Sentence examples for higher materials prices from inspiring English sources

Many businesses have been able to cut other costs or increase productivity to offset the higher materials prices.

"You are just not seeing any pass-through at all of higher raw materials prices to the finished prices," he said.

The company also said it would suffer €250 million in "negative impacts" in 2011 from the aftermath of the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan and from higher raw materials prices.

Given Chinese demand for commodities and a falling real exchange rate in the developed world, the result is that the west will face a bigger import bill in the form of higher raw materials prices.

(AP) Fourth-Quarter Profit Declined at Johnson Controls Johnson Controls said yesterday that its earnings fell for the first time in almost five years in the fourth quarter, pulled down by expenses from its purchase of the York International Corporation and higher raw materials prices.

On the other hand, they can't do anything about high raw materials prices driven by demand from China".

For the most part these do not present a pretty picture as the overvalued pound and high raw materials prices hold down profits.

Much like China, Indonesia and other emerging nations, India has been struggling to combat the inflation that has accompanied speedy growth and high raw materials prices.

Honeywell International Inc., the diversified industrial manufacturer, said yesterday that it expected second-quarter earnings to fall below Wall Street estimates because of weaker-than-expected revenues, unexpected aerospace parts shortages, higher raw material prices and higher interest rates.

Higher raw-material prices are both a sign of increased demand in developing countries and a symptom of higher inflation in those nations.

That makeup tips it in favor of high energy and materials prices.