Steel markets in China showed little reaction to the central bank's third interest rate cut in six months Sunday, May 10, with some citing the small magnitude of change as a reason. Spot offers for 18-25 mm diameter HRB400 rebar, a key ...
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The Australian Government has said the Federal Budget, set to be delivered next week, will include measures to support small business. Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey and Federal Minister for Small Business Bruce Billson have said the Jobs ...
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Driven by currency translation effects that had a positive impact on sales in euro terms, Adidas reported a 17 per cent year over year sales surge in the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. In the first quarter of 2015, Adidas Group ...
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Savio India recently hosted a technical seminar in Ahmedabad and Rajkot in Gujarat, India and showcased a presentation on winding and splicing technologies. From Savio were present, Dr Gabriele Checchini, CEO of the Indian operations, ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA claims that its new XLamp XP-L High Intensity LED is the first single-die LED to deliver more than 100,000 candela with a 50mm diameter optic at 10W (more than double the ...
Researchers in USA and Saudi Arabia have been producing 610nm-wavelength red lasers with III-nitride nanowires (NWs) grown on silicon [Shafat Jahangir et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p071108, 2015]. With a view to plastic fiber optical ...
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UK-based Connect Packaging has invested more than £1.5m in purchasing equipments to enhance its potential in the shelf-ready packaging market. The company based in Essex has purchased new printing equipment including a ...
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US based grain-handling and food-processing firm Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is set to add soybean crushing capability at its plant at Enderlin, North Dakota and Windsor, Ontario. The plant currently has the ability to process canola ...
Cabela’s Incorporated reported total revenue increased 14.0 percent to $827.1 million in the first quarter ended March 28 due primarily to the opening of new stores and associated growth at its credit card business. Cabela's Retail ...
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Another week of spring planting's come and gone, and the last 7 days saw farmers make a much bigger stride with corn planting than the previous 2 weeks, and that speedy pace is expected to last through at least the next week, forecasters ...
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In late March, on the 10 hectare former airstrip at the Gatton campus of The University of Queensland in Brisbane St Lucia, the 3.275MW Gatton Solar Research Facility (the state's largest solar array) was officially opened by Industry and ...
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Central Indiana-based small-batch artisan distiller Hotel Tango will be using Owens-Illinois’s (O-I) new Forte bottle for packaging its military-inspired spirits. The bottles are a part of O-I's Covet Classics collection of luxury ...
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M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has launched the MAAM-011109-DIE, a wideband amplifier with ...
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Subaru of America has revealed the details of new features on its planned 2016 WRX and WRX STI models. The new additions include blind spot detection, lane change assist and rear cross traffic alert as well as a new STARLINK touch ...
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Sympatex Technologies, a pioneer for high-tech functional materials in clothing, footwear, accessories and technical fields of application since 1986 has announced that it has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). The ecological ...
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