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TI Automotive awarded fuel-tank contract (July 27)
Automotive supplier TI Automotive has won its biggest single-source contract in company history, to mold the fuel-tank, fuel filler pipes and fuel lines for future Mercedes-Benz vehicles. ...
Explosion might affect Formosa's PP operations (July 27)
Formosa Group's Chinese polypropylene production might be affected by a recent explosion at the firm's oil refinery in Mailiao, Taiwan. ...
German firm to invest in Russian syringe plant (July 27)
Munich, Germany-based Farmar is planning to set up a plant for production of disposable syringes in Russia's Siberian Omsk region. The plant will be able to produce up to 150 million disposable syringes each year and will compete with Chinese producers. ...
“PN China Blog” by Nina Ying Sun
Some China Blog publicity in Forbes (July 28)
I was told by my colleagues that the PN China Blog and my name were mentioned in the China Tracker section of Forbes.com, in a blog post on why Chinerse companies fail in the U.S. ...
US-listed Chinese stock with highest returns (July 23)
Among all Chinese stocks listed in the U.S., the one with the highest return-on-assets ratio in the past 12 months is a plastics recycling company. ...
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