Waste campaigners in the UK are praising Starbucks' latest decision to offer a discount to customers who bring their own cup to the cafe. In Australia, it is estimated consumers use one billion disposable coffee cups each year, and ...
Functional printing will be a big focus at global printing trade fair drupa in May. The European Specialist Printing Manufacturers Association will host a pavilion dedicated to functional and industrial printing, with member companies ...
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Reef announced a new humanitarian outreach known as "We Heart," an altruistic program to mesh with the travel ethos of the brand's motto, "Just Passing Through." "We Heart" highlights the brand’s existing culture of giving, an ...
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Several companies have announced moves to support clean production and ban harmful chemicals such as plasticisers or perfluorinated and polyfluorinated chemicals from their production processes. In particular, Aldi, Lidl, Rewe/Penny, ...
Tags: Chemical-Free Packaging, PVC, The Cantonal Laboratory of Zurich
The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) has selected Wilson Sporting Goods Co., as its official supplier of game balls for Florida State High School Championships across eight sports. Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, ...
The Dante’s Boys Foundation (DBF), an organization dedicated to helping San Francisco Bay Area youth through the pursuit of sports, set a date for the 2016 Dante Benedetti Baseball Classic. The Classic will be held at San ...
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PeopleForBikes hired Kyle Wagenschutz to serve as its Director of Local Innovation. Wagenschutz worked for six years as the Bicycle/Pedestrian Manager at the City of Memphis where he put Memphis on the map as a national leader in creating ...
The BFM is part of an industry consortium that manages Working Tri21, an EU-funded project which aims to enhance the social inclusion of people suffering from disabilities by integrating them into the job market, specifically in the ...
G-III Apparel Group Ltd. reported fourth-quarter earnings that came in well short of Wall Street targets. For the fourth quarter ended Jan. 31, 2016, G-III reported that net sales increased by 3 percent to $527.4 million from $514.3 ...
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The John Lewis Partnership has announced the appointment of Keith Williams as non-executive deputy chairman, succeeding Mark Price who leaves onth 4 April 2016, as announced in October 2015. Keith joined the board as a non-executive ...
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The main hall for this year’s Manchester Furniture Show, to be held from 17-19th July at Manchester Central, has sold out weeks earlier than in previous years. The 2015 show was a big success for exhibitors and the exhibitor list is ...
Technogym, a wellness and fitness company, has seen wide success from its social media campaign to raise awareness in the fight to end childhood obesity. The spot, Let's Move for a Better World challenge, ran from March 1-19, 2016. "Now ...
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The Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY) has announced that the Pre-Registration discount for LEDucation will close on Monday, March 28th. Event organizers report that record numbers for advance registration have already been ...
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LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has launched the LUXEON XR-3020, an ultra-slim module that serves as a building block for TLEDs or thin office and industrial fixtures. As the latest addition to the Matrix Platform family of ...
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Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment Co Ltd (PDSTI) and its affiliate have agreed to invest about $5m in GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for ...
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