While Windows 8.1 promises many changes from Windows 8, one thing that will remain the same is the price to U.S. consumers. For people who are on Windows 7 and previous editions of the OS, the standard version of Windows 8.1 will cost ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
SAP is to circumvent any spying by the US National Security Agency (NSA) in Brazil by building data centres in the South American country. In documents aired by Brazil's biggest television network, Globo, the NSA had a presentation dated ...
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SK Capital, a private investment firm with a disciplined focus on the specialty materials, chemicals and healthcare sectors, is expected to close the acquisition of the Textile Chemicals, Paper Specialties and Emulsions businesses from ...
Tags: specialty materials, Textile
The Lubrizol Corporation will exhibit a broad variety of its advanced performance coatings solutions at the ABRAFATI 2013 International Coatings Show in Brazil next month. The trade conference will be held September 16-18 at the Transamrica ...
Bridgestone is a global leader in the tyre industry. Members of the Bridgestone Group supply a vast range of tyres in the Americas, in Europe, in Japan, in every region on the planet. Customer expectations of tyre performance vary greatly ...
Tags: Tyres, Auto Parts, Bridgestone
Visitors heading to the show,?on 1 & 2 October 2013 at the Business Design Centre London, will be among the first to see these?latest?packaging?introductions to?the market place. Some of the highlights include: J&J Pont Packaging?(stand ...
According to Americas Commercial Trucking (ACT) Research, August 2013 saw Class 8 orders rise to their highest level in three months with a preliminary reading of 19,500 units (+20%y/y). The August seasonal factor is the third lowest in ...
Tags: Auto Parts
Volvo Trucks has created a new clothing collection inspired by the company’s latest truck model for heavy construction duties – the Volvo FMX. The collection is a part of a newly launched partnership between Volvo Trucks and ...
Elders Limited has agreed terms with its existing financiers to renew and extend its syndicated finance facilities to 31 December 2014, as part of a comprehensive plan to secure the repositioning and sustainability of the company as a pure ...
Foreign insurance giants have cast eye on the Chinese vehicle insurance market in succession. Hubei Biocause Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (SZSE: 000627), a shareholder of Tianping Auto Insurance Co., Ltd., said in a statement on September ...
Tags: Vehicle Insurance, Service
The National Security Agency (NSA) has tapped into the networks of Google, Brazilian oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA, and systems operated by France's foreign ministry, according to leaked US documents. The documents were aired by ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
At the end of July 2013, the Swabian knitted fabrics manufacturer, Mattes & Ammann GmbH & Co. KG, became the first textile company in Germany and the EU economic area to be awarded the OEKO-TEX Sustainable Textile Production (STeP) ...
Tags: STeP Certificate, Mattes&Ammann
Radian Guaranty, a mortgage insurance subsidiary of Radian Group (RDN), has inked a master transaction agreement related to a group of 25,760 first-lien mortgage loans held by Freddie Mac. Freddie Mac became delinquent as of 31 December ...
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International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) and the Solvay Group have embarked on an agreement, whereby ICIG will purchase Belgium-based Peptisyntha SA, a custom manufacturer of peptides for pharmaceutical use. Post transaction, which ...
Tags: Peptisyntha, Solvay Group
The International OEKO-TEX Association’s Dr. Sam Moore, who represents OEKO-TEX in North America, will present a webinar introducing the new OEKO-TEX STeP certification system for sustainable textile production facilities on Tuesday, ...
Tags: Step Certification, OEKO-TEX