Shunfeng Photovoltaic International, a China-based maker of solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, solar cells and PV modules as well as EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) contractor for PV power-generating stations, will expand ...
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Flowers Foods, the nation's second-largest producer and marketer of fresh packaged bakery foods, reported results for its 16-week first quarter ended April 19, 2014. First quarter sales increased 2.6% compared to the first quarter last ...
Taiwan-based polysilicon maker Powertec Energy has obtained equity investment of NT$700 million (US$23.2 million) from Taiwan's National Development Fund through private placement, according to the company. The investment will help ...
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China-based maker GCL-Poly Energy Holdings produced 16,022 tonnes of polysilicon in the first quarter of 2014, increasing 7.5% on quarter and 85.2% on year, according to the company. With a large portion of polysilicon used in-house use ...
Japanese carmaker Mazda Motor has started operations at its newly built vehicle assembly plant at Kulim in Malaysia. The company has started production of Mazda CX-5 for Malaysia and Thailand at the new facility, which is located on the ...
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In April this year, Turkey's motor vehicle output totaled 98,991 units, up six percent year on year, according to the monthly statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers' Association (OSD). In the given month, Turkey's ...
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BASF has doubled capacity of its non-phthalate plasticizer Hexamoll DINCH from 100,000 metric tons to 200,000 metric tons per year at its site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. With a second Hexamoll DINCH plant BASF will satisfy growing customer ...
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China is on a long-term track to become a net exporter of petroleum products to the Middle East, a senior official of state-controlled China National Petroleum Corp said Tuesday. "China could at some point become a net exporter of fuel ...
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Solar wafer maker Gigastorage generated gross margin of 13.99% and net operating profit of NT$260 million (US$8.6 million) for the first quarter, while fellow maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) still suffered negative gross margin ...
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Germany-based plantmaker SMS Siemag has announced that it will revamp one of the two compact strip production (CSP) casters of the Indian steelmaker JSW Steel. The modernization of the CSP slab at the steelmaker's Dolvi steel plant in the ...
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China-based polysilicon maker Daqo New Energy has almost doubled its annual production capacity from 6,200 tonnes to 12,000 tonnes in an expansion project totaling US$22 million, and will invest another US$59 million to further expand ...
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LED package industry market scale reached US$7.2 billion in 2013, up 20% from the year before, according to LEDinside. China has become the largest maker of LED products, and the rapidly increasing LED lighting penetration rate in the ...
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Mafatlal Industries Limited (MIL), the flagship company of the Arvind Mafatlal Group, is planning to increase its denim production capacity to 30 million metres by 2015, Rajiv Dayal, MIL’s managing director said in a statement. ...
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Australian miner Rio Tinto has announced that its Pilbara iron ore operations have reached a run rate of 290 million mt per year, two months ahead of schedule. Rio Tinto said that early completion of expansion has added significant value ...
Diversified iron ore developer London Mining said Monday it produced 900,000 mt of iron ore from the Marampa operation in Sierra Leone in the first quarter, up 17% from Q4 2013, while it looked for a minority investor to help it cope with ...
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