Dec 03,2011
The German Machinery & Plant Manufacturers Association (VDMA) runs a Platform for Photovoltaic (PV) Equipment which will be supporting solarpeq – International Trade Fair for Solar Equipment – taking place in ...
Dec 02,2011
The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation‘s October 2011 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI), released Oct. 21, shows that confidence in the equipment finance market is 50.7, up from the ...
Dec 02,2011
For a third week in a row, the national average retail price of diesel rose, climbing 6.7 cents to $3.892 in the latest week, according to the U. S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. Average prices ...
Dec 02,2011
A bulldozer is a crawler (continuous tracked tractor) equipped with a substantial metal plate (known as a blade) used to push large quantities of soil, sand, rubble, etc., during construction work and typically equipped at the ...
Dec 02,2011
Germany’s economy is expanding “noticeably slower” in the final quarter as demand for exports, the mainspring for growth, tapers off in the euro region and globally, the Finance Ministry said. After notching up ...
Dec 01,2011
Caterpillar Inc. Has finalized the purchase of MWM Holding GmbH (MWM) from 3i and funds managed by 3i for euro 580 million (about $800 million). This action follows the European Commission’s recent clearance of the ...
Dec 01,2011
Manufacturing in the New York region unexpectedly expanded in November, as measures of shipments and the employee workweek improved. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s general economic index rose to 0.6, the first ...
Dec 01,2011
Embroidery is the art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn.In this, it has been practiced for decades. The origins of embroidery can be dated back to Cro-Magnon days or 30,000 ...
Nov 29,2011
German machine tool maker Gildemeister AG, parent of sales and service organisation DMG, has reported both orders and sales up year on year for the first nine months of the year, by 49% and 39% respectively. As of 30 September ...
Nov 27,2011
Illinois is trying to persuade Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), the world’s largest construction and mining- equipment maker, that its home state is the best location to build a factory that will employ more than 1, 000 people. ...
Nov 26,2011
Glencore International Plc, the largest publicly traded commodities company, reported record third-quarter output of thermal coal and a 33 percent jump in copper, saying it has the funds to spur further expansion. Coal used in ...
Nov 25,2011
A compactor is a machine or mechanism used to reduce the size of waste material or soil through compaction. A trash compactor is often used by homes and businesses to reduce the volume of trash. Normally powered by hydraulics, ...
Nov 25,2011
The following is the text of Canada's wholesale trade report for September from Statistics Canada. Wholesale sales increased for a fifth consecutive month in September, rising 0.3% to $48.7 billion. Wholesale sales increase in ...
Nov 24,2011
Thailand’s economy may shrink 3.7 percent this quarter following the worst flooding in almost 70 years, the government said, adding to the case for an interest- rate cut as early as next week. Gross domestic product rose 3.5 ...
Nov 24,2011
Growth in Southeast Asian economies including Malaysia and Thailand may have peaked last quarter as the European debt crisis and Thai floods hurt the outlook for exports, adding pressure on policy makers to cut interest rates. ...
Nov 23,2011
Containerboard and Market Pulp Pricing Under Pressure, Recycled Board Flat Nov. 22, 2011 - According to analysts at Deutsche Bank (DB), November estimated containerboard prices were flat month/month at $635-645/ton. However, ...
Nov 23,2011
RUBBER declined amid speculation that slowing growth in Asian economies and Europe’s sovereign- debt crisis may weaken demand for the commodity used in tyres. The February-delivery contract fell as much as 1.6 percent to ...
Nov 23,2011
Germany's Siemens has acquired composites CADCAMCAE software specialist Vistagy Inc of the USA. Siemens says it will integrate the software supplier and its products, services and support into its PLM Software Business Unit, a ...
Nov 22,2011
Japanese companies, Thailand’s biggest foreign investors, may spend more to build factories in neighbors including Indonesia and Vietnam after the worst flooding in 70 years disrupted global production. “Executives ...
Nov 22,2011
As part of a multi-million single 5-axis machine installation for a UK aerospace company, turnkey supplier 2D CNC Machinery (Mitsui Seiki), the customer, FSE and machine builder Mitsui Seiki developed a fully programmable, totally ...