From Dusseldorf to Shanghai the step is not short: 9,500 km and five months. But Tube Today is ready to try the long jump to China: in next September the magazine will be present in Tube China with a special edition in Chinese completely dedicated to the Far East market. A great effort, not only economical, to be on the side of companies in their research of new ways out of the crisis. Always one step ahead!Three months ago, we wrote that everyone, in tube world, was waiting for the Tube Dusseldorf as the panacea of all the troubles. Now that we are returned home and had a little time to sit down and think about the chats we have done in the boots, we have an answer that seems even more a question: maybe? Maybe because some halls were not crowded with visitors, even if some others were more filled with people really into the matter of machineries and tubes. Companies summarize the exhibition with positive impressions, but the fear is that if nor the main event of Dusseldorf can chase...
Surging exports helped power the German economy to record expansion in the second quarter. Exports were up by 8.2 percent compared to the first three months of the year. But more...
More people living in the euro zone took out loans in July, according to the latest figures from the European Central Bank. Loans to the private sector rose at an annual rate of 0.9...
Britain's economy grew almost twice as fast as expected in the second quarter of this year. That was due to a sharp pick-up in services activity and the biggest rise in construction...
German businesses were much more optimistic in July. The Ifo economic think tank's monthly survey of some 7,000 firms found business sentiment at its highest level in three years. Ifo...
Italian companies manufacturing machinery tools, robots, automation systems and assistive technologies retain fourth place among world producers and the third among...
Over the next ten years the number of cars in China will double, via the already significant current figure of 55 million, to more than 130 million. Growth in the...
Slight increase of the economic sentiment in Euro-Zone in June. After a slight decrease in May, economists predicted a further decline, the European Commission,...
Retail sales in Japan reach the highest level since the beginning of the year, but the pace is the lowest in four months. The fear is that the impetus to consumption...
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Growth in the European Union is expected to ease to 2% in 2008 and 1.8% in 2009 from 2.8% in 2007 (1.7% and 1.5% in the euro area from 2.6% in 2007), according to the Commission's spring economic forecast. The moderation in growth results from the...
A new initiative to reinforce the rights of energy consumers in the EU was launched today, as the European Commission put forward a proposal for an Energy Consumers' Charter. The Charter is expected to set out consumers' rights in the areas of...
On 7th February 2007 the European Commission published its parallel communications on the “Results of the review of the Community Strategy to reduce CO2 emission from passenger cars and light-commercial vehicles” and on the “Competitive Automotive...
The euro area started 2007 on a healthy footing, finds the Quarterly Report on the Euro Area published today. Economic growth in the first quarter reached 3% in annualised terms spurred by domestic demand, particularly investment. Consumption...
The European Commission today adopted three proposals aimed at modernising the rules governing admission to the occupation of road transport operator and access to the road transport market. The proposals provide for compulsory training for...
A new era of research and development funding began today with the adoption of proposals by the European Commission to launch the first ever Europe-wide public-private R&D partnerships. The Commission presented two Joint Technology Initiatives...