EGI Financial (EGI) has inked a definitive stock purchase agreement with a specialty insurance firm, White Pine Insurance Company (White Pine), to dispose of its US non-standard automobile insurance operations. Based on the agreement, ...
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Omega Protein, a US-based nutritional product company, plans to invest $20m to expand its specialty dairy protein production facility in Reedsburg, Wisconsin. The expansion, which is expected to be completed by mid-2014, will ...
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BASF is building a new Ultramid polymerization plant with a capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year in Shanghai, China. The new plant is planned to start up in 2015. “As part of our long-term strategy, we aim to locate production ...
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You don't have to consume a lot of business news to see transparency as an issue in the food industry. Whether the topic is pink slime in McDonald's burgers, Whole Foods promising to label products with genetically modified ingredients, or ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has acquired a pipeline of US and Mexico ...
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Zenith Global Logistics has expanded its fleet with the purchase of 60 new 53-foot trailers and 10 Freightliner M2 straight trucks for local home deliveries. Jack Hawn, president and CEO, said the investment for this new equipment is ...
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Pre-Q Galgo of Dallas, Texas, has been awarded Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay verification for its TA precure design for retreaded tires. The tread offers low rolling resistance and is for use on line-haul Class 8 trailer ...
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BASF is building a new Ultramid polymerization plant with a capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year in Shanghai, China. The new plant is planned to start up in 2015. "As part of our long-term strategy, we aim to locate production close ...
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Google has announced that it will be releasing its new mid-range smartphone, the Moto X, in the US, Canada and Latin America around the end of August or early September. Manufactured in newly-built facilities in Texas, the Moto X will be ...
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Materials Performance (MP) magazine, a publication of NACE International, is now accepting nominations for its 2014 Corrosion Innovation of the Year Awards. The deadline for nominations is October 18, 2013. Honoring the most important ...
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The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) recently announced the release of a policy on bans and fees for recyclable paper and plastic bags approved during its July Board Meeting. The policy is in response to increased efforts ...
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Isis will roll out its mobile wallet application nationwide later this year following successful pilots that launched last fall in Austin, Texas, and Salt Lake City, Utah. Isis, which competes with Google Wallet and other mobile wallet ...
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The specialty chemicals group ALTANA has signed a definite agreement to acquire the global rheology business of Rockwood Holdings Inc. The unit, currently part of Rockwood's "Performance Additives" segment, is one of the world's leading ...
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Houston, Texas-based MRC Global Inc., the largest global distributor, based on sales, of pipe, valves and fittings (PVF) and related products and services to the energy and industrial sectors, reported Q2 2013 sales of $1.27 billion, down ...
Traders have remained rather indecisive, as they are torn between a tight supply situation nearby that justifies firm prices until new crop arrives and a potentially bearish outlook thereafter. As a result we have a market that is stuck ...