GCiS China Strategic Research estimates that the domestic market for anticorrosion coatings in China was worth more than RMB 36 billion in 2013, with sales of roughly 1.4 Mn Tons. The study finds that growth in 2013 was only 2.8 percent, ...
Tags: Domestic Market, China, Decoration
International credit rating agency Standard & Poor's Ratings (S&P) has announced that a potential sale by Indian steelmaker Tata Steel of its European long steel products business and associated distribution activities is credit positive ...
Tags: steelmaker, Tata Steel
PPG Industries reported third quarter 2014 net sales from continuing operations of $3.94 billion, up $161 million, or 4 percent, versus the prior year. Third quarter 2014 reported net income from continuing operations was $377 million, or ...
Tags: PPG, Construction Coating
Garmatex Technologies, Inc., a leading inventor of intelligent fabric and apparel solutions, has partnered with Base360 Inc., an innovative manufacturer of safety products for high risk sports, to bring a new generation of protective hockey ...
Tags: Hockey Apparel, Sporting Goods
The latest EU customs statistics show that third country imports remained on a rising trend in July and August, according to the European Steel Association (EUROFER). During the July-August period, finished steel imports of the EU rose 32 ...
In the January-September period of this year, Turkey's steel exports decreased by 4.5 percent year on year to 13.3 million mt, while the value of these exports totaled $10.11 billion, down 3.3 percent, both on year-on-year basis, according ...
Tags: Steel Exports, steel products
Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has expanded its silicon carbide (SiC) 1.2 kV six-pack power module family with a new 20A all-SiC module suited for 5-15 kW three-phase applications. Based on Cree’s C2M SiC MOSFET and Z-Rec SiC Schottky ...
Tags: Cree, SiC, Electronics
The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts that U.S. Christmas-season retail sales will increase 4.1 percent year on year to approximately $619.9 million for the months of November and December 2014. The projected increase is higher ...
Tags: NRF, Christmas-season retail sales
Europe is showing a steady recovery after several economically depressed years with growth in local currencies of 6.5% in 2013, up slightly from the 5.3% growth rate of the prior year to $23,597 million from $21,747 million. The European ...
Tags: Sports Goods, e-commerce
The International Manufacturing Technology Show 2014 (IMTS 2014) of Chicago, held Sept. 8-13, brought Taiwan's exhibitors some US$50 million of orders on-site, suggesting bright market outlook for the island's machine-tool makers at least ...
Tags: Machine Tool, vertical lathes
Russian steelmaker NLMK has announced that it has upgraded air-blowing equipment used in blast furnace operations in Lipetsk. This upgrade will enable NLMK to reduce its environmental footprint and save approximately RUB 210 million ($5.3 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
Speaking at the SteelOrbis 2014 Fall Conference & 71st IREPAS Meeting in Berlin, Kim Marti, international sales director of Spanish steel producer CELSA Group, said that the key risks to the global economy, such as geopolitical tensions ...
The environmental sustainability promoting NGO, Redress, has recently launched the R Cert recycled textile clothing standard, a verification standard that aims to educate consumers about the recycling process and the environmental savings ...
Tags: recycled textile, clothing
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced that Dow Chemical Company and Preferred Sands' innovation, TERAFORCE Technology, won the 2014 Polyurethane Innovation Award. The winner, ...
Tags: Chemicals, Construction
In September this year, the China HSBC Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) increased to 50.5, higher than the anticipated level of 50.0 and up from August's final reading of 50.2, as announced by the HSBC on September 23. In ...