After the US announced its preliminary rulings on CVD and AD duties, momentum in the market has turned weak. Module and cell makers have decreased capacity and increased inventory, and in order to reduce operating pressure, hope to ...
Tags: PV Cell, Module Price Quotes, Lighting
After US announced its preliminary determination on the CVD and AD duty, the momentum in the market has turned weak rapidly. Module and cell manufacturers were the first to be challenged by the decreased capacity and increased inventory. In ...
Smithfield Foods, Inc., a wholly owned independent subsidiary of WH Group Limited, reported record 2014 first quarter results. All comparisons are to the first quarter of 2013. Sales for the first quarter of 2014 were $3.4 billion, up 3%. ...
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EnergyTrend indicates that cell manufacturers may revise the price upward to correspond to the increased poly and multi-si wafer price. Recent targeted average price is US$0.4/watt. “After poly price slightly declined in 2Q13, it ...
Tags: Cell, Poly, Multi-si Wafer
Germany-based SMS Group has announced that in 2013 its order intake will be lower than in 2012, adding that it expects its net result to decrease compared to the previous year. SMS Group stated that low capacity utilization and high raw ...
Tags: manufacturing, material, price
Indian polyester yarn makers witnessed a sharp drop in their bottom-line during second quarter ended September 2013, hit by rise in prices of raw materials such as Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) and Monoethylene Glycol (MEG), which the ...
Tags: polyester yarn, High Raw Material
It's reported that Feng Hsin, one of the major wire rod makers in Taiwan announced to remain its 209 wire rod prices unchanged on September 2nd. Although Feng Hsin hiked its rebar and scrap price by NT$200/ton for this week, the company ...
Tags: Wire Rod, Construction
Middle East Rating and Investors Service (MERIS) has announced that it has downgraded the credit rating of Egypt-based steelmaker Ezz Steel to B+ from BB+, with the outlook being negative. According to MERIS, Ezz Steel is facing critical ...
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Cosmetic companies are making slow progress in reducing their packaging footprints. Although the cosmetics industry has become preoccupied with green initiatives, few steps have been made to tackle the environmental impact of packaging. ...
Tags: Cosmetic, Cosmetic Packaging, Printing
Russian steel giant Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has announced that its Turkey-based subsidiary MMK Metalurji reported no crude steel output in the first quarter of this year, due to smelting capacities being idled in November ...
Tags: Crude Steel Output, Mineral
It's reported that the Chinese Benxi Steel announced that its net profits slumped by 91% from a year ago to RMB69.38 million in 2012. The company stated that high raw material prices and sluggish demand caused its net profits slump last ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
It is reported that Cherepovets Steel Mill, a group mill of Severstal has already received full order booking for March with full utilization rate. In response to increasing steel prices and high raw material cost globally, Cherepovets ...
Tags: Steel Mill, Steel, steel prices
The global economy seems to be turning the corner and now heading upwards, with developing economies clearly in the front seat, as stated by Kim Marti Subirana of Celsa Group at the SteelOrbis 2013 Spring Conference & 68th IREPAS Meeting ...
Tags: Raw material, Steel Prices, Steel
The wide-ranging survey, covering the whole UK plastics sector, also looked into areas such as profitability, exports and skills needs. A total of 100 companies participated and it asked how they saw 2013 shaping up. According to the BPF, ...
Tags: wide-ranging survey, UK plastics sector, profitability
Taekwang Industrial is operating its acrylonitrile (ACN) plant at lower rates. “The ACN plant located in Ulsan is currently operating at 80% production capacity rates”, a company official informed fibre2fashion. Providing ...
Tags: Taekwang Industrial, ACN plant, lower rates