Nissan's announcement that production of the 100% electric Nissan LEAF is starting in Sunderland has been welcomed by the CBI. The move will help to support more than 2,000 jobs in the UK automotive supply chain. "The start of UK ...
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US-based Essex plans to set up a new rice packaging and distribution facility in Marion County, South Carolina with an investment of $54.4m, a move that is expected to create about 215 jobs. The investment is expected to support the ...
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The Rieter Group held its own in 2012 against difficult market conditions worldwide. Order intake for the year as a whole declined by 12% to 839.7 million CHF, although Rieter received more orders in the second half-year than in the first. ...
Tags: Textile machinery, Textile, raw material
Never before has the façade industry been as challenged to innovate as it is now. Aurecon’s Steve Daniels, Global Façade Leader, and Greg Borman, Façade Engineer, discuss the changing face of façade design, ...
Tags: buildings, building practices, building skin
Simparel Inc, developer of the fastest-growing fashion and apparel ERP solution in the North American marketplace, released a report that tracks six significant trends of a changing fashion ERP software landscape. The report drills into ...
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Zumtobel’s revenue has fallen by 1.8 per cent for the period May 2012 to January 2013 when compared to the same period a year before. The lighting manufacturer’s nine-month report for the 2012/13 financial year, shows a ...
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Zumtobel CEO, Harald Sommerer Zumtobel’s revenue has fallen by 1.8 per cent for the period May 2012 to January 2013 when compared to the same period a year before. This is in spite of a strong performance in LED product sales. The ...
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SAP AG (SAP) is planning to acquire provider of insurance product development, product life-cycle and underwriting solutions, Camilion. The acquisition is expected to leverage SAP solution portfolio by providing powerful software tools ...
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For full-year 2012, deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany has reported revenue down by 63% to €227.8m (from €611m in 2011). But despite the dramatic fall in full-year sales, fourth-quarter revenue of ...
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Sweeping changes to apprentice wages and conditions being pursued by unions would deter employers from hiring apprentices, the Australian Industry Group claims. The unions have put their claim for wage increases of up to 70 percent a week ...
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Rising Utilization Rates but still Limited Order Visibility Highest 2012 Order Intake and Revenues Recorded in Q4/2012 Management Focus on Cost Control and Cash Flow Continuing R&D Investments into Future Market Opportunities ...
Tags: AIXTRON, Market Stabilization, 2012
Apprehending that the withholding tax levy would have detrimental effects on their exports, the textile exporters of Pakistan have refuted the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) decision to impose the same. Since February 14, 2013, ...
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The German component distribution market stabilised in the fourth quarter of 2012, with a 10% increase in orders, according to the German distribution industry body FBDi, as the Embedded World exhibition opens in Nuremberg. The ...
Tags: component distribution, Germany, distribution industry
Sustenance of conducive business environment for the textile industry is the need of hour with respect to cotton policies, said Mr. S Dinakaran, Chairman of The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA). SIMA Chief has said that after ...
Tags: SIMA, CCI, Cotton Prices
Provider of business cloud and stand-alone solutions Orcadesk released software for customer support. So called support ticket system comes at first as web based application and the plan in the near future is to provide also self-hosted ...