Unilever Thailand will invest around THB8bn ($246m) in the country to expand its operations over the next three years. Of the total investment, around THB1.5bn ($46.1m) will be employed in the construction of an ice cream cold storage ...
Tags: Unilever, Operations, Food
"My father started the business in Brooklyn, New York and relocated to Florida in 1987,” said Vice President of AmRad Richard Stockman. “We were a major supplier for over 35 years to the big three domestic automotive companies ...
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South Carolina-based packaging products firm Sonoco has begun operation of a fully automated Material Recycling Facility (MRF) to process kerbside collected dual stream residential and commercial waste materials from the Raleigh and Wake ...
US-based glass and packaging manufacturer M.A. Silva has completed the acquisition of Vintners Global Resource's (VGR) packaging business for an undisclosed amount. Head quartered in Washington, VGR supplies imported and domestic wine ...
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The United States and Brazil have agreed to settle their long-standing Cotton dispute in the World Trade Organization (WTO). As per the agreement, Brazil will relinquish all rights to countermeasures against US trade. In turn, the US ...
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Platts’ analysis shows apparent oil demand in August was 41.19 million metric tons (mt), or an average 9.74 million barrels per day (b/d) — an increase of 3.7% year over year. This growth came despite a slew of bearish economic ...
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Toray Industries’ group operating profit apparently grew 13% on the year to around 50 billion yen ($462 million) for the April-September half as carbon fiber sales made up for lower-than-expected sales in other segments. The figure ...
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According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) and the Turkish Undersecretariat of Customs, in August this year Turkey's foreign trade deficit increased by 13.5 percent to $8.36 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
Speaking at the SteelOrbis 2014 Fall Conference & 71st IREPAS Meeting in Berlin, Ioannis Meimaroglu from Helveco Intertrade, the chairman of the raw materials suppliers committee, stated that the increasing volume of exports from China due ...
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Along with the development of the stationery industry,and a powerful production channels, cost advantage,the quality level of products in China also gradually narrowed to the overseas product, however, lack of innovation consciousness and ...
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The spot alumina price in China's Henan was rangebound Wednesday at Yuan 2,860/mt ($465/mt) for 70:30 cash and credit payment terms, unchanged from September 30, as the market returned from an extended break from October 1-7 to celebrate ...
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Europe is showing a steady recovery after several economically depressed years with growth in local currencies of 6.5% in 2013, up slightly from the 5.3% growth rate of the prior year to $23,597 million from $21,747 million. The European ...
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According to the data provided by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), in August this year Japanese automobile production (including passenger cars, trucks and buses) totaled 634,747 units, decreasing by 45,840 units or ...
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The latest report by the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) has revealed that the US recorded a recycling rate of 31.2% for PET bottles last year. This ...
Tags: Pet Bottles, Bottles Packaging
The Department of Commerce (DOC) needs more time to make a preliminary determination on an antidumping duty investigation against Chinese passenger and light truck tires. The DOC has moved the deadline from Dec. 1, 2014, to Jan. 20, 2015. ...
Tags: passenger tires, light truck tires, tire