Rapid Developments in Petrochemicals Industry

TRENDS IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY AND DEVELOPMENTS OF NEW REFRACTORY MATERIALS

At first, trends in the steel industry are briefly reviewed, taking into consideration bothmanagerial and technical issues. As a consequence of this review, the importance of electricfurnace technology and of secondary metallurgy is being underlined. The same sequence iffollowed to describe the refractory industry. Specific issues concerning the latest developments oncarbon-containing castables...

Current developments of the Brazilian automotive industry

Current Developments within the Pig Industry

The move towards a smaller number of larger units has continued, together with greater integration of the various sectors of the industry. The genetic potential of the Australian herd has improved and may be further enhanced by the current reintroduction of genetic material from overseas, There has been a greater awareness and adjustment to social issues facing the industry, particularly that o...

Digital Media Technology: Industry Trends and Developments

breathtaking change, the term digital media is wonderfully flexible. Digital media can be anything from content on a CD or a set-top box to the bits streaming through the ether or over fiber. From my point of view and major area of interest, digital media starts with the hardware bits and pieces necessary to bring all the elements together in one place at one time for human consumption. When we...

Recent Developments and Future Prospects in the Indian Automotive Industry

The automobile market is growing at about 25% for the last three years. The number of persons per car is 200, which is very large compared to other emerging markets like Korea and Brazil which have about 12 persons per car. There is therefore a very huge untapped market. Uncertainty exists about the extent of growth, but a minimum growth rate of 20% is expected until the year 2000. Sales are ex...