BSCI was launched in 2003 as an initiative of the Foreign Trade Association (FTA) in response to the increasing business demand for transparent and improved working conditions in the global supply chain. An overview of the background to ...
Tags: BSCI, certification
Mothercare plc, the leading international mother and baby retailer, issues the trading update, which covers the 12 and 52 week periods to 29 March 2014. Overview for Q4 - 12 weeks to 29 March 2014 -Worldwide network sales were down ...
Tags: Mothercare, baby retailer
ETH Zürich and Philips Technologie GmbH have developed 981nm-wavelength passively mode-locked electrically pumped vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (EP-VECSELs) with “the shortest pulses (2.5ps), highest average ...
Tags: EP-VECSELs InGaAs GaAs
Multi-touch Technology: Intuitive Functionality Advances AutomationRichard Clark, Product Manager, InduSoft Multi-touch HMI takes HMI visualization to the next level to improve performance, enhance safety, and cut costs. Most industrial ...
Tags: Industrial Equipment, Components
In an effort to improve compliance with laws that protect children from lead paint poisoning, EPA is sending letters to approximately 200 home renovation and painting contractors, property management companies and landlords in and around ...
Tags: EPA, certification
The demand for construction paints and coatings is mainly prompted by growing infrastructure activities globally and the growing demand for water borne paints and coatings. Asia Pacific dominates the global market for construction paints ...
Tags: Paints, Coatings, Construction, Decoration
The conference program for Label Summit Latin America 2014 is now available as registration opens for its 11th edition. The continent’s largest dedicated event, Label Summit Latin America has led the way in professional and commercial ...
Tags: Retailer Surya, Flagship, industry trends
The analytica Conference from April 1–4, 2014 gives you an opportunity to gather information about new interdisciplinary approaches and analysis techniques directly from the source. The analytica Conference allows ...
Tags: Footprints
PVH Corp. reported 2013 fourth quarter and full year results. GAAP loss per share was $(0.46) as compared to the prior year’s fourth quarter earnings per share of $1.09. Highlights: -Fourth quarter Non-GAAP EPS of $1.43 ...
Tags: Calvin Klein, PVH Corp, Apparel
Certification and labeling schemes of products are an important factor of successful market surveillance. The Euporean union has enacted two important labellings schemes in the field of energy and resource efficiency, revealing the ...
AGC Chemicals Americas Inc. has announced that business manager Winn Darden will present a paper on the uses and benefits of LUMIFLON fluoroethylene vinyl ether (FEVE) resins at the SPI 2014 Fluoropolymers Division Spring Meeting March ...
Tags: fluoropolymer resin, coatings, exceptional weatherability
VDMA's Photonics Congress forecasts rapid growth of the sector in Germany and beyond. Industrialists and politicians mingled at Photonics Congress 2014 in Berlin. At last month’s Photonics Congress 2014, which was hosted in ...
Tags: Photonics, GDP Growth
The American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA), Franklin Furniture Institute and Mississippi Manufacturers Association have once again collaborated to present a Manufacturing Summit on the campus of Mississippi State University. ...
Tags: logistics issues, process automation, transportation needs
Spring Fair International 2014, an i2i Events Group exhibition, opened its doors on February 2 2014 at The NEC, Birmingham, welcoming over 66,500 retail buyers, including more than 5,250 from overseas, a 2 per cent increase on last ...
Cevisama, the International Ceramic Tile Fair, recently took place at the Feria Valencia center in Spain. The Spanish tile industry continues to be vibrant and sales are on the rise for a third year. Spain has grown its tile exports, ...
Tags: Spanish Tile, Tile, Construction