South African specialist paper company Sappi has unveiled plans to expand its dissolving wood pulp (DWP) capacity by 2020. The company's plans include potential expansion at its Saiccor DWP Mill to increase the mill’s capacity by ...
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and Shell Nanhai B.V. (Shell) today announce the final investment decision to expand CNOOC and Shell Petrochemical Company’s (CSPC) existing 50:50 joint venture (JV) in Huizhou, ...
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Nine Dragons Paper announced the audited consolidated results of the company and its subsidiaries for the year ended 30 June 2016. The Board has declared and approved a final dividend of RMB 8 cents per share, and special dividend of RMB ...
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SRF Limited is reportedly investing close to $58m in building a new biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate (BOPET) film production plant in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh Of the total investment, around $40m will be provided ...
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Gujarat based producer of polyester multifilament yarn has commissioned and begun commercial production of a 3,500 tons per annum carpet yarn manufacturing plant. “This is a valued added product and will generate additional revenue ...
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President Barack Obama has signed two important trade measures into law – the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 and Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (TPA-2015). Both bills, passed by ...
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Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) has commenced commercial production of polypropylene (PP) post-completion of its Phase III refinery expansion and upgradation project. In a filing to the BSE, MRPL said it successfully ...
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America’s National Council of Textile Organisations (NCTO) has commended the US Senate for passing two important pieces of trade legislation H.R. 1295 and H.R. 644, addressing trade preference programmes and customs enforcement. As ...
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee passed legislation Wednesday evening that wlil give President Obama trade promotion authority, or TPA, a necessary step for his administration to conclude negotiation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). ...
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Supported by the commissioning of two lines, the VSF business at Grasim Industries, achieved record sales volume of 100,927 tons, up 8% from a year ago quarter in the second fiscal quarter ending September 2014. “Concerted market ...
The decline in cotton price and slowing demand for apparel and other textile products in key North American and European markets have put tremendous pressure on synthetic pricing in the past several months. The global synthetic fiber price ...
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Trident Limited, the flagship company of US$ 1 billion Indian business conglomerate—The Trident Group, has inaugurated the world’s largest terry towel plant and also laid the foundation stone of its Composite Textile project in ...
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After recently unveiling the world’s largest terry towel plant, Trident Group aims to surpass the bounds of being the world’s largest integrated home textile manufacturer and continues to expand and modernize its capacities ...
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Viscose Staple Fibre (VSF) volume rose to 86,389 tons, up 11 percent at Grasim Ltd; a company of Kumaramangalam Birla-led Aditya Birla Group in the first fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2014. However higher input cost impaired the margins ...
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National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO, India's largest domestic aluminium producer) has invited expressions of interest (EoI) for sourcing an environmentally friendly technology for a 10 tonne per annum (TPA) gallium extraction plant that ...
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