According to the short range outlook of the World Steel Association (worldsteel) for 2014 and 2015, the worldsteel Economics Committee has revised down its global apparent steel consumption growth forecast to 3.1 percent from the growth ...
Tags: Apparent Steel Use, Worldsteel
Specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach, CA, USA and TowerJazz Japan Ltd) has received the 2013 Supplier ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Germany-based long steel producer Saarstahl has announced its financial and operational results for 2013, reporting a pre-tax loss of €131 million, compared to pre-tax earnings of €9 million in the previous year. In 2013, the ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel
In booth #512 at EDI CON 2014 Electronic Design Innovations Conference in Beijing China (8-10 April), Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA, a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on ...
A consortium of British high-technology companies, led by Torotrak PLC, has won £2.4 million funding from the UK government's Technology Strategy Board towards the development of an optimised manufacturing route for key components of ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Accessories
US over-the-counter thermal coal prices changed little Thursday, as competing natural gas futures got a boost from end-of-season gas storage stocks falling to 822 Bcf, a level not seen since 2003. The increased consumption of gas this ...
Tags: natural gas, gas, Metallurgy, Mineral, Coal
In response to the March 2014 Job Report, The National Retail Federation (NRF) today issued the following statements. "After a long, harsh winter that put many retailers at a disadvantage in terms of inventory control and staffing their ...
A spinal stimulator from Medtronic designed for chronic pain management helped four patients with paralyzed lower limbs to regain some control over their legs. In four men who had been paralyzed from the waist down, the RestoreAdvanced ...
According to a nationwide survey and analysis from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Americans' satisfaction with their shopping, buying, and consumption experiences is at a 20-year high. "A satisfied customer is often a ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
The IATA reports that growth in air freight markets moderated in February, rising 2.9% compared to a year ago, down on the 4.3% increase in January. But combining the first two months of the year shows there has been a solid 3.6% gain in ...
Tags: Air Freight, Service
While current traded prices for L8 and L10 steelmaking pig iron in northern China's Hebei province have slipped since March 3, the market is likely to see higher traded values in the coming weeks with some offers seen rising by as much as ...
Tags: Pig Iron, steel mills, Iron
Bread and snack food manufacturer Goodman Fielder has announced it expects its earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) in the 2014 financial year to be approximately 10 to 15 per cent lower than the previously expected $180 million. The ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
In March this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector stood at 44.2 percent, up by 4.3 percentage points as compared to February, indicating the first rise after three consecutive month-on-month declines, as ...
Tags: Steel Sector, raw material
The Furniture Makers' Company has hosted its fourth annual Confederation Lunch in The Churchill Room at the House of Commons on March 26. The event was attended by industry's most prominent figures such as MPs to discuss the relevant issues ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
With the global economy on the mend, Taiwan's machinery exports for the first two months of this year totaled US$2.854 billion, up 7.5% from the same period of last year, according to the latest statistics by Ministry of Economic Affairs ...
Tags: taiwan, Machinery, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery