The United States is expected to be the most competitive manufacturing nation, moving China into the number two position by 2020, according to the 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index report from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited ...
'Made in China' gains credibility, as makers of home appliances expand Chinese home appliances and electronics are increasingly gaining popularity among European consumers because of their price advantages and innovation. Leading the ...
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U.S. specialty jewelry store sales rose only 1.2 percent year on year to $2.244 billion in September. The sales total was the weakest by value since January when revenue estimates barely topped $2 billion. As reported earlier on Rapaport ...
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Electrical/electronic component suppliers ranked last among the six automotive segments – exterior, powertrain, interior, electrical, body and chassis – reviewed in PwC's North American Automotive Supplier Supply Chain study. ...
Tags: Component Suppliers, Electrical, Electronics
China will remain the leading global consumer of wind turbine rotor blades over the coming years, with its market value expected to increase from $2 billion in 2012 to $3.7 billion by 2020, a compound annual growth rate of 8.2 percent. ...
Tags: Wind Rotor Blade, Wind Energy
At the beginning of each New Year, I, like many others, like to take an inventory of my life - both personally and professionally. I think about which attitudes and behaviors have served me well in the previous year, and consider which ...
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The Asia-Pacific region will continue to be the largest market in the world for Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) by 2020, thanks to the region’s improving living standards, cross-industry usage of PTA products and expanding ...
Tags: PTA Demand, textile
The flip side to China's large population is its vast labor supply. China's emergence as the manufacturing hub of the world over the past three decades has created significant downward pressure on pricing of many of the world's goods. ...
Tags: Focus Vision, China, China Price
The report titled “The UAE Apparel and Textile Industry Outlook 2016 – Focus on Re-Exports and Emerging High-End Retail Sector” provides a comprehensive analysis of the various aspects such as market size of the UAE ...
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The following have all combined to limit control of foreign minerals by US companies: In 2011, Resource nationalism became the number one risk for mining companies Nationalization Expropriation Increased taxation Constraints on the degree ...
Tags: Cobalt, Rare Earth, USA, Metallurgy
Standard Furniture production employees in Bay Minette, Ala., are at work in a cell area that assembles mirrors. BAY MINETTE, Ala. -- Case goods manufacturer Standard Furniture could have shifted to an all-import model and walked away ...
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It's easier to carve an apple with a knife than an axe. The same goes for manufacturing, where plants are increasingly building things with precise, programmable electric tools instead of machines run on compressed air. Industry groups say ...
Tags: Market View, power tool, electric tool