Malaysian industrial stretch film producer Scientex has invested $91.97m in the next three years to expand into the Japanese and South-East Asian market for its consumer packaging products. The company will use the money to expand its ...
Perstorp, one of the world leaders in specialty chemicals, such as Capa, highlighted at UTECH Asia/PU China 2014 its growing commitment to China as the company's production platform in Zibo is being expanded to include a new Neopentyl ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
The LED (chips and components) market is forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.5% from 2014 to $42.7bn by 2020, according to a report ‘Global Light Emitting Diode (LED) Market (Technology, Application and ...
Tags: LED Market, Lighting market
Specialty chemicals group LANXESS is strengthening its production network in China to meet the high level of demand for iron oxide pigments and is adding a mixing and milling plant to the pigment plant already under construction in Ningbo. ...
Tags: Iron Oxide, Red Pigments
The world’s third-largest aluminum electrolyticA polarized capacitor exhibiting a very high capacitanceThat property of a system of conductors and dielectrics which permits the storage of electricity when potential difference exists ...
Tags: Nichicon, Electrical, Electronics
US-based rigid packaging company TricorBraun has commenced Indian operations with an aim to cater to the growing need for rigid packaging products in the second largest Asian market. The company has opened TricorBraun-India in Mumbai, ...
Four years since last exhibiting at CINTE, Super Absorbent Fibre manufacturer Technical Absorbents Ltd (TAL) is gearing up for the 2014 event. It will use the three day exhibition – held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre ...
Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB has posted its financial results for the first half of the current year, reporting a net profit of SEK 86 million ($12.6 million), compared to a net loss of SEK 281 million in the corresponding period ...
US-based engineered and applied products manufacturer TriMas has acquired India-based Lion Holdings for $27m in cash, expanding its packaging footprint. TriMas will include the newly acquired business in its packaging segment. TriMas ...
Bosch eBike Systems is setting up a regional business unit in Suzhou, China with technical and commercial experts to help Asia's bicycle manufacturers prepare for growing global demand for ped-elec bikes, which the company began promoting ...
Tags: Ebike, Sporting Goods
Polyethylene terephthalate producer DAK Americas will increase US resin prices 3 cents/lb in July because of rising raw material costs, a letter to customers obtained by Platts on Thursday showed. On Wednesday, fellow US producer Nan Ya ...
According to the short-range outlook report issued by IREPAS, the global association of producers and exporters of long steel products, demand has continued to improve in the global long steel products market, especially in the Americas and ...
Tags: Long Steel Markets, Healthy Demand
Efficient textile production in terms of energy and resources will be the main topic of German exhibitors at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2014, mid of June in Shanghai. Volatile prices and sporadic shortages for energy as well as commodities and ...
Tags: Textile
MEGlobal on Thursday nominated its May Asia Contract Price for monoethylene glycol at $1,100/mt CFR main port, unchanged from April, according to a notice to buyers provided by the company. The price reflected "the short-term ...
Tags: MEGlobal, MEG prices
Canada and the Republic of Korea have concluded negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) that will significantly boost trade and investment ties between the two countries. The negotiations were concluded during the visit of ...