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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STATIONERY NEWS: Australian Paper recently announced a feasibility study into the development of a major recycling plant at its Maryvale Mill as part of its Future Fibre Strategy. Can you summarise some of the key aspects of the Future ...
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Rotational molding volume will track U. S. Gross domestic product, continuing a trend that began in the mid-1990s, economist Peter Mooney, said at a Society of Plastics Engineers conference. Mooney issued his sixth rotomolding report in ...
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US ketchup maker Heinz has booked a decline in full-year net income after charges related to the group's efficiency drive hit the bottom line. Net income in the 12 months to 29 April fell to US$939m,down from$1bn in 2011.The company said ...
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Next year sales of treatment chemicals for water and wastewater applications will rise by $1 billion to $24.7 billion. This forecast is in constant 2010 dollars. When inflation since 2010 is taken into account, the market at actual 2013 ...
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Usually the articles I write feature change of some sort. Most often it’s a statistical series that has moved up or down. Sideways is the exception. A series that is well-known for its volatility is construction costs. That’s ...
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Ex-factory price of one cement bag was Rs179 in the year 2000-01, and now it stands at Rs370. Despite the rapid increase in input costs, cement prices increased only by Rs139 per bag. The compounded annual growth rate of cement prices was ...
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Industrial blowers are devices that deliver spot cooling and ventilation in various commercial and industrial complexes where industrial air conditioners are unfeasible. Industrial blowers are generally used to get rid of unclean air to ...
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Stanley Black & Decker announced first quarter 2012 financial results. -- 1Q'12 Revenues Increased 12% To $2.7 Billion; Organic Revenues Up 3% -- 1Q'12 Diluted GAAP EPS, Including M&A Charges, Was $0.72 -- Excluding M&A Charges, 1Q'12 ...
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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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With only 13 per cent of the world’s surfaces covered with forests and growing concerns over deforestation and illegal logging, combined with the spectre of global warming, supply is severely restricted. One of the wood types most ...
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, and Idaho contractors and suppliers say they are seeing the same trend in certain areas. “Some (products) related to crude oil prices, like roofing and resin products like PVC, are up, ” said Peter Alexander, CEO of BMC, a ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy while facing the conundrum of current economy downturn, tries to fortify the nation’s energy security and reduces carbon emissions, the solution that it has came up with is the implementation of ...
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On the occasion of the recent meetings held by ASSOCOMAPLAST Secretariat with the main industrial Associations in the country, the good trend of the Turkish processing industry has been confirmed. Macro-economic data are definitely ...
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Cement manufacturers are ruing the decision to increase capacity, as the cement consumption remained stagnant in past four years. The exports are also on constant decline forcing the sector to operate at 69 percent installed capacity. A ...
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