Over the past decade, China’s fast expanding economy and boom in housing starts lifted the country to being the world’s largest importer of sawlogs and the second largest importer of softwood lumber, after the U. S. China has ...
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LED lighting and more energy-efficient products are being pushed more by firms in Taiwan amongst rising energy costs, said industry sources. With the summer season arriving, energy consumption will increase and local citizens will be ...
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With a focus on green energy technology, Doosan will give Intermat visitors a glimpse into its crystal ball with its concept hybrid excavators and unmanned robot excavators. It’s also playing up its 3-megawatt WinDS3000TM offshore ...
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With more people deciding to stay in their homes and renovate instead of sell, homeowners are looking for comfortable, even luxurious upgrades to the areas of the home they use most often. The new brand of "escape" is the bathroom that ...
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Integration of downstream lighting module and fixture makers will likely bring in revenues of NT$850 million (US$29 million) for Epistar in 2012, according to Lee Biing-jye, chairman of the Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker. ...
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With demand from downstream customers remaining lukewarm in the face of an uncertain global economic outlook, China Steel Corp (CSC) decided to keep domestic contract steel prices for June unchanged. The nation's largest and only integrated ...
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The EU Timber Regulation already in force becomes operational on 3 March 2013. As from this date, market players in the EU are officially prohibited from putting illegally felled timber and timber products on the market. In view of the ...
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Having worked in the food industry, I had become accustomed to the chilly (but on hot days refreshing) experience of retrieving food from a walk-in cooler. Considering how often the doors of these types of coolers were and are opened and ...
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The kitchen; it's the best place in your home to hone your multitasking skills. And the best conditions for multitasking are when whatever you need is close at hand at any time. It helps when you're not bogged down with clutter, too. And of ...
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IRL has published the sixth edition of its report, "A Profile of the Chinese Paint Industry." The report updates IRL's previous study released in 2009 and includes the latest industry trends and up-to-date statistics. Chinese paints and ...
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More timber is growing in UK forests than previously thought, according to a new Forestry Commission report. The Standing Timber Volume for Coniferous Trees in Britain says more timber is growing than indicated by previous assessments based ...
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Cement demand in Saudi Arabia has been rising on the back of huge government and private sector projects and an expected surge in public expenditure above budgeted levels will further fuel demand growth, National Commercial Bank (NCB) said ...
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Influenced by the decline of all countries' subsidies, photovoltaic modules' price, installation and output decreases in different degree. With crystal silicon cell module' price falling, the cost of power generation is expected to further ...
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The importance of evolving design trends cannot be overstated, especially because they filter down to influence every segment of home interior goods. Of course that includes floor coverings, and the new product introductions exhibited at ...
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Hebei Yongnian has built a fastener industrial base with the length of 5, 000 meters. Equipped with the Jin-Zhu motorway, the market share of the base has taken up 45% of the fastener sales in China to 19.6 billion RMB. Mr. Cui Xianmin, the ...
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