In traditional manufacturing processes, such as machining, material is removed from a piece of raw material to produce a part, also known as subtractive manufacturing.
Analysts said that Futong achieved a breakthrough in the manufacturing of optical fiber preform, the core raw material for optical fiber production, and is the first enterprise in China that can make this material with the latest all-synthesis technology.
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The expectation of increased spending on roads and railways has helped to lift raw-material prices.
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But the raw material was there, which is why we brought him to the club.
His theory was that technology would eventually find a solution to any raw material shortage.
There was no money to pay for raw material or even salaries to workers.
The company blamed a sharp increase in raw material prices and the UK's continuing economic difficulties.
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This process requires raw material that is grouped together based on a specific criteria.
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Furthermore, she says, dog hair has a certain cachet as a raw material for art.
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Nor is there any shortage of raw material from which to construct virtual observatories.
African countries have long aspired to transition from being raw material exporters to technology-based economies.
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Ballarpur's chemicals division had been dumping high-priced raw material on the company, also part of Thapar Group.
They will build applications for checking on raw material levels, calculating machine runs and logging in man-hours.
Mittal figured he could cut his raw-material costs in half by buying direct-reduced iron rather than scrap.
Going into 2011, we expect the company could increase retail prices due to increasing raw material prices.
Until now, Washington politics has been taken on as the raw material of a biting comedy.
Strategic partnerships can be made with raw material suppliers, research firms, engineering firms, distributors, marketers or installers.
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And with no fixed supply of raw material, unlike stocks or bonds, bets could be almost limitless.
Metal cans use up more raw material than plastic pouches do, and they require more energy to transport.
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The company blamed its administration on a sharp increase in raw material prices and the UK's economic difficulties.
Such discs, which provide the raw material from which planets form, are known to exist around other stars.
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Carbon dioxide, the result of burning fuel, is, together with water and sunlight, the raw material of photosynthesis.
Keeping an Overweight rating on the stock, Bernstein sees slowed growth ahead in 2013 amid easing raw-material inflation.
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With glass as well as plastic in mind you might want to look into another raw material, soda ash.
It follows the discovery of horse DNA in burgers imported as a raw material from Poland by the firm.
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His statement outlines how checks were conducted at three factories supplying the raw material and five slaughterhouses in Poland.
Investors seem concerned by its shrinking margins, brought by higher raw material costs.
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Asian exporters face slower growth abroad, high raw-material prices, growing competition from China and diminishing returns from cost cutting.
The raw material is converted into soda ash, used in detergents and pharmaceuticals and in the manufacturing of glass.
Many products also use petroleum-based raw material inputs somewhere in the suppl chain.
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