Sentence examples for rising material costs from inspiring English sources

There had also been rising material costs.

Kodak, a Dow component, warned of disappointing profits, saying its business has been hurt by rising material costs, weakness in the euro, and other factors.

The Hyundai Steel Company, the South Korean steel maker, said second-quarter profit surged 70percentt as higher prices and increased exports helped the company weather rising material costs.

The company's third-quarter earnings more than doubled, but its chairman and chief executive, Jeff Fettig, cut the full-year earnings forecast, blaming weaker global demand and rising material costs.

After Hornby suffered last year from rising material costs, a weak pound, supply chain headaches and recession-hit retailers trimming orders, chairman Neil Johnson said the company had entered 2010 in a strong position.

Chairman and Chief Executive David Whitwam David Whitwam said, "Despite our aggressive actions during the last several months, we continue to face industry and economic conditions that have led to intensified price competition, rising material costs, and slowing or declining demand.

Hercules has been trying to pay down heavy debt and stave off rising materials costs since its $3.1 billion acquisition of BetzDearborn in 1998.

A Dun & Bradstreet survey found that manufacturing executives believe that over the next three months rising materials costs will force either slimmer profits or higher prices for finished goods.

But the company has suffered from rising materials costs, from adverse shifts in the yen-dollar exchange rate and from a trend toward smaller cars in Japan, where new car sales have fallen for 11 straight months.

"Developers are being squeezed by rising materials costs and capital costs.

As for managing rising materials costs, that will be everybody's headache.