RUBBER declined amid speculation that slowing growth in Asian economies and Europe’s sovereign- debt crisis may weaken demand for the commodity used in tyres. The February-delivery contract fell as much as 1.6 percent to 359.1 yen a ...
Tags: market view, Rubber
U. S. Demand for motors edged higher during the fourth quarter of 2010 as NEMA's Motor Shipments Index (MSI) increased 1.4 percent from the previous quarter. Shipments remain appreciably lower than the levels observed during the 2006-2008 ...
Tags: Industry Trends, motor
Japanese companies, Thailand’s biggest foreign investors, may spend more to build factories in neighbors including Indonesia and Vietnam after the worst flooding in 70 years disrupted global production. “Executives recognize the ...
Tags: industry trends, machine
MONTREAL - Forest products company Tembec is exiting the hardwood flooring business as it shutters a 108-year operation in Huntsville, Ont., and sells another facility in Toronto to a private company for $13 million. The Montreal-based ...
Tags: market view
Erlangen, Germany -- Siemens is continuing to expand its worldwide network of gas turbine manufacturing facilities. The company has invested more than $350 million in a 42, 000-square-meter plant in Charlotte, North Carolina, creating 700 ...
Tags: market view, gas turbine
BOYNE CITY -- From sourcing of raw materials to production to sales, three business partners in Kirtland Products expect Northern Michigan to factor significantly into their new wood pellet manufacturing venture. Kirtland hopes to have ...
Tags: market view, wood pellet
The lumber sector recently entered into a period of seasonal strength. What are prospects this year? Canadian lumber stocks such as Canfor, West Fraser Timber, and International Forest Products have a period of seasonal strength from ...
Tags: market view, lumber
The human eye is as comfortable with white light generated by diode lasers as with that produced by increasingly popular light-emitting diodes (LEDs), according to tests conceived at Sandia National Laboratories. Both technologies pass ...
The human eye is as comfortable with white light generated by diode lasers as with that produced by increasingly popular light-emitting diodes (LEDs), according to tests conceived at Sandia National Laboratories. Both technologies pass ...
Tags: Learning Center, Lighting, LED
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the Producer Price Index (PPI) for construction materials held steady in September after a dropping 0.6% in August. Meanwhile, the measure was up 8.1% from a year earlier, although only ...
China's Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp. And Japan's Nippon Steel Corp. Announced the launch of a new joint venture on Thursday. The steelmakers each have a 50-percent stake in a new tin plate plant in Wuhan, the capital of central ...
Tags: market view, steel, china
Mr. Jiang, a dealer of Imola Ceramics in Changsha, introduced the sales of Imola Ce-ramics in China were not very satisfied at the beginning. At that time big-size tiles were popular in China, while Imola Ceram-ics mainly dealt with ...
Tags: Ceramics
For abrasives manufacturers working in the US construction industry, the forecast for next year is that housing and commercial building construction starts may improve, but will be offset by weakness in the public works and institutional ...
Tags: Market View, abrasive
Judge Pat E. Morgenstern-Clarren of the U. S. Bankruptcy Court in Cleveland last Thursday, Oct. 27, approved the sale of the company to Germany's Würth Group for $3.9 million. She also waived the customary 14-day waiting period to ...
Tags: Market View, Fasteners
Efficient: CFLs are four times more efficient and last up to 10 times longer than incandescents. A 22 watt CFL has about the same light output as a 100 watt incandescent. CFLs use 50 - 80% less energy than incandescents. Less ...
Tags: Energy Saving Lamp