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The Year Trust Returned to The Diamond Trade
Apr 30, 2019There was little surprise when Time magazine named Donald Trump its ‘Person of the Year.’ Love him or hate him, Trump left his mark more than any other individual on 2016. Notably, the choice says as much about the impact he ...
Tags: Diamond, diamond industry
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Taiwan International Fastener Show Set to Continue Leading The Way for Taiwanese Fastener Industry
Apr 1, 2019The upcoming Taiwan International Fastener Show 2018, scheduled from April 10 through 12 at Kaohsiung Exhibition Center in Taiwan's southern metropolis of Kaohsiung, will host 415 exhibitors with 1,107 booths and 2,000 overseas buyers from ...
Tags: Fastener, rivet fasteners
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Hand Tool Trends: Cautious But Hopeful of 2019 Outlook?
Apr 1, 2019Taiwan's hand tools industry has always enjoyed a positive global reputation, thanks to industry members' strive to improve and refine their products in face of an increasingly, competitive industry. In 2018, the island's hand tool ...
Tags: Hand Tool, 2019 Outlook
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UK Food Industry Fails to Achieve PHE's 5% Sugar Reduction Target
Jun 12, 2018The UK food industry has fallen short of the 5% target of sugar reduction across food products set by Public Health England (PHE) in the first year of its 4-year sugar reduction program. According to a report unveiled by the executive ...
Tags: Food Industry, Sugar
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Voith's Xcelline VTM 3 Tissue Machine Goes Online at Little Rapids' Shawano Facility in US
Nov 15, 2017Little Rapids, a US-based specialty paper manufacturer, has commissioned a new Voith Paper-built XcelLine VTM 3 tissue machine at its manufacturing facility in Wisconsin. The new Voith machine been designed to replace the existing PM3 ...
Tags: PM3 machine, Tissue Machine
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AEROBAL Says Global Aluminium Aerosol Cans Production on Par with 2016
Oct 18, 2017As many as 2.9 billion aluminium aerosol cans were produced across the world in the first half of 2017 by the members of the International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers (AEROBAL). The output, according to the ...
Tags: aerosol cans, beauty products
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IBM, Food Giants Form Blockchain Collaboration to Trace Food Contamination
Aug 28, 2017Technology giant IBM has collaborated with food giants across the globe over a blockchain solution in an effort to reduce food borne illness and get rid of food contamination. The consortium includes food companies Dole, Driscoll’s, ...
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Veeco's Q2 Revenue up 21% Year-on-Year Organically
Aug 9, 2017For second-quarter 2017, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $115.1m, up 22% on $94.4m last quarter and up 53% on $75.3m a year ago. However, this includes ...
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Finisar Reports Record Full-Year Revenue, But a 6% Drop Quarter-to-Quarter Driven by Chinese Telecom OEMs
Jun 26, 2017For full-year fiscal 2017 (to end-April), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has reported record revenue of $1449.3m, up 14.7% on fiscal 2016’s $1263.2m. However, for fiscal ...
Tags: Finisar, Datacom product
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Solegear Announces Increase in Business with US-Based Produce Provider
May 11, 2017Solegear Bioplastic Technologies has announced that it has received an increased annual program from a leading US ready-to-eat produce provider that is expected to generate 400% growth in revenue from this customer in the current year. ...
Tags: Solegear, food packaging
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Sonoco Reports First Quarter Results for 2017
Apr 24, 2017Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, has reported financial results for its first quarter, ending 2 April 2017. First Quarter Highlights First quarter 2017 GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.53, ...
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Toyota Announces $1.33bn Investment in Kentucky Plant
Apr 12, 2017Toyota is spending $1.33bn at its Kentucky manufacturing facility as part of its plan to invest $10bn in the US over the next five years. The move adds to the $530m invested in 2013 to support the production of Lexus. With the present ...
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Coveris Reports Full Year 2016 Financial Results
Mar 27, 2017Coveris Holdings has reported financial results with $2.5bn for the full year of 2016. Excluding the impact of currency, $96 million, these sales were in-line with the prior year. For the fourth quarter, net sales were $592 million ...
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China's Latest Five-Year Plan Could Be Its Last
Feb 24, 2017The outline for China’s 13th five-year plan isn’t exactly summer beach reading: The 65,858-character document, which lays out in broad terms how China’s leaders want the country’s economy to develop between now and ...
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DGBAS Projects Taiwan's GDP at 1.92 Percent for 2017, a 3-Year Zenith
Feb 22, 2017DGBAS reports Taiwan’s 2017 GDP growth forecast to stand at a three-year high of 1.92 percent, with annual export to show the strongest increase of 8.5 percent in the past six years (photo courtesy of UDN.com). In light of the ...
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