Dutch brewing company Heineken is set to open a new brewery in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in a move to expand its presence in Africa. The proposed brewery will be opened in July this year, with a capacity to brew 1.5 million hectoliters of ...
Tags: Heineken, raw materials
Bimba & Lola, the Spanish womenswear brand known for its retro style bold prints, has forayed into swimwear. The Galicia-based label’s recently launched Spring/Summer 2014 collection features three designs inspired from deep sea ...
Tags: womenswear, swimwear
A proposed free trade agreement between Canada and South Korea would remove the current 3% to 8% tariff that Canadian oil and gas producers have to pay for exports into that Asian nation, a Canadian government spokeswoman said Monday. ...
Tags: LNG Exports, Oil Exports
The US posted a second consecutive year of record oil production growth in 2013 with its surging shale industry balancing out supply disruptions to underpin an unprecedented period of stable global oil prices, BP said Monday. US output ...
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The Asia to Europe arbitrage window for methanol will remain shut in the third quarter of 2014 on expectations of higher export volumes from the Middle East and stronger Chinese demand that would soak up Asian supplies, sources said late ...
Tags: Methanol, natural gas
Polyethylene terephthalate producer DAK Americas will increase US resin prices 3 cents/lb in July because of rising raw material costs, a letter to customers obtained by Platts on Thursday showed. On Wednesday, fellow US producer Nan Ya ...
UK lighting manufacturer Future Designs has launched operations in the Middle East. The manufacturer began operations in the UAE through a strategic partnership with Acoulite, a lighting and acoustics business, which has been active in ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, office lighting
China heavy trucks are popular in overseas markets for their competitive prices but the exports markets are getting worse. Lacking core technology supports, China heavy trucks cannot enter European and American etc high end markets, and ...
Tags: Heavy Trucks, Trucks, Transportation
Pie Face has signed a deal to enter in markets in Singapore and Malaysia with 50 new stores Australian pie making company Pie Face has announced that it has entered into formal agreements to open a minimum 50 stores in the next 5 years in ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Tetra Pak has announced plans to invest €36m over a period of three years in its packaging material plant in Izmir, Turkey, to complete a €60m technology upgrade project at the plant. The proposed investment is said to be in ...
Tags: Tetra Pak, Packaging Material
French pipe manufacturer Vallourec has announced some updates in its 2014 guidance, following its Brazilian customer Petrobras' decision to eliminate most of its tube inventories by the end of the year, while maintaining its drilling plans. ...
In 2013, the world's direct reduction iron (DRI) output increased by two million tons or 2.8 percent year on year to a record 75.2 million tons, even though two key producing countries, India and Venezuela, saw significant declines in ...
Tags: DRI Capacity, Steel
This 5.50-carat fancy vivid pink topped Christie's New York sale Tuesday, going for $1.7 million percarat. Click through this slideshow to see the top 10 lots from Christie's Important Jewels auction held Tuesday in New York. New ...
The global industrial and commercial LED lighting market is expected to reach £51.3 million by 2019, according to a recent report. The report from Transparency Market Research (TMR) found that the market was worth £7.7 ...
Tags: LED, LED Lighting, Lighting
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Super Absorbent Polymers Industry Market Report 2014-2019" report to their offering. The global super absorbent polymer market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.5 percent ...