Australian mining heiress Gina Rinehart is planning to invest $500m in a new infant milk powder venture Hope Dairies. According to media reports, Rinehart is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding with Queensland Government and ...
Taiwan's machine-tool makers show guarded optimism about their 2015 outlook, with over NT$10 billion (US$333.3 million) of combined orders booked and yet jittery about several potentially risky factors. According to the Taiwan ...
Fonterra has officially opened its NZ$126 million UHT greenfield plant in Waitoa, New Zealand. The plant features state-of-the-art Tetra Pak processing and packaging equipment which will produce a range of products including UHT white milk ...
Tags: Tetra Pak, UHT Production
Global meat consumption is still ascending. Its expected growth is pegged at about 1.9% per year from 2014-2023. Meat shipments from major exporters are projected to rise 2.2% per year. “With the tight domestic supply and ...
Tags: Protein Appetite, meat
Taiwan's leading machine-tool makers reported strong sales in Q3 this year mostly thanks to increasing demand from China, the United States and European Union. Goodway Machine Corp. had consolidated revenue of NT$1.9 billion (US$64.9 ...
Tags: Machine Tool, Processing Machinery
According to the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS), August exports increased 4.1 percent from their July level to total 1.05 million net tons. Exports had fallen 3.3 percent in July, after being nearly unchanged in June and ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Steel
The European Branded Clothing Alliance (EBCA), the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), and the United States Fashion Industry Association (USFIA) have hailed the commitment by the European Union and the United States to conclude ...
According to the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS), to just over 1 million net tons. While exports to Canada were virtually unchanged from June to July at 536,892 net tons, and the amount of steel sent to Mexico increased ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, steel
WASHINGTON – Today and Thursday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy will join host Canadian Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq and Mexican Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources Juan ...
Tags: EPA, Environment, Protection, Certification
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has come out strongly in favour of extension of the Tariff Preference Level (TPL) for another 10 years at the request of the Nicaraguan textile and clothing industry. Jodi Hanson Bond, vice president of the ...
Tags: Extension, Apparel, Accessories
The Phu Hung textile plant, being constructed in Phu Bai Industrial Park, in Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue, will commence operations in August this year, reports Viet Nam News. The Vietnam National Textile and ...
The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has sought expeditious completion of the India-European Union free trade agreement (FTA), as it would provide better market access to Indian exporters. At a ceremony to inaugurate the India ...
Tags: AEPC, Apparel, Accessories, Textile
The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has sought expeditious completion of the India-European Union free trade agreement (FTA), as it would provide better market access to Indian exporters. At a ceremony to inaugurate the India ...
Tags: AEPC, Apparel, Accessories
According to a report Thursday from the American Institute for International Steel, exports of US steel held steady in June, as increases to minor trading partners offset decreases to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
In what can be termed as growing interest by Korean companies in investing in the textile and apparel sector in Vietnam, a new fibre manufacturing plant with Korean investment has been launched this month in Vietnam’s southern ...
Tags: Textile Sector, apparel sector