PV Book-to-bill ratio of just 0.33 measured in second quarter of 2012,with SEMI seeing no near-term recovery. Heading south:the global PV equipment market The market for photovoltaics manufacturing equipment continued to decline in ...
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Rieter Holding AG (RIEN), a Swiss maker of textile machinery, fell to an eight-month low after the release of figures showing the German machinery industry’s orders declined for a sixth month in April. Rieter dropped as much as 7.3 ...
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German plant and machinery orders declined for a fourth month in February, driven by a drop in foreign demand, the VDMA machine-makers'association said. Orders, adjusted for inflation, fell 16 percent from a year earlier after declining an ...
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China further consolidated its leading position as the most important market for German plastics and rubber machinery in 2011. German exports rose by 30.5% to 66.4m, up more than 60% on the previous year. “That is a new record for ...
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The European Machine Tool industry, represented by CECIMO, has launched a European initiative focused on sustainability: The Blue Competence Machine Tools initiative. The Blue Competence initiative [BluECOmpetence] is led by Germany's ...
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Sales from German plastics and rubber machinery reached 6 billion euros ($7.94 billion) in 2011, breaking a record that was set in 2008. Sales to customers in Germany were up 18 percent, while deliveries to foreign customers was up 25 ...
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German plant and machinery orders dropped in December on weaker foreign demand, reflecting a slowdown of the global economy, the VDMA machine makers’ association said. Orders, adjusted for inflation, fell 10 percent from a year ...
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Assocomaplast, the association of Italian plastics and rubber machinery producers, has announced the industry’s estimated turnover for 2011, showing growth of 11.1%. Production value increased from €3.6bn in 2010 to €4bn ...
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Italian plastics and rubber machinery makers experienced 11.1 percent sales growth in 2011, with production value rising to 4 billion euros from 2.6 billion in 2010, according to the country’s machinery association Assocomaplast. ...
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Without a doubt, savings in energy, water and raw materials were the key drivers for the machine and process innovations on show at this year's ITMA in Barcelona. ACIMIT and the VDMA - as the respective textile machinery trade associations ...
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VDMA, the German Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association. has raised it sales forecast for German plastics and rubber machinery sales -- but the group is predicting a decline in 2012. According to the association, the recovery that began ...
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"The VDMA assesses the German production volume in production and pharmaceutical packaging machinery to around one and a half billion Euros", explained Dr. Peter Golz, Deputy Managing Director of the Food Processing and Packaging Machinery ...
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VDMA, the German Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association. has raised it sales forecast for German plastics and rubber machinery sales -- but the group is predicting a decline in 2012. According to the association, the recovery that began ...
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The German Machinery & Plant Manufacturers Association (VDMA) runs a Platform for Photovoltaic (PV) Equipment which will be supporting solarpeq – International Trade Fair for Solar Equipment – taking place in Düsseldorf in ...
In July 2011 bearing manufacturer NKE Austria GmbH became a member of Frankfurt-based research association Forschungsvereinigung Antriebstechnik e. V. (FVA). In joining the network, which focuses on research all around the power ...
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