Brazil-based Gerdau Group has announced that it has presented a preliminary proposal for the acquisition of the French special steel producer Ascometal for €41.5 million. Ascometal has three steel plants located in Hagondange, Les ...
Tags: Gerdau Group, special steel
The central South American country of Paraguay has signed an international cooperation agreement with Brazil and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), with the aim of combating the pest weevil that has been damaging ...
Tags: Cotton, cotton fields, cotton production
Protective packaging materials manufacturer Pregis has announced plans to install new custom-built converting line at its manufacturing plant located at Plymouth in Indiana, US. The new equipment is said to be deployed to manufacture ...
European coatings companies have been hoping that this year would bring a revival in their domestic markets as the European Union economies, particularly those in the eurozone, started to show signs of recovery around mid-2013. But the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Coating
With the aim of boosting petrochemical output and increasing employment, Iran is planning expansion of petrochemical projects in the western provinces of the country, said Mohammad Hassan Peyvandi, deputy executive manager of the National ...
The European Commission has opted to maintain antidumping duties on imports of ferrosilicon into the European Union from China and Russia following a market review, the EC said Thursday. In February last year, the EC initiated an expiry ...
Tags: Dumping Duties, Ferrosilicon
Flying a radio-controlled replica of the historic WWII P-51 Mustang red-tail aircraft—of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen—NRL researchers (l to r) Dr. Jeffrey Baldwin, Dr. Dennis Hardy, Dr. Heather Willauer, and Dr. David Drab ...
Tags: Energy, liquid hydrocarbon fuel, fuel
Continental has taken another step towards its expansion plans in India. The manufacturer has announced its entry in to the radial truck tyre market. It will cater to goods, people and construction segments. The company has an annual ...
Tags: Continental, Truck Tyre
According to local news reports, a spokesperson for the US Steel Gary Works plant has said that although they have resumed steelmaking, their production capacity is still limited. The plant ceased operations several weeks ago after icy ...
German automaker BMW Group has expanded its sports car line-up with the launch of its new BMW M4 Convertible at the New York International Auto Show 2014. The new vehicle resembles the company's new BMW M3 Sedan and and the new BMW M4 ...
Tags: Sports Car, automaker, BMW Group
In 2014 the high-end apparel manufacturing show will be an even better fit for the fashion industry, as it is extending its offer to give clothing and accessories brands, couturiers and designers increasingly efficient and targeted ...
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Japanese automotive parts maker Bridgestone Group has commenced the construction of its new passenger car radial tire plant in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. With this move, the company is seeking to meet this demand growth with local ...
Tags: Passenger Car Tire, Tire, Tyre, Auto Parts
The Vietnamese garment and textile industry has grown at a healthy rate in the first quarter of the current year, and the outlook for the whole year is bright, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, reports Viet Nam News. ...
Tags: Garments, Textiles industry, apparel
Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) announced plans to again expand 2-EH capacity at its Longview, Texas, site. The expansion will increase capacity by approximately 20,000 metric tons per year. The company expects to complete the expansion ...
Tags: Chemicals, Construction, Decoration
Speaking at the SteelOrbis 2014 Spring Conference & 70th IREPAS Meeting in Barcelona, Bhaskar Dutta, CEO of the Omani steel and pipe manufacturer Al Jazeera Steel, stated that rebar consumption in the GCC countries is expected to rise to 12 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel