Saint-Gobain sells Fiber Cement siding business

Saint-Gobain sells its U.S.-based Fiber Cement siding business to Plycem USA.

Top packaging trends in personal care industry

Smithers Pira identifies the top four personal care packaging trends you need to know about to make sure your products stay ahead of the curve.

Shiseido appoints new president

Shiseido Co. Ltd. has appointed Masahiko Uotani as its new president, to help the company to recover a growth potential and profitability.

An industry and commercial success

After reviewing a number of metalworking exhibitions here in HCMC over the past few years I must admit, when travelling to Metalex 2013, held at the Saigon Exhibition and Conference Centre recently, I wasn’t expecting anything out of the ordinary, just business as usual I thought to myself. But when attending the exhibition’s opening ceremony I started to feel that there was something different about this year’s Metalex Vietnam.

Li Kang exec lays future plans,projects

Established i n 1980, L i Kang manufactures milling machine parts and spindles in a 60 square-metre factory before moving into a 200 square-metre facility in 1995 and started making NT, BT, and SK holders.

Enlarged pit furnace accommodates today’s larger components

Developments in renewable energy, mining and quarrying, oil exploration, marine and other applications have led to significant increases in the size of power transmission components like gears, shafts, pinions and bearings, to handle greater productivity demands. As these large components are exposed to severe duty cycles, there is renewed emphasis on the heat treating methods needed to enhance their wear resistance and strength properties.

Asia: The road ahead

Learn how industry leaders and other senior executives view their industry’s competitiveness around Asia, including insights that examine the highly complex forces driving the current and future of metalworking manufacturing and many of the structural changes reshaping Asia’s economy.

Sri Lanka: Plethora of building technology opportunities

Sri Lanka, an island nation, witnessed a burst of optimism due to increase in trade and commerce in 2012. The construction sector has been the biggest beneficiary of this. This sector saw unparalleled growth of more than 20% percent over a period of 12 months, which is the highest witnessed since the country’s independence. The tourism industry, which contributed to 3.8% of the country’s GDP in 2012 welcomed over a million international visitors and continued to drive positive market sentiments.

Advancements in plasma cutting of stainless steel

Stainless steel accounts for a relatively small percentage of the world-wide steel consumption, but it is vitally important to economies, particularly in the energy and food processing markets. Where cutting stainless steel is concerned, there are several cutting technologies that manufacturers employ. The most common of these are plasma, band saws and waterjet that boast broad thickness ranges, and laser and sheers for thinner plates.

MENA green energy on the rise

With the Gulf's energy demand surging on the back of a growing population and steep industrial demand, the region's energy mix is experiencing a shift.

MENA growth in 2014 set to increase to 3.8%

MENA growth set to increase to 3.8 percent helped in part by higher oil production

Ajman Free Zone makes formal pitch for new land

The Ajman Free Zone has put in a formal request with the emirate’s government to have additional land allocated to it, which would come in handy as it tries to attract light manufacturing units and for global businesses to use it as a re-export hub.