Purchasing - July 16, 2009
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Still a buyers' market for energy, but wait...
World prices for energy are expected to inflate in 2010 in line with increased demand during a broad-based economic recovery. But, in the shorter term, the next six months of 2009, energy buyers will face a marketplace full of reduced demand, increased supply and erratic prices. Crude oil. The 2.5% collapse in world demand has put refinery utilization rates at 85% of capacity and stockpiles at ...
- Electronics Edition
- Semiconductor fab capacity will increase next year
- Distribution Briefs
- Business Intelligence
- Expect higher DRAM prices later in the year as demand rises
- IC industry poised for recovery in 2010
- Global server market to decline 22.1%
- IPDs turn to niche markets
- Expect NAND flash prices to rise
- PC shipments will bounce back in 2010
- Photovoltaic prices drop as production capacity increases
- Distributors expect a slow recovery from recession
- Electronics Distribution
- Economic downturn takes its toll on independent electronics distributors
- Outsourcing
- Semiconductor foundry business to decline 26.5% in 2009
- Metals
- China-driven nonferrous metals price rally is nearing its end
- Six reasons demand, prices will rise
- Continued weak demand puts proposed price hikes in doubt
- WBMS: Supply exceeds demand for most base metals
- Business Intelligence
- Ingot prices are defying laws of supply and demand
- Metals service center shipments, inventories continue to fall
- Alloying metal's price forecast at $11/lb for 2009, rising to $14 in 2011 and beyond
- Metal Chips
- Essar Algoma operates cogeneration facility; unit generates electricity, cuts emissions
- Europe, U.S. launch trade case against China on "key" materials
- Extruders are reorganizing the supply base
- Brook Hunt says nickel price will drop 47% in '09
- News and Departments
- Black Belt Negotiators
- The pallet predicament
- Chemicals
- Web of resin trends bring styrene, polystyrene prices off bottom
- Business Intelligence
- U.S. fluoropolymer demand to grow 4.5%
- Register now for the Chemical Purchasing Summit
- Recession hits specialty chemicals market
- Potash CEO: Demand to rebound in 2010
- Chemical production forecast to decline 8% in the U.S. this year
- Corporate Travel
- Spending on travel is down and so are prices—here's how to get the best deal
- Economy + Supply
- Credit Conditions Improve
- CFOs Want Cost Cuts
- Clean Coal Plant Funded
- Dow Cuts Ethylene Supply
- Consumer Confidence Up
- Samsung, Numonyx Team Up
- A pickup in chemicals buying may be taking shape
- Factory Orders Up Again
- Elpida Gets Bailout
- China's Manufacturing Up
- China to Become Zinc Exporter
- SR What?
- Toshiba Waits on NAND Plants
- Logistics
- Bulk ocean freight index spikes
- IATA: Air cargo demand dive levels
- Container carriers push rate hikes
- Truckload overcapacity to linger for another year
- Tanker rates continue to come down on oversupply
- Business Intelligence
- Con-way Freight offers new LTL pricing cap
- LTL rates will continue to drop in 3Q
- DHL unveils new LCL service
- MRO + Distribution
- Consumers Interstate Corp. uses Lean to meet economic challenges
- Industrial Distribution publishes Big 50 list for 2009
- Business Intelligence
- My Turn
- The irony of higher prices
- Prices
- Linerboard Prices Stable
- Hotel Rates Continue to Drop
- Revised Metals Price Outlook
- Truckload Takes A Turn
- Copper Prices Stuck
- Steel Prices Drop
- Airlines Get Tough
- Oil Price Forecasts Rising
- Buyers forecast higher prices for most raw materials
- Panel Favors Tire Tariffs
- Signs that Commodity Prices are on the Upswing
- Scale Up: Big Ideas in the Middle Market
- Karmann USA manages supplier quality through the automotive downturn
- Trends
- Business Intelligence
- Crayola draws new picture of supply chain for today's market
- Buying plans index shows growth for the first time in a year
- FMC Technologies centralizes procurement tools and team
- Solar market provides bright outlook for chipmakers
- General Motors names new purchasing, supply chain chief
- Reuters poll: U.S. will see 3Q GDP growth
- Employment index ticks up despite rising unemployment
- Smart Sourcing Summit to focus on supplier risk management
- Familiar names atop AMR's Supply Chain Top 25
- Federal stimulus aims to create battery boom in U.S.
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