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Seoul Semiconductor Sues TV Retailer Fry's Electronics for LED Patent Infringement
Sep 7, 2018Together with its affiliate Seoul Viosys Co Ltd, South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor Co Ltd has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against consumer electronics ...
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Global Flexible Packaging Market Size Expected to Reach $293.03bn by 2022, Says Report
Jun 12, 2018The global flexible packaging market size is expected to reach $293.03bn by 2022, according to a new report by Grand View Research. Growing demand for the product in the food and beverage sector is expected to stir up the growth of the ...
Tags: flexible packaging, packaging
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Australian Regulator Approves Saputo's $1bn Acquisition of Murray Goulburn
Apr 8, 2018Australia’s competition regulator has approved the CAD1.29bn ($1.01bn) acquisition of Murray Goulburn Co-Operative (MG) by Canadian dairy producer Saputo. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) said that it will not ...
Tags: Murray Goulburn, dairy plant
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Hannover Messe
Apr 24, 2017Growth markets need effective business platforms. Despite today’s networked world, trade fairs still serve as a central meeting place for market participants. We create such platforms – worldwide – on the basis of ...
Tags: Footprints
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China's Solvent-Grade Mixed Xylene Demand Halts
Apr 16, 2017Demand for solvent-grade mixed xylene has come to a near standstill this week as the product shares the same code for imports as mixed aromatics, which is expected to have a consumption tax imposed some time between May 1 and July 1, market ...
Tags: mixed xylene, mixed aromatics
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Butadiene-Naphtha Spread Hits 7-Year High
Jan 30, 2017The Asian butadiene-naphtha price spread hit a seven-year high of $2,557.38/mt CFR last Friday amid extremely tight supply globally and strong demand for downstream products such as styrene-butadiene-rubber, SB latex and ...
Tags: Butadiene Naphtha, styrene
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Global High-Barrier Packaging Film Consumption to Increase Annually, Says Report
Jan 17, 2017Global high-barrier packaging film consumption was projected at 1.86 million tonnes in 2016 and is forecast to grow during 2016–2021 at an annual rate of 4.6% to 2.33 million tonnes, according to Smithers Pira. Smithers Pira’s ...
Tags: high-Barrier Packaging
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China to Eliminate Import Tax on Australian Coal
Dec 16, 2016Australian thermal coal cargoes arriving at China's ports on January 1, 2017, and thereafter will be clear of the Asian country's 2% import tax, currently equivalent to $1.50/mt, and levied on the delivered CFR South China price of ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Coal
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Neovia Vietnam Launches a New Pig Production Chain Le Porc Du Mekong
Oct 11, 2016Neovia Vietnam launches a new pig production chain called “Le porc du Mékong”, in partnership with the Grimaud and Le Boucher Groups. The creation of a pig production chain in Vietnam, in partnership with the various ...
Tags: Neovia Vietnam, Le porc du Mekong, Grimaud and Le Boucher Groups
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Eastern China Ferrous Scrap Stable on Rising Price
Dec 28, 2015After dropping for five consecutive weeks, ferrous scrap prices in eastern China remained stable for the second week following the recent increase in domestic rebar and seaborne iron ore prices. Platts assessed heavy melting scrap 6 mm ...
Tags: ferrous scrap, iron ore
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Asia Alumina: Drifts Sideways at $200/Mt FOB Australia
Dec 18, 2015The price of Australian alumina continued to drift sideways Thursday, leaving Platts daily assessment unchanged at $200/mt FOB, despite a slight slippage of Yuan 15/mt ($2.30) in Chinese domestic prices in Shanxi province. The Australian ...
Tags: alumina, Australian alumina
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Seoul Semiconductor Invalidates Enplas Lens Patents and Acquires Royalty-Bearing Licenses
Dec 11, 2015Seoul Semiconductor announced that it has prevailed in a series of patent invalidation actions against Japanese lens maker Enplas also concluded royalty-bearing licenses regarding LED technology with North American television makers, which ...
Tags: Semiconductor, backlighting units, LED chips
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SGX Takes on Larger Share of Coking Coal Futures Volume in November
Dec 2, 2015The Singapore Exchange is increasingly taking on a bigger share of coking coal futures volume, latest trade data showed Tuesday. The SGX's FOB Australia Premium Coking Coal Futures contract made up 285,000 mt in trade November, up from ...
Tags: SGX, Coking Coal, iron ore, thermal coal
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US' Shintech to Raise Caustic Soda Prices by $40/Dry St: Notice
Nov 25, 2015Shintech will raise its liquid caustic soda prices by $40/dry short ton effective immediately or as contract terms allow, the company said Monday in a notice to customers. The Houston-based producer was the third to say it would raise ...
Tags: Shintech, liquid caustic soda, chlor-alkali
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Analysis: Asian Styrene Monomer Margins at Narrowest in 11 Months on Firm Ethylene, Tumbling Sm
Nov 25, 2015Margins for non-integrated styrene monomer producers in Asia shrank to their narrowest in 11 months Monday due to firm feedstock ethylene and tumbling SM market amid weak demand season in the fourth quarter. The margin was calculated at ...
Tags: styrene, benzene, polystyrene