The worldwide smartphone market will grow in the coming years, but new research suggests its meteoric rise over the past several years will start to slow over sluggishness in China. Smartphone shipments will rise 10.4 percent in 2015 to ...
Tags: smartphone, Android, LTE
Foot Locker Inc. reported net income for the company's second quarter ended August 1, 2015 was $119 million, or 84 cents per share, compared with net income of $92 million, or 63 cents per share, last year, a 33 percent increase on a ...
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Companies opt to relocate plants to Southeast Asia to cut labor costs, reports Lyu Chang. The label of "made in China", which was synonymous with the global solar industry, is in danger of fading out as a growing number of firms move ...
Tags: solar industry, silicon cells, solar panel
The biggest ever Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles – Autumn Edition, opens next week and will run from August 26-28, 2015 featuring over 1,400 exhibitors from 30 countries and regions. The fair has expanded and now also includes ...
Automobile major General Motors is likely to import most Buick vehicles sold in the US after 2016 from China and Europe. Two sources familiar with the development told Reuters that only two of Buick's future models, which are replacements ...
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Global optical network hardware revenue (WDM and SONET/SDH) in second-quarter 2015 was up 22% on first-quarter 2015 but flat on a year ago, according to the Q2/2015 edition of the quarterly IHS Infonetics Optical Network Hardware report. ...
Recent rapidly growing interest in protein content has been of particular benefit to the meat snacks market. Many products naturally high in protein are increasingly using high-in-protein or source-of-protein claims. According to Innova ...
Tags: agricultural products, meat, snacks, protein goods
Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics has partnered with Hunan China Sun Pharmaceutical Machinery to launch PacXpert flexible packaging technology in the Chinese market. China Sun will introduce PacXpert in Greater China for flexible ...
In the latest market study released by Transparency Market Research (TMR), titled “Marine Coatings Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2014 - 2020”, the global marine coatings market will ...
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The wooden toy firm is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year by detailing plans to take on the South American, Indian and Chinese markets, as well as continue the success of Petilou next year and beyond. Pre-school specialist Le Toy ...
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Jiffy Packaging Europe has sold its air cushion technology and foam-in-place systems division, to German flexible packaging firm Ripac. Ripac has been supplying film to Jiffy's Systems division since 2008. Cheshire-based Jiffy makes ...
Cargill has entered into an agreement with Altor Fund III and Bain Capital Europe III in order to acquire EWOS, a global leader in salmon nutrition for 1.35 Euro bn. The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approvals, is expected ...
Athletic footwear and apparel maker Adidas has announced an unprecedented partnership with basketball superstar James Harden of the Houston Rockets. One of the NBA's most prolific scorers and recognizable players begins the long-term deal ...
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The report “Electrocoating (E-Coat) Market by Type (Cathodic Epoxy, Cathodic Acrylic, Anodic), by Application (Passenger Cars, Commercial Vehicles, Automotive Parts & Accessories, Heavy Duty Equipment, Appliances, & Others) & By ...
The short-term outlook for biomaterials in coatings and related sectors in Europe has been looking grim in the wake of the fall in the oil price. However companies along the biomaterials value chain in the region are not overtly concerned. ...
Tags: biomaterials, coatings