- Movement toward new petrochem, oil plants
Sansol Polymers, South Africa's leading producer of ethylene and related chemicals, approached Kerala State Industrial Development Corp. (KSIDC) for permission to make a prefeasibility study to build a petrochemicals complex in the Kasargod district of India. "Our interest is earnest, and we are satisfied with the looks of the proposal," ......
- World carpet & flooring demand to reach 9.8
billion square meters in 2006.
Worldwide carpet and flooring demand is projected to rise 3.6 percent annually through 2006 to 9.8 billion square meters, valued at $63 billion. Turkey, China, India, Mexico, Brazil and South Korea are expected to record some of the strongest market gains, spurred by an acceleration in economic growth, ongoing industrialization ......
- Hope for Japan's Henjin.
When will Japan surpass the United States in financial power? That question was bandied about a little more than ten years ago when Mitsubishi Estate Co. purchased Rockefeller Center and other Japanese investors snapped up Pebble Beach, Columbia Pictures, and other American crown jewels. In the late 1980s, Japan--and its ......
- Hope for Japan's Henjin
When will Japan surpass the United States in financial power? That question was bandied about a little more than ten years ago when Mitsubishi Estate Co. purchased Rockefeller Center and other Japanese investors snapped up Pebble Beach, Columbia Pictures, and other American crown jewels. In the late 1980s, Japan-and its ......
- ChipPAC to double capacity in
China.
ChipPAC, Inc. (Fremont, CA, www.chippac.com), a provider of semiconductor assembly and test services, plans to more than double its manufacturing capacity in China. The move is expected to strengthen the company's leadership through increased local product development, expanded design, test and advanced packaging services, as well as enhanced support for ......
- Asian study to predict paint consumption until 2009:
at the end of this year, Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney will start
research on their newest technical and business multi-client market
research study,...
The Asian region consumes nearly one-third of the world's $60 billion of coatings. However, coatings use in Asia is growing much faster than the mature markets in North America and Europe. Asia has some three billion inhabitants and a combined gross domestic product (GDP) of $7.5 trillion. The region is ......
- Turkey's steel sector; at the heart of the
Republic: Turkey's 'roller coaster' economy in recent
years and its weak banking structure has held the country back from
developing its full economic potential;...
When Kemal Ataturk finally established the modern Republic of Turkey in 1923, he dreamt of creating a strong, modern and democratic state from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire, which had become known to all as the 'Sick man of Europe'. For the father of modern Turkey, the only way ......