The British Fashion Council (BFC) announced the winner of this year’s BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund as Nicholas Kirkwood. The prize, now in its fourth year, was established to further enhance the reputation of London’s rising ...
A preview of the trends at Texworld for next summer More than 625 international weavers and producers will reveal their new collections for Spring/c this February. Texworld alone has registered 85 new exhibitors from South Korea, China, ...
January 30, 2013 - Soraa has announced its full spectrum GaN on GaN LED MR16 lamps are now available through Ushio group companies and its subsidiaries in Japan, China, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and Europe, as part of the ...
PVI Sun Life Insurance has received regulatory approval from both Vietnam and Canada regulators to operate its life insurance business in Vietnam. Set up as a joint venture (JV) between PVI with 51% stake and Sun Life Assurance Company of ...
Taiwan-based sapphire substrate maker Tera Xtal Technology will establish two subsidiaries in eastern China, each with investment of US$15 million. Sapphire substrate production at the subsidiaires will begin in the second half of 2013 at ...
Tags: LED firms, Tera Xtal, LED industry
Yesterday, Tang Jun, who is called “work emperor” resigned as president of Newhuadu Industrial Group. And he will become the president and CEO of Hong Kong and Macao Information Group. Tang Jun revealed that he would revert to ...
In 2012, the industrial profits of enterprises above designated size achieved 5,557.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.3 percent. In December, the industrial profits of enterprises above designated size achieved 895.2 billion ...
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London based underwriter Aviva has selected Khor Seng as the new CEO of Aviva Asia, effective from 8 March 2013, to expand its businesses in the region. Seng, who joins the British insurer from AIA, will be based in Singapore and report ...
A cheaper iPhone ? A deal with China Mobile ? Despite having neither of the two, Apple reported strong earnings in the Chinese market in its fiscal first quarter, with revenue buoyed by triple digit growth in iPhone sales. The company's ...
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The Valspar Corporation has been selected as the major supplier of concrete reinforcing steel coatings for the Hongkong-Zhuhai-Macao bridge in China. When completed in 2016, the length of the bridge will span nearly 50 kilometers (30 miles) ...
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UK-based MR Solutions has announced two major breakthroughs that could bring bench-top 3 Tesla MRI scanners into more pre-clinical research laboratories. The scanners have been developed using super-conducting magnets which eliminate the ...
Dutch financial conglomerate ING has agreed to dispose of its 26% stake in Indian joint venture (JV), ING Vysya Life Insurance Company, to its partner Exide Industries, for an undisclosed sum. As part of a previously disclosed divestment ...
The 1,080 m3blast furnace No. 1 of Xuzhou, Jiangsu-based Chinese steelmaker Huahong Special Steel Co. has successfully commenced smelting, marking the official start of production in the first phase of the special steel project in question, ...
NatureWorks, the world's leading supplier of biopolymers, with Ingeo fibers and plastics made from plants, not oil, announced today that the company has located its first Asia Pacific (A/P) regional headquarters in Bangkok and has expanded ...
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The International Woolmark Prize crosses borders and cultures by seeking outstanding and emerging talent from around the world, aligning the support of emerging designers with the evolution of emerging countries. It is an award for the ...