DuPont Pioneer, a unit of US-based chemical firm DuPont, has acquired 80% stake in Pannar, a South African seed firm. Pannar Seed, which has operations throughout Africa and across the world, offers seeds of maize, sunflower, soybeans, ...
Tags: DuPont Pioneer, chemical firm
The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, announced that the firm Maxime Knitting Mills Inc. has ...
Apparel Training & Design Centre, India's largest vocational training provider for apparel Industry, under the aegis of AEPC hosted the ATDC SKILL CONCLAVE with key panelists from Ministry of Textiles, All India Council for Technical ...
Tags: Apparel, AICTE Approved Curriculum
The dust has settled. Following two years of very strong growth in lift truck sales, shipments leveled off in 2012. With growth at just a fraction of a percent, worldwide sales didn't match the 27% growth in 2011 or the 32% growth in 2010. ...
Tags: Processing Machinery
Inside the Winimac, Ind., manufacturing facility for Braun Corporation, there is a real connection between the workers and the work. As makers of wheelchair- and scooter-accessible vans and lifts, the facility's 250 employees recognize they ...
Tags: Transportation
If you've spent any time in the materials handling industry, it's hard not to fall in love with automation. Still, some great ideas are so simple, yet so effective, that in retrospect you wonder: Why didn't I think of that? The order ...
Tags: Logistics, Transportation
In the corrugated giant's first half of the year statement published today (31 July), chief executive Gary McGann said the growth was the result of improved pricing, continued cost take-out and enhanced efficiency programmes. Revenue for ...
Bill Banholzer, chief technology officer and executive vice president of The Dow Chemical Company has elected to retire. “Bill has restored Dow’s Research and Development organization to its strong historic reputation and ...
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The Municipality of Ontinyent in Valencia, Spain, recently signed a Joint Declaration between employers and unions for the revival of the textile industry in the region. The agreement was signed between the Ontinyent City Council, ...
Tags: Ontinyent City, Textile Sector
The Board of Directors of Arkema met on July 31st 2013 to close the condensed consolidated accounts of Arkema for 1st half 2013. Highlights: - €1,629 million sales, 1.7% down at constant exchange rate and scope of business - ...
Tags: Arkema, Marginal Fall
Veeco Instruments has characterized a marginally improving market for its MOCVD reactors used in LED manufacturing, along with details of new orders from Sanan Optoelectronics and KaiStar Lighting. Veeco Instruments has released limited ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Lights, Lighting
The Central Asian country of Turkmenistan is expecting to harvest around 1.05 million tons of cotton this season from an area of 550,000 hectares, mainly in Mary and Akhal provinces. Exceeding the Government’s estimates by 11 ...
Accenture has signed a four-year contract extension with Germany-based health insurer Kaufm nnische Krankenkasse (KKH) to provide information technology, training, application development, and maintenance services. As part of the ...
Freightliner has announced LED headlamps are now standard on its Cascadia and Cascadia Evolution models. The company is the first manufacturer to go standard with the lights, which provide greater nighttime visibility and longer life. ...
Tags: LED Headlights, LED, LED headlamps
Microsoft yesterday added Android to the list of mobile operating systems now supported by Office Mobile. But Office Mobile for Android only covers phones, not tablets, limiting its utility. The Android version,?Office Mobile for ...
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