It’s reported that the Brazilian Steel Institute (IABr) has lowered its forecast for growth of domestic steel shipments for 2013 to 5% from the previous 7.6%. IABr currently forecasted that the country’s domestic steel shipments ...
Tags: Domestic Steel Shipments
Russian steel producer Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has stated that in October this year it plans to ship around 427,000 mt of hot rolled steel products, down two percent compared to September, including 261,000 mt of material to ...
Tags: Hot Rolled Product, steel
Zenith Global Logistics, a specialized furniture carrier and logistics provider, has relocated and expanded its freight hub in Maryland to an 88,000-square-foot facility in Aberdeen. The new facility is triple the size of its former hub ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
According to the figures released by China's Ministry of Transport, in August this year the total volume of cargo shipments in China (by rail, road and water transport) amounted to 3.83 billion mt, up 10.5 percent, while in the first eight ...
Tags: Cargo, Chinese Ports
Brazilian ethanol exports to US plunged in September to 139.4 million liters (37 million gallons), down 51% from August's 2013 peak and down 53% on September 2012, Secretariat of Foreign Trade data Tuesday showed. The volume sent to the ...
South Korea has imposed ban on the imports of beef from the US after finding a banned feed additive, zilpaterol, in a 22-ton meat shipment. Zilpaterol is a feed ingredient used to boost marketable meat in cattle. Due to raising concerns ...
Tags: Beef Imports, banned feed additive
Germany-based company Brainlab has announced that Mobius Imaging, a US-based company, has received 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the Airo mobile intraoperative CT system in the US. Mobius Imaging ...
Tags: Mobius, Mobile Intraoperative
China has introduced measures to curb photovoltaic overcapacity while seeking to expand domestic deman. China has put forth new rules to tackle overcapacity in its solar power industry. A document released by the Ministry of Industry and ...
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U.S. refiners are selling more fuel abroad than ever before, effectively exporting the American energy boom to the four corners of the world. As crude production soars in places like the Eagle Ford shale formation in Texas, U.S. refiners ...
Tags: U.S.refiners, Mineral
CeMAT Hannover, Europe’s largest trade show for material handling and logistics, announced today that it has entered a strategic partnership with MHI, the nation’s largest material handling, logistics and supply chain ...
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LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Lextar Electronics has reported September consolidated revenues reached NT$1.139 billion (US$38.1 million) decreasing 7.89% sequentially but increasing 13.15% on year. LED chip packaging house Unity Opto ...
Solar-grade crystalline silicon ingot and wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.16 billion (US$39.3 million) for September 2013, the highest monthly level since October 2011 and increasing ...
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NEMA’s indexes for high intensity discharge (HID) lamp shipments continued to hover near historical low levels during 2013 Q2. The index for mercury vapor lamp shipments continued to track downward, declining by 8.2 percent on a ...
Retailer Crate&Barrel wanted to increase their distribution shipping capacity by 40% to meet high demand and ensure fast turnaround for home furnishing deliveries. The company achieved its goal by installing a new integrated picking and ...
Showa Denko (SDK) is launching silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafers with a diameter of 6 inches (150mm) - the largest size currently available, it is claimed - for use in power devices. The firm is also selling a new grade of 4-inch ...
Tags: Epiwafers, Inverter Power Devices