It is reported that Brazilian distributors reduced its outlook of growth of flat steel sales in 2013 from 6% to 2.5%. According the distributors association INDA, the domestic sale of flat steel in this May dropped 9.4% compared to the ...
Tags: Steel Distributors, Steel Sales
According to data of the Brazilian foreign trade ministry (MDIC), Brazil’s imports of stainless steel flat products totaled 29,655 tons in May, slumping by 33.18% from a month ago but rising by 2.17% year on year. In May, China ...
Tags: Stainless Flats, Mineral
Global beverage can manufacturer Rexam has announced the launch of new technologies with two customers in South America. New Age, a beverage company, collaborated with Rexam to launch its Classic drink in a can with a thermochromic ...
Tags: Rexam, New Can Technologies, Beverage
In a first for the carton packaging industry, Tetra Pak announced on June 26 that it plans to sign an agreement with Braskem, the largest thermoplastic resins producer in the Americas, for the supply of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) made ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, carton packaging industry, carton packaging
According to data of the national foreign trade ministry (MDIC), Brazil's exports of stainless steel flat products totaled 32,745 tons in May, rising by 7.95% from a month ago but slumping by 34.8% year on year. In May, Argentina and ...
Tags: Stainless Flats, Construction, Decoration
According to data released by the Brazilian steel institute (IABr), Brazil’s production of rolled steel products totaled 2.29 million tons, up by 5% month on month and rising by 4% year on year. In May, the country’s crude ...
Tags: Steel, Brazil, Construction&Decoration
According to data released by the Brazilian national foreign trade ministry (MDIC), the country's imports of carbon steel tubes totaled 22,072 tons in May, soaring by 24% from 17,820 tons in April and almost double from 11,544 tons in the ...
Tags: Carbon Steel Tube, Construction, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Dutch financial services firm ING has completed the sale of approximately 7.9% direct stake in Brazil-based insurance provider Sul América to International Finance Corporation (IFC). The sale follows the agreement that ING entered ...
Norske Skog has announced its consent to divest 51% of the shares in Norske Skog Pisa in Brazil to Papeles Bio Bio, which is controlled by a consortium of Chilean investors Group BO/Pathfinder, for $41.3m. According to the Norwegian ...
Tags: Norske Skog, Mill Operations
China once again leads the A.T. Kearney Retail Apparel Index. The Apparel Index also includes a number of countries from Latin America and the Middle East showing that these regions continue to offer compelling opportunities. The Retail ...
According to the initial data from the Brazilian Ministry of Development Industry and Foreign Trade, In May this year, the Brazilian iron ore exports to 27.2 million tones, compared with in April rose 16.4%, compared with the same period ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Petrobras, in compliance with the provision in the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários, or CVM) Rule No. 358, of January 3, 2002, announces that its Board of Directors approved the ...
The average retail prices in clothing and textile sector of Brazil have shown a positive change of 10.2 percent year-on-year in April 2013, according to a report released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The ...
Tags: Apparel&Accessories, Brazil, Clothing
Pentair Ltd. announced that Amy Skoczlas Cole has joined the company as vice president of corporate citizenship. In this role, Skoczlas Cole will oversee the Pentair Foundation and drive key corporate citizenship and sustainability ...
Tags: Processing Machinery
US based truck maker Navistar's South American subsidiary, International Industria Automotiva da America (IIAA), has started commercial truck production at the company's manufacturing facility in the Navistar Industrial Complex, Canoas in ...
Tags: Truck