance business following the completion of a strategic review process, in an effort to boost profits at home and also expand its foot print in the Asian market. The sale includes Equity ...
Tags: insurance business, strategic review process, Asian market, tax on sale
ITOCHU Corporation announced that it has concluded a sublicensing agreement with FINE PLUS Co. concerning Bear USA, a US brand in which ITOCHU holds master license rights in Japan. ITOCHU will launch casual wear products under the brand ...
Tags: Bear USA, Itochu, Down jackets, casual wear