Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo Buses has delivered 124 units of articulated buses to Brazil based Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in Rio de Janeiro. The new vehicles will be used to offer services on Transcarioca, which is a new BRT ...
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The firm will roll out plush, dolls, figures, role play, vehicles and more across the globe. Jazwares Inc has secured the global master toy license for the popular pre-school property, Ella the Elephant. The toy firm will roll out a ...
Atlas Holdings portfolio company ASG announced that it has acquired Poland-based beauty and personal care folding carton business Bydgoszcz from MeadWestvaco (MWV). ASG intends to use the assets of Bydgoszcz operation to expand its ...
Tags: Folding Carton, Packaging
Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. First Quarter 2014 Highlights -Total revenues increased 8% to $1.29 billion primarily reflecting increased volumes in our oilfield, ...
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. announced an update to its 2014-2016 capital allocation plan that will allow the company to invest approximately $500 million to build a new consumer tire plant to support demand in North America and Latin ...
Tags: Tire, Rubber Tire
In a report this week, the Latin American Steel Association (Alacero) outlined struggles to reduce the charges of unfair trade between countries that are trading partners. Rafael Rubio, director of Alacero, expressed concern over an ...
Tags: steel demand, steel production
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
Brazil's government is expected to announce Wednesday an increase to the volume of biodiesel mixed with diesel sold at the pump, boosting demand for the biofuel and likely lifting the flagging fortunes of local producers, officials for two ...
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Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the first quarter of this year apparent finished steel use in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled 16.4 million mt, up one percent year on year. The highest increases ...
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In April this year, Mexico's car and light commercial vehicle production volume increased by 3.9 percent year on year to 248,031 units, according to the release from the Mexican Association of the Automotive Industry (AMIA). In the given ...
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Kortrijk, Belgium-based Bekaert, one of the world's largest steel cord and wire manufacturers, has announced that in the first quarter of the current year it achieved consolidated sales of €782 million, falling 2.1 percent compared to ...
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According to the Brazilian management science research institution - Fundacion Getulio Vargas index, in April Latin American's business environment is actually fell to the October of 2013. The economic climate index of this foundation is at ...
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US-based First Solar delivered on expectations in 2013 to become the leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company in the global photovoltaic (PV) industry, even though it is likely to be surpassed in 2014 by China-based ...
The researchers at Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats.com report in their new publication, “Global B2C E-Commerce Delivery 2014“, that demand by consumers for free and convenient delivery is driving online ...
Tags: Online Retail, E-Commerce market
The International Energy Agency said Thursday OPEC would need to boost its output in the third quarter by some 900,000 b/d from April's level to meet rising global demand, and warned that OECD oil stocks remained tight by historical ...
Tags: OPEC, oil supply