On Wednesday, July 9 Governance Studies hosted the 3rd annual John White, Jr. Forum on Public Policy. The topic was Regional Manufacturing Hubs in the US, and we heard from a number of different experts. As noted in a recent White House ...
Tags: Governance, Electrical, Electronics
China is the first exporter of cotton. In 2012, china's export value accounted for 22.3% of the world's total cotton exports, with a decrease of 4.2%, followed by India, accounting for 12.9% and with an increase of 9.9%. Textile Industry ...
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“The recent downfall in the prices of cotton at the global level is a major threat and to add fuel to the fire, the curtailment of import of cotton and yarn by Chinese has only added fuel to the situation”, said a top official ...
Tags: Downtrend, Apparel, Accessories
The fabric supplier Gabriel A/S is one of the leading European manufacturers of high-quality furniture upholstery fabrics and upholstery materials. At their head office in Aalborg, Denmark, the company develops innovative and pioneering ...
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Evonik Industries and Jiangsu Zhongneng Polysilicon Technology Development Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited, have signed a letter of intent to establish a joint venture for the production of fumed ...
Tags: China, Technology, Decoration
On July 22, the Indian industry body ASSOCHAM has suggested the Indian Finance Ministry should review its budget proposal to increase the royalty rate on iron ore from 10 percent to 15 percent with a view to maintaining cost competitiveness ...
Tags: iron ore, domestic industry, Mineral
China First Tractor announced on July 18 that they will build strategic cooperation with ZF on axles to boost the axle department development and absorb related technology. They will make a joint venture with German ZF China Company to ...
Tags: Tractor, absorb related technology, Auto
Innovative research has transformed the cotton industry in Australia, which now uses less land and water than in the past, according to the Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), one of fifteen Rural Research and Development ...
Indonesia-based steelmaker PT Krakatau Steel (Persero) Tbk (PT KS) has announced that it has signed an agreement with its subsidiary PT Krakatau Engineering and German plantmaker SMS Siemag for the construction of a 1.5 million mt hot strip ...
Tags: agreement, hot strip, Metallurgy, Mineral
The proposals in the Central Budget 2014-15 presented to the Parliament by the Hon’ble Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley are a “mixed bag” for the textiles industry according to Confederation of Indian Textile Industry ...
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The proposals in the Central Budget 2014-15 presented to the Parliament by the Hon’ble Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley are a “mixed bag” for the textiles industry according to Confederation of Indian Textile Industry ...
Tags: Budget Proposals, Apparel, Accessories
Megaport, a plastics film and packaging company based in Bulgaria, has opened an €1.84m plastics waste recycling facility at Veliko Turnovo, a city in the western part of Bulgaria. Equipped with advanced recycling machinery, which ...
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After the US announced its preliminary determination on the CVD and AD duty, PV makers in both China and Taiwan have been confronted by high tariff rates. Module and cell prices shipped to the US have started to increase substantially, and ...
Hiwin Technologies Corp. and Advantech Co., Ltd. have signed an agreement to foster?the formation of Taiwan's robot-industry cluster in order to?boost international competitiveness of Taiwan's robotic and intelligent-automation industry. ...
Tags: taiwan, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced financial results for the three months to June 30, 2014. Operating profit rose to 122.6 billion yen for the first quarter of the 2014 fiscal year, representing a 5% margin on net revenues that ...
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