Manufacturing & Logistics

Manufacturing & Logistics

Soaring wages in China force hat maker to move aboard
February 02, 2012
Sky-rocketing wages in Shenzhen will force Mainland Headwear Holdings, one of the world's largest cap makers, to relocate as much as 50 percent of its output to Bangladesh over the next two years....
Person Career, Quotation
HK air cargo traffic hit by downturn
January 27, 2012
Hong Kong International Airport, the world's busiest air cargo hub, said air cargo traffic last year fell 4.6 percent as deepening global economic uncertainty in Europe and the US hurt demand for...
Europe
China's Lianhua plans logistics base in Shanghai
January 20, 2012
Chinese supermarket retail chain operator Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Company Limited announced plans to invest over CNY800 million (USD126.73m) to build a large modern logistics system in Jiading,...
Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Company Limited, Shanghai
DHL appointed logistics partner for Hong Kong Fashion Extravaganza 2012
January 16, 2012
DHL Express has been appointed by Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) to be the logistics partner for the city's leading fashion show event of Hong Kong Fashion Extravaganza 2012, which opens...
Manhattan Associates receives award for best IT supply chain solution provider in Asia
January 13, 2012
Global supply chain optimisation provider, Manhattan Associates, Inc. has been named "Best IT Supply Chain Solution Provider in Asia" by a panel of independent industry experts from the...
Malaysia Nov industrial output below target
January 13, 2012
Malaysia's industrial output as measured by the Industrial Production Index (IPI) edged higher by 1.8 percent in November, coming in below market expectations. Manufacturing activities grew by 4...
Business, electricity, Labor, Law, manufacturing, Person Career, Quotation
China to become the world's largest importer by 2014
January 13, 2012
We have heard a lot about China becoming the world's largest this and that. In 2009, when the world was in recession, China leapfrogged the US to become the world's largest auto market. In 2010,...
Business, China, Forbes.com
Keeping Thailand's supply chains rolling
January 09, 2012
Logistics of consumer goods were heavily disrupted during last year's severe flooding in Thailand, causing serious shortages in the market as the situation was prolonged. Now, with the floodwater...
Natural Disaster, Thailand
Report: PMI on China manufacturing rebounds to 50.3pc in Dec, Li & Fung Research Centre
January 04, 2012
After declining from 50.4 percent in October to 49 percent in November, China's manufacturing PMI rebounded to 50.3 percent in December, according to a report by Li & Fung Research Centre. The...
China, Li Fung, manufacturing
Thai industrial output tumbles
December 30, 2011
Thailand's industrial production index plunged 48.6 percent in November from a year earlier to 97.90, as severe flooding hurt the country's manufacturing industry. To view the full article (note: you...
manufacturing, Wall Street Journal
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