Background Victoria Chemicals‚ a major player in the global chemical industry that supplies polypropylene‚ polymer that used to manufacture carpet fibers‚ packaging‚ automobile parts to the customers in Europe and the Middle East. Apart from numerous small producers‚ the company also receives the threats from the other seven major competitors. The company owns two plants in Europe‚ one being Merseyside Works‚ England and Rotterdam Facility‚ Holland. Both plants were built in 1967 and are identical
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1. Victoria Chemicals evaluate its capital-expenditure proposals in four ways. They are average annual addition to earnings per share‚ payback period‚ net present value‚ and internal rate of return. An earnings per share method is to indicate a company’s profitability. For Victoria Chemical‚ this was calculated with the average annual earnings per share contribution of the engineering-efficiency project over its entire economic life. However‚ for the basis of the calculation‚ the project’s initiator
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VICTORIA CHEMICALS PLC THE MERSEYSIDE AND ROTTERDAM PPROJECTS I would choose Merseyside project rather than Rotterdam’s not only for its superior prospect based on the quantitative criteria‚ but also for a more rational strategy consideration. For the four investment criteria‚ here’s the elaboration. NPV. Since the two plants are of identical scale‚ age‚ design and similar project size‚ it makes sense to use NPV to compare the two projects. Not taken into account the erosion at Merseyside‚
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essay By Ian Diamond (Synthesis of artificial diamonds) Everyone knows Diamonds are hard and beautiful‚ but there are less people known a diamond could be the oldest material. Diamonds are found may be 50 to 1‚600 million years old‚ the diamonds themselves are about 3.3 billion years old. This difference is because the volcanic magma that solidifies into rock where diamonds are found did not create them‚ but only transported the diamonds from the Earth’s cover to the surface. Diamonds also may be
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Phuong Nguyen Cheryl Thompson BBB4M0 June‚ 10‚ 2012 Diamonds There are many different kinds of valuable gem in the world; however‚ diamonds is the most precious and favorite stone all the time. As the hardest known naturally material‚ diamond can be used to polish‚ cut and become a jewelery. Consumer claim that diamond is forever‚ that’s why diamond wedding ring represent for the endless love. This is a reason why diamond always become a “hot topic” in the market all over the world.
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“A diamond‚ is the symbol for love‚ commitment‚ and a joyful new beginning‚” said the TV commercial. Many of the world’s diamonds‚ are mined using practices that exploit workers‚ children‚ and communities. A million diamond diggers in Africa earn less than a dollar a day. Miners are dying in accidents‚ child labor is widespread‚ and corrupt leaders are depriving mining communities of funds badly needed for economic development. In extreme cases‚ diamond mining can cause entire ecosystems to
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Chapter 13 Problem Outline typical PLC with reference one specific industry to capture market shares. Briefly explain the start and end of particular model. Proton Industry level: Automobile Sector of industry level: 1.3 or 1.5 spec Individual product level: Exora‚Perdana‚Saga‚Neo PLC of Proton The product life cycle is an important concept in marketing. It describes the stages a product goes through from when it was first thought of until it finally is removed
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Diamond cut Diamond A merchant‚ after many years of poverty and hard work‚ moved to a distant region and grew rich. He decided to go home. A man told him that his road was beset by thieves‚ and the merchant left his box of jewels with him until he could get men of his own family to accompany him. When he returned‚ the man denied that it had ever happened‚ and threw him out of the shop. Koosby Ram saw him sitting on the road‚ and asked him what had happened. Then he told him to go back the next
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ADVANCED WIRE SAWING TECHNOLOGY FOR SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS APPLIED MATERIALS EXTERNAL USE ADVANCED WIRE SAWING TECHNOLOGY FOR SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS INTRODUCTION For solar cells to be competitive in an energy supply market ultimately driven by the cost per watt‚ the Total Cost of Ownership (TCOO) of each production step in the PV value chain (Figure 1) takes on critical importance. The manufacture of crystalline silicon wafers is no exception: the TCOO for a processed wafer
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These rocks don’t lose their shape Diamonds are a girl’s best friend Ladies and gentlemen‚do u know what this song all about?......No‚it is not gold…..Yes! It is diamond! Perhaps some audience know this song.This song is singing by a Hollywood star‚Marilyn Monroe‚struck a chord which resonated across the world when she sang Diamonds are a Girl’s best friend in the classic 1950s film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Ladies and gentlemen‚when I said the word “DIAMONDS”‚I’m sure the picture of dazzling whitestones
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