Sensor-based sorting technology provider Tomra Sorting Recycling has secured a contract from Australia-based SKM Recycling (SKM) to supply automated sorting technology. Under the contract, Tomra will supply 40 Autosort units featuring new ...
As demand for LED end devices has resumed growth amid shortages of LED chip supply, China's LED makers have recently begun expanding their capacities and local governments are also planning new subsidy and investment programs to assist the ...
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Fonterra has increased its forecast earnings for the 2015 financial year. The co-operative is now expecting to pay farmers $4.95-5.00 per kg of milk solids. Chairman John Wilson said performance between the 1 August – 31 October ...
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Asian propylene term contract discussions for 2016 are likely to conclude at larger discounts than this year due to an increase in supply in the region, market sources said this week. A source at a producer in South Korea estimated the ...
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When corn is cheap, hogs get plentiful. The annual Pork Powerhouses ranking of the 25 largest producers in the U.S. shows a gain of 128,000 sows in the past year. With two new packing plants set to open in 2017, producers are gearing up to ...
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India has become the fastest growing photovoltaic (PV) market and replaced the U.K. as one of the top three exports markets for Chinese modules, found EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce. Based on EnergyTrend’s latest report, the ...
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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 ...
IRL has announced the launch of a new edition of its single country report A Profile of the Indian Paint Industry. In this study, IRL examines India’s paints and coatings market independently and not as part of a regional study on the ...
AC-Automation, a supplier for automated solutions to the textile industry, mainly finds business in India and China with slightly different trends. While Chinese clients mainly ask for fully-automatic solutions, Indian clients asking for ...
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Toyota Motor is planning to invest around CNY150bn ($1.3bn) to set up two new car plants in Mexico and China, marking an end to the three-year freeze to expansion plan. Reuters reported citing two people familiar with plans that the ...
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Hyundai Motor will build two factories in China this year, increasing its manufacturing units in the country to five. The two new plants will be built at Cangzhou, Hebei province and Chongqing in southeast China. Each plant is ...
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The Coca Cola Company will earmark between $600m and $1bn for expansion of its operations in Indonesia. The company is likely to form a joint venture with its Australian subsidiary Coca Cola Amatil (CCA), to build new plants across ...
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Volkswagen is extending its partnership with its Chinese joint venture partner First Automotive Works for further 25 years. Apart from the partnership extension, the companies are planning to invest in the Shanghai Volkswagen (SVW) ...
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Blendhub, a Spanish company specialising in formulation and food powder blending, has expanded its Formulation Excellence Center services by opening its pilot plants and laboratories in India, Spain and Mexico to other food enterprises. ...
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Hyundai Motor is planning to build two vehicle manufacturing plants in China. The car maker is planning to remodel one of its partners, Beijing Automotive Industry Holding's plant and wants to build another plant in the sub continent. ...
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