The Outdoor Furniture Manufacturing industry has suffered over the past five years due to lackluster recovery and high import competition, and smaller enterprises in the United States will struggle over the next five years, as they lack the ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Outdoor Furniture
The report includes data about production, consumption and the trade of pulp, paper and raw materials, as well as data on energy and environment. CEPI members produced 91.1 million tonnes of paper and board in 2013. This is a decrease ...
The Spanish Federation of Food and Beverage Industries (FIAB) has chosen Indra as a strategic partner within the Strategic Framework for the Food and Beverage Industry through the signing of an agreement whereby the consultancy and ...
Tags: Food Industry, Beverage Industry
UK retail sales were up 0.5% on a like-for-like basis from May 2013, when they had increased 1.8% on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were up 2.0%, against a 3.4% rise in May 2013. Clothing was the best performing category, ...
Tags: Clothing, UK retail sales
Despite its many advantages, natural gas is losing ground globally to its rivals while buyers and sellers struggle to agree on what constitutes a fair price, the International Energy Agency said in a report published Tuesday. In its ...
Tags: Natural Gas, Coal
Sustainability initiatives in the European coatings sector have reached a new phase with a much stronger focus on issues like low carbon footprints of products and waste reductions. Previously the industry has been concentrating on ...
Tags: Coatings, Construction, Decoration
Steel demand in Latin America is expected to grow 3.5 percent this year, driven by infrastructure programs and new sectors such as energy and automotive. Rafael Rubio, general director of the Latin American Steel Association (Alacero) ...
Tags: Steel demand, Steel consumption
Britain's observer newspaper published, analyze the global economic recovery "why depends on China's taste for luxury goods. Report points out that Chinese consumers taste, interest and attitude continues to change, but the west of export ...
Basque region, Spain-based seamless stainless steel pipe producer Tubacex has announced its financial results for the first quarter this year. The company registered a net profit of €5.6 million in the given quarter, up 59.8 percent ...
Tags: Tubacex, stainless steel pipe
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. recorded net income of nearly 9.1 billion yen on net sales of 96 billion yen for its first quarter ended March 31, 2014. That compares to income of 4.2 billion yen on sales of 83.5 billion yen for the same period ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Accessories, Tire, Tyre
Of the 351 metro markets measured, 300 have seen year-over-year economic gains, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Leading Markets Index (LMI). The index shows that 59 metros have fully returned to or even ...
Tags: Metro Markets, Economic Gains
Talk about bringing back manufacturing to the US has been on the lips of many people for some time now. But, the buzz is contagious and has traveled overseas to European shores. In an effort to keep Europe competitive, discussions about ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
UK shale gas exploration and production could generate a GBP33 billion ($55 billion) investment boom, according to a report published by the UK shale lobby group UK Onshore Operators Group. Drafted by EY -- formerly Ernst & Young -- the ...
PPG Industries reported record first quarter 2014 net sales from continuing operations of $3.6 billion, up $528 million, or 17 percent, versus the prior year. First quarter 2014 reported net income from continuing operations was $277 ...
Tags: PPG, Construction, Decoration
The exports of woven apparel and clothing accessories (under HS code 62) from the Southeast Asian nation of Indonesia grew marginally by 1.76 percent to US$ 697.5 million in the first two months of the current year, compared to exports of ...
Tags: Apparel, woven apparel, clothing