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MADRID， April 12 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish interior ministry said on Tuesday the arms cache discovered by Civil Guards on April 7 in the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta on Friday is thought to be ""related"" to the Islamic State (Daesh).

 

The cache， which contained ""four pistols， two sub-machine guns and several blade weapons，"" was discovered in a cardboard box， buried on wasteland in the enclave which is situated on the north coast of Morocco.

 

At first， it was uncertain whether it was related to the Islamic State (IS) or an organized crime group， although the discovery of an IS flag in the area raised suspicions it was indeed connected to the terrorist organization.

 

Tuesday's communique from the interior ministry explained investigators were able to recover information from a USB flash drive which was also recovered in the cache and this ""has allowed investigators to know its contents， among which were instructions over the internal coordination of the group...and generic information over possible objectives.""

 

These possible ""objectives"" for a terrorist attack were all in the city of Ceuta， although the ministry highlighted they ""were not up to date and were in a very early stage of elaboration.""

 

Nevertheless， the ministry believed the discovery was an ""important leap in the fight against jihadist terrorism in Spain"" as it gives an important insight into the creation of logistical structures of an IS cell.

 

Ceuta is one of the centers of IS recruitment networks in Spanish territory and several arrests of people suspected of forming part of these networks have taken place in recent months.

 

The latest of these operations took place on February 23 in which three men were arrested in the enclave and another in Morocco for forming part of an IS recruitment network.

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BEIJING Malik McDowell Jersey , June 25 (Xinhua) -- Axalta Coating Systems, a leading coatings manufacturer, has opened a technology center and plans to invest more in China.

 

The U.S. company opened its 15,500-square meter Asia Pacific Technology Center (APTC) in Shanghai earlier this month.

 

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Axalta chose Shanghai for several reasons. The company's Asia Pacific headquarters are already located there and the local government has been very supportive in setting up the center, as the city positions itself as an innovation hub Cheap Seattle Seahawks Hats , said Charlie Shaver, Axalta chairman and CEO.

 

"Shanghai has impressive plans to set up an international sci-tech innovation center. Axalta is proud to be part of this vision. And, I can assure you that we are committed to working with each segment of the entire industrial chain to drive the development and application of technology," he said.

 

"The majority of our organic growth today comes from China," Shaver told Xinhua during an exclusive interview Cheap Seattle Seahawks T-Shirts , adding that coating business revenue growth in China grew at a much faster pace than in North America and Europe.

 

He admitted that the slowing Chinese economy to some extent weighed on the expansion of the industrial coating business, but the booming Chinese auto market was buttressing its transportation coating and refinishing business.

 

China's economy grew at 6.7 percent in 2016, its slowest pace in about a quarter of a century.

 

The Philadelphia-based company reported a net sales revenue of about 1 billion U.S. dollars globally in the first quarter this year, driven by sales volume growth of 8.9 percent year on year, with its transportation coatings net sales rising 2.1 percent to 421.4 million dollars in the first quarter Cheap Seattle Seahawks Hoodie , it said in its quarterly report.

 

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"The Chinese coating industry is very competitive, with major international and good domestic coatings players on the market, while consumers are demanding more innovation and local solutions," said Shaver, who has visited China once every quarter in recent years.

 

"The APTC is designed to put customer needs first and serve them with the very best we have. The APTC will be the best example yet of Axalta's commitment to innovation that enables customers to maintain a competitive edge and achieve long-term success Customized Seattle Seahawks Jersey ," he added.

 

With a current employee base of 300 and capacity for 500, the APTC joined Axalta's worldwide network of four global technology centers and more than 30 laboratories.

 

In addition to laboratories, the APTC housed a refinishing training center (RTC) and color development center, the largest such facilities within the company. The laboratories include a coating R&D laboratory, a coating system testing laboratory Cheap Seattle Seahawks Jerseys , and a transportation application laboratory.

 

"Many customers in this region are interested in transitioning to sustainable waterborne coatings and spraying systems. The RTC is equipped for such training," said Shaver.

 

"That means our talented China team will have the opportunity to work with, share expertise and learn from international colleagues, as part of a single global R&D organization," he added.

 

In practice Byron Maxwell Seahawks Jersey , that means developing new coating applications, next generation paints and creating new colors, he said.

 

Axalta, an industry leader in coatings for vehicles, buildings Sebastian Janikowski Seahawks Jersey , and pipelines, has been doing business in China since 1984.

 

It has a waterborne coatings facility in its Shanghai Jiading plant, another plant adjacent to Jiading, a plant in Changchun in northeastern China, and five powder coating operations in collaboration with joint venture partners.

 

Shaver said the company was delighted with the investment and business collaboration with local partners over the past decades.

 

"Chinese clients know their business very well and are good at explaining their challenges in finding solutions. Chinese customers are becoming more sophisticated Dontae Johnson Seahawks Jersey , and we are sharing the best global practices with Chinese local body shop owners," he added.

 

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