China's economic growth slowed to 7 percent in the first quarter of 2015, down from 7.3 percent in the fourth quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Wednesday. The latest figure was better than the forecasts by ...
Tags: Chinese economy, consumer prices
The US LED lighting market should grow to $5.2bn in 2015, driven by continuously declining LED prices (due to decreasing production) cost coupled with US government initiatives such as the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and increasing consumer ...
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Solar cell maker Solartech Energy will temporarily suspend one of its 11 production lines in Taiwan and continue operating the other 10 to maintain a local capacity utilization rate at 90%, according to Chinese-language newspaper Economic ...
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Philips originally planned to spin off its wholly-owned subsidiary Lumileds and automobile lighting business to make them an independent company by the end of the first half 2015. But on March 31, Philips announced a deal to sell a 80.1% ...
Tags: Philips, Lumileds, automobile lighting
Sika achieved "highly dynamic growth" in the first quarter of 2015, thereby making a strong start to the year despite the very high sales growth in the reference period (2014: 23.3%). At constant exchange rates, sales rose by 5.1% to CHF ...
Hispanic spice manufacturer Badia Spices has launched a new line of Sazón Shakers in four flavour blends, packaged in convenient shaker bottles. The new Badia Spices Sazón Shakers include Sazón without Annatto, ...
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Making a case against plain cigarette packaging in the Commercial Court, Japan Tobacco International (JTI) Ireland, a distributor of well-known tobacco brands, has argued that being a member of the European Union (EU), Ireland can not ...
A Pakistan parliamentary panel has recommended the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) to buy seed cotton instead of lint to protect cotton farmers as it was unable to fix the minimum cotton price. This was done in line with the ...
RPM International Inc. has reported record sales for its fiscal 2015 third quarter ended February 28, 2015, but incurred an as-reported loss for the quarter due to a one-time, non-cash net charge for a tax accrual related to the possible ...
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Yarn spinning is rapidly expanding in South and Southeast Asia and is expected to continue on the same lines in near future, according to the latest report on ‘Cotton: World Market and Trends’ released by the US department of ...
Tags: Yarn Spinning, Cotton
LPG prices in South and East China rose this week after an explosion at a major LPG supply plant and a rise in crude oil prices early in the week, domestic trade sources said Friday, April 10. Dragon Aromatics' plant in Gulei, Fujian ...
Tags: LPG Prices, gas pipelines
Crash! Crunch! There are few things less like music to a homeowner's ears than the sound of a vehicle (your own or someone else's) backing solidly into your garage door. And the sight of willful damage to the garage door, whether by an ...
One of the oldest ways to fertilise crops was “slash and burn” agriculture, where tropical forests are intentionally levelled and burned to create open space and nutrients for crops. In the US, this month’s innovation ...
Tags: Low Cost Fertiliser, Fertiliser
China will reduce resource taxes on iron ore to aid industrial upgrades and ensure sufficient supply, the State Council said Wednesday. Resource tax on iron ore will be reduced from 80 percent of the taxation payment base to 40 percent, ...
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The Indian and Vietnamese textile and apparel industries are more complementary than competing in nature, and so cooperation would benefit both countries, the Synthetic and Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council of India (SRTEPC) has said. ...
Tags: Textile Sector, textile industries, apparel industries