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Husco Expands in North America, Asia
2007-11-19 12:30:00 Diesel Progress (November 16, 2007) - Husco International Inc., Waukesha, Wis., said it plans to build a third manufacturing facility in North America , according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Husco, which makes motion-control components and systems for the auto and construction industries, said it is evaluating potential locations over the next 90 days in Wisconsin, ... More About: Asia , North America
JCB bids for rugged phone market
2007-11-19 12:30:00 Mobile Today (November 19, 2007) - Construction equipment company JCB has announced it will launch what must be the hardest ever handset: the Toughphone. More About: Phone , Market
Malaysia: Construction costs expected to rise 15%
2007-11-19 12:30:00 The Star (November 19, 2007) - The increased price of building materials is expected to increase the cost of construction as much as 15% next year, says Datuk Jerry Chan Fook Sing, chairman of Real Estate and Housing Developers Association Mala ysia (REHDA) Penang. More About: Construction , Rise , Costs
More EU Exports Can’t Stem China Trade Deficit
2007-11-19 12:30:00 Manufacturing.net (November 16, 2007) - The European Union’s trade deficit with China in the first eight months of the year broke through the 100 billion euro (US$146.7 billion) barrier despite a 15 percent increase in exports, the EU statistics agency said Friday. More About: Trade , Deficit , Exports , Stem
U.S. Trade Rep: Doha Agreement Is Top Priority
2007-11-19 12:30:00 Manufacturing.net (November 19, 2007) - The top U.S. trade envoy said Monday the United States is determined to achieve a successful conclusion to the troubled Doha round of world trade talks. More About: Trade , Agreement , Priority
House Ag Committee chairman not giving up
2007-11-19 12:30:00 Agriculture.com (November 16, 2007) - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, a Minnesota Democrat, is the epitome of low-key leadership. In moments of crisis, Peterson projects an image of amused detachment. So, when the U.S. Senate failed by five votes to move its own farm bill past a partisan stranglehold, Peterson expressed disappointment, but no ... More About: Giving , Irma
Senate refuses to vote on farm bill
2007-11-19 12:30:00 Agriculture.com (November 16, 2007) - Friday, the Senat e failed to get the 60 votes needed to end debate on its farm bill and begin a short 30-hour consideration of relevant amendments. Democrats, who have a 51-vote majority, picked up support from four Republicans, Senators Norm Coleman of Minnesota, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Gordon Smith of ... More About: Vote , Farm , Bill
Fed survey shows farm incomes surge to record highs
2007-11-19 12:30:00 Agriculture.com (November 15, 2007) - Farm incomes surged in the third quarter with strong crop prices and a bountiful fall harvest, setting record highs, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s third quarter Survey of Agricultural Credit Conditions. More About: Surge , Record , Urge
Report Cites Mine-Safety Agency Failures
2007-11-19 12:30:00 The New York Times (November 18, 2007) - Government investigators have found that the Mine Safety and Health Administration failed to conduct required inspections last year at 107 of the nation?s 731 underground coal mines. More About: Agency , Report
Malaysia May Revise Inflation Rate Upwards on Oil, Zeti Says
2007-11-12 12:52:00 Bloomberg (November 12, 2007) - Mala ysia may revise its inflation rate higher because of the rising cost of crude oil, Central Bank Governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz said. More About: Inflation , Rate , Flat
Deal Aims To Boost Cat Component Sales In Asia
2007-11-12 11:42:00 Diesel Progress (November 9, 2007) - In a move intended to support Caterpillar?s OEM customers and augment its penetration into emerging Asia n markets beyond China, Caterpillar has announced an agreement with India?s Automotive Robotics Inc., a specialist in vehicle engineering, systems and software, prototype development and powertrain testing and validation. More About: Sales , Deal , Boost , Component
AGCO Introduces Futuristic, High Performance Tractor at World’s Large
2007-11-12 11:42:00 AGCO (November 12, 2007) - AGCO Corporation introduced the Fendt TRISIX Vario, the world’s most innovative tractor, this week at Agritechnica, the world’s largest agricultural equipment exhibition. AGCO unveiled its futuristic, high performance, triple axle tractor at this internationally renowned engineering exhibition in Hannover, Germany. More About: Performance , World , High , Futuristic , Large
Randall-Reilly buys Better Roads and Aggregates Manager magazines
2007-11-12 11:42:00 Equipment world (November 12, 2007) - Randall-Reilly Publishing, the nation’s leading business-to-business media company serving the transportation and construction markets, today announced that it has acquired Better Roads and Aggregates Manager magazines from James Informational Media, Des Plaines, Illinois. More About: Magazines , Ager
China’s producer price index up 3.2% in October
2007-11-12 11:42:00 Xinhua (November 12, 2007) - The Producer Price Index (PPI) for China ’s industrial products rose by 3.2 percent in October from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday. More About: Producer Price Index
French Industrial Output Falls
2007-11-12 11:42:00 IndustryWeek (November 12, 2007) - The French economy was hit with a widening trade deficit in September, when energy sector imports rose, and a slide in industrial production, official figures showed Nov. 9. The trade gap with the rest of the world widened 13.5% to 3.083 billion euros (US$4.5 billion) from August, the customs authority ... More About: Industrial , Falls
India industrial growth slows to 6.4 pct
2007-11-12 11:42:00 BusinessWeek (November 12, 2007) - India ’s industrial growth slowed to 6.4 percent in September, the government said Monday, stoking fears that the central bank’s tight money policy and a stronger rupee was hurting the broader economy. More About: Industrial , Growth
IMF: European economies strong overall
2007-11-12 11:42:00 BusinessWeek (November 12, 2007) - Economic growth will slow in most European economies in 2008, with rapidly rising housing costs or high levels of private debt leaving a number of countries vulnerable to tightened credit, the International Monetary Fund reported Monday. More About: Strong , Rope
ASA, Deere invite growers to precision ag education meetings
2007-11-12 11:42:00 AgProfessional.com (November 9, 2007) - The American Soybean Association, in partnership with John Deere Ag Management Solutions, invites growers to take advantage of a unique event to learn about the value of precision ag systems. More About: Education , Meetings , Invite , Precision , Reci
China’s monthly trade surplus hits new high in October
2007-11-12 11:42:00 Xinhua (November 12, 2007) - China ’s trade surplus in October rose 13.5 percent over the same month last year to a new high of 27.05 billion U.S. dollars, the General Administration of Customs said on Monday. More About: Trade , High , Hits
Terex Acquires Superior Highwall Miners, Inc.
2007-11-07 12:43:00 Terex (November 6, 2007) - Terex Corporation today announced that it has acquired Superior Highwall Miners , Inc.. SHM, headquartered in Beckley, West Virginia, is a leading manufacturer of highwall mining equipment for use in trench mining, open pit mining, contour mining and auger hole mining applications. The total consideration for the transaction was approximately ...
CNH Exporting Chinese-Built Tractors
2007-11-07 12:43:00 Diesel Progress (November 7, 2007) - CNH International said it has begun exporting its TL5000 series of agricultural tractors built in China. The TL5000 range is made up of three models: 80, 90, and 100 hp. Models are available with two- and four-wheel drive, cab and platform configurations. CNH said it is ... More About: Chinese , Tractors
Navistar Affiliate Enters JV To Build Engines In India
2007-11-07 12:43:00 Diesel Progress (November 2, 2007) - A wholly owned affiliate of Navistar International Corp. has signed a joint venture agreement with Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. of India to produce diesel engines for medium and heavy commercial trucks and buses in India. The joint venture, to be named Mahindra International Engines Ltd. (MIEL), will be 51% ... More About: Affiliate , Build , Avis
Doosan Infracore to get $3.9 bln in bank loans for takeover
2007-11-07 12:43:00 Trading Markets (November 7, 2007) - The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) said Tuesday that it and 11 other banks will provide a syndicated loan of US$3.9 billion to Doosan Infracore Co. to finance the company’s takeover of three units of U.S.-based Ingersoll Rand Co. More About: Loans , Takeover
Thomas Equipment Appoints Petter M. Etholm President & CEO
2007-11-07 12:43:00 eMediaWire (November 6, 2007) - Thomas Equipment , Inc. announced today Petter M. Etholm has joined the company as President and Chief Executive Officer and was appointed to the Board of Directors. He succeeds Michael Luther, who will remain with Thomas Equipment (www.thomasloaders.com) as Chairman of the Board. More About: Resident , Homa
Kubota First-Half Operating Income Falls
2007-11-07 12:43:00 Houston Chronicle (November 6, 2007) - Kubota Corp., a Japanese manufacturer of machinery and other products, said Tuesday operating income for the first half of 2007 declined 2 percent, hurt by price increases for raw materials and a decrease in sales in Japan. For the six months ended Sept. 30, operating income decreased by 1.6 ... More About: Income , Operating , Half , Falls
Lincoln Electric breaks ground for expansion
2007-11-07 12:43:00 Equipment World (November 7, 2007) - Lincoln Electric has broken ground for a 120,000-square-foot expansion of the company?s consumables plant located in Mentor, Ohio. The expansion, expected to be complete in the first quarter of 2008, will allow the plant to handle increased wiredrawing capacity. More About: Ground , Breaks , Expansion
ArvinMeritor Shuttering N.C. Axle Operation
2007-11-07 12:43:00 Manufacturing.net (November 7, 2007) - ArvinMeritor Inc. today announced it would close its commercial vehicle systems (CVS) axle operation in Arden, N.C., by September 2008. The closure is part of previously announced restructuring actions in North America and Europe that the company expects to affect 13 plants and 2,800 employees, resulting in an estimated annual ... More About: Operation , Erin
German Economy Likely Will Slow In 2008
2007-11-07 12:43:00 Manufacturing.net (November 7, 2007) - Growth in German y, Europe’s biggest economy, is likely to slow next year because greater risks to the global economy could lead to a drop in exports, the government’s Council of Economic Advisers warned on Wednesday. More About: Economy , Slow , 2008
Farm bill introduced on Senate floor as administration threatens veto
2007-11-07 12:42:00 Agriculture.com (November 6, 2007) - Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced his committee’s farm bill on the floor of the Senate Monday with a strong showing of bipartisan support from the committee’s ranking Republican, Saxby Chambliss of Georgia. He’s going to need it. More About: Administration , Farm , Bill , Veto
TRADE-SENEGAL: Finding Opportunities Through Cheap Chinese Goods
More articles from this author:2007-08-27 16:15:00 DAKAR, Aug 27 (IPS) - Allées du Centenaire, a neighbourhood in the heart of Senegal ’s capital Dakar, may be lacking the trademark red lanterns but in the eyes of locals it is fast becoming the city’s unofficial Chinatown. More About: Goods , Chinese , Trade , Opportunities 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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