U.S. refiners are selling more fuel abroad than ever before, effectively exporting the American energy boom to the four corners of the world. As crude production soars in places like the Eagle Ford shale formation in Texas, U.S. refiners ...
Tags: U.S.refiners, Mineral
AkzoNobel has signed a multimillion euro, 5-year contract extension with Orange Business Services. The agreement covers secure and scalable IT infrastructure services that will support AkzoNobel in reaching its objectives as a global ...
Wolverine Worldwide reported record financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended September 7, 2013. The quarter included a full 12 weeks contribution from the Company's October 2012 acquisition of the Sperry Top-Sider, Saucony, ...
It's reported that ArcelorMittal South America expected that its shipments of steel long products would increase by 5%~6% in 2013, in comparison of 5.3 million tons in 2012. Augusto Espechit de Almeida, ArcelorMittal's president of long ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
AkzoNobel intends to introduce a streamlined management structure and new operating model for its Decorative Paints business in order to accelerate profitable growth in Europe and the high growth markets. The planned changes represent the ...
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The next big opportunity for growth in the global solar business lies in small, emerging markets where photovoltaic (PV) installations are forecast to rise at about triple the global average during the period from 2012-2017. Annual ...
The National Pronto Association has selected DENSO Products and Services Americas Inc. for its OE Supplier of the Year award for the seventh time in the past eight years (see Pronto honors DENSO: 6X Supplier of the Year). Pronto members ...
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The garment industry of India is expected to achieve the target of US$ 17 billion in exports for the current fiscal year as the outbound shipments of apparel have already touched US$ 5 billion during the first four months of 2013-14, ...
Tags: Apparel Exports, garment industry
The Institute for Export and Fashion of Colombia (INEXMODA) would be hosting the next edition of the World Fashion Convention in 2014, which is organized by the International Apparel Federation (IAF), announced president of INEXMODA, Carlos ...
Tags: World Fashion Convention, Apparel
German carmaker Volkswagen Group is planning to invest BRL520m ($235.5m) to set up a a new production plant in Parana, Brazil, to initiate the assembly of its newest Golf model. The company has commenced the construction and the plant is ...
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The Government of India has withdrawn cotton and cotton yarn from Duty Credit Scrip eligibility under the Focus Market Scheme (FMS), with effect from September 25, 2013. ‘Export of cotton’ and ‘export of cotton ...
Tags: Cotton Yarn, Cotton
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported a continued modest improvement in air cargo markets in August. August air freight demand was up 3.6% on the previous year, which is considerably better than year-to-date ...
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The textile industry in western Indian state of Rajasthan is expecting about Rs. 100 billion new investments over the next seven years, due to the state government’s recent announcement of ‘Special Customized Package for ...
When talking about the growth of middle-class consumers, the discussion often centers on China and India. But the Latin American market is showing impressive growth as well, and raising the visibility of awareness of cotton among those ...
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US-based life insurer MetLife has finalized acquisition of a 64.3% stake of Chilean pension fund administrator, AFP Provida from Spanish bank BBVA, in a deal worth approximately $1.54bn. From the sale of AFP, the Spanish bank received ...
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