The low availability of high-quality cotton and price rises in the international market halted the downward trend in Brazil in early August. Moreover, dollar quotes at high levels keep import and export parities stable, leading sellers to ...
Tags: High-Quality Cotton, Textile
Dorel Industries bought a 70 percent interest in Caloi, a major Brazilian manufacturer of bicycles and equipment and one of the largest bike brands in Latin America, the company announced Thursday. Caloi's sales in 2012 were close to R$ ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
Visitors attending ABRAFATI 2013 will be introduced to a broad range of dispersions, high performance, metallic and special effect pigments from Sun Chemical Performance Pigments that can meet sustainability needs, maintain high color ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
The Moser Lamp was developed by a Brazilian mechanic in hopes to provide electricity free lighting to those in need. That is exactly what he accomplished, in fact he created a solar tube lamp that will provide those in need with as much ...
Tags: Solar Power, Lights, Lighting
After more than six decades, production of the Volkswagen Kombi will come to an end later this year with a special edition of the iconic van. Volkswagen has announced plans for a 600-unit run of the ‘Last Edition Kombi’ that ...
Tags: Volkswagen, Special Edition Van
The Cadillac Elmiraj concept has been revealed, showcasing the iconic American luxury brand’s vision for its next-generation flagship sports models. An evolution of last year’s open-top Ciel concept, Cadillac design director ...
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina has urged Brazil to increase its imports of readymade garments and jute products from the country. The request was made during a recent visit of the newly appointed Brazilian Ambassador Wanja ...
Tags: Garment Imports, Prime Minister
House & Gift Fair is the largest professional trade fair for homeware and decoration in Latin America. It is divided into six specialized sectors and two spaces, bringing together the entire supply chain of the segment in four days, ...
GranBio, a Brazilian biotechnology company, and Rhodia, a Solvay Group company, have signed an agreement to create a partnership to produce bio n-butanol. Bio n-butanol is made from sugar cane straw and bagasse, the same raw material that ...
Tags: GranBio, Rhodia Partner
South Korean firm Samsung has been taken to court in Brazil for claims of violating labour laws. In a legal suit filed on Friday and now made public, prosecutors have accused the company of making its employees work long, tiring shifts ...
Tags: Samsung, Computer Products
Government officials in Brazil have invited PacWest Equities Inc of Sacramento, CA, USA to bring its CIGS line of solar manufacturing equipment, acquired in a deal some analysts valued in excess of $55m, to Brazil to open a multi-product ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, service
The modular headquarters of the Organizing Committee for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic and Paralympic Games is the first commercial building in Brazil to adopt GE Lighting’s Lumination™ ET Series Recessed LED Troffer, an ...
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Germany-based steelmaker ThyssenKrupp has announced its financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months ended June 30 of the financial year 2012-13. For the third quarter, ThyssenKrupp registered a net loss of €238 ...
Tags: Thyssenkrupp, Steel Plants
It’s reported that Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN), the Brazilian flat rolled steel producer released its financial result for the second quarter of this year. In the second quarter of this year, CSN realized net incomes of ...
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It’s reported that the Brazilian mining giant Vale announced that its sales revenues totaled US$1.128 billion in the second quarter of this year, up by 0.7% from a quarter ago but falling by 11.4% year on year. Moreover, the mining ...
Tags: mining giant, Vale