The Carbon Company and the chemical company BASF have concluded the joint research of a new composite material system as an important development step of their collaboration. The system aims at enhancing the cost-effectiveness of ...
After holding review meetings with various stakeholders, India’s ministry of textiles has initiated several steps to strengthen the jute sector. The key decisions taken by Minister of State for Textiles (I/C) Santosh Kumar ...
Tags: Jute Sector, textiles
Indian online fashion destination Jabong has joined forces with the global luxury goods marketplace Luxury Quotient to tap into the unexplored luxury consumer market in India. The digital shopping platform will create an exclusive ...
Tags: Luxury Products, Apparel
After a stronger-than-expected Christmas trading period, retail spending growth will slow heading into 2015, according to the sixteenth edition of the AFGC CHEP Retail Index released late last week. The AFGC CHEP Retail Index is a ...
Tags: Christmas trading, food exports
Scientists from IBM Research and Mars established the “Consortium for Sequencing the Food Supply Chain,” a collaborative food safety platform that will leverage advances in genomics to better understand and improve food safety. ...
Tags: Food Safety, Agriculture
Washington and New Delhi are expanding their defense technology cooperation. On his visit to India, President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the extension and expansion of the bilateral Defense Technology and Trade ...
The umami taste could have an important and beneficial role in health, according to Japanese research. A series of studies published in the journal Flavour in January 2015 found that umami and ‘kokumi’ substances, which modify ...
Tags: low-fat foods, Agriculture
The Recycling Partnership, a collaborative, industry-funded effort designed to boost residential recycling in the US, has announced its first public grant to the city of Columbia, South Carolina. The funding will support the Recycling ...
Luxembourg-registered synthetic diamond materials firm Element Six (a member of the De Beers Family of Companies) says that its Technologies Group experienced more than 20% growth in 2014, marking its third consecutive year of high growth. ...
Tags: synthetic diamond solutions, emerging markets, Electrical
BASF and Save the Children will pool their expertise to develop solutions including improvement of water accessibility and quality in Mumbai, and livelihoods and food security in the Turkana region of Kenya. The project development ...
Tags: water pipes, Construction
China-based Horen Plastics has joined the Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) as the newest international member, bringing the total number of members headquartered outside the country to ten. RPA, which is focused on promoting the ...
Tags: manufacturers, poolers, distributors, Agriculture
k-Space Associates Inc of Dexter, MI, USA (which supplies instrumentation and software for surface science and thin-film technology applications) and the Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at SUNY Polytechnic Institute ...
Tags: III-nitride materials research, growth parameters, Electrical
BASF has announced its Creator Space tour, a year-long, global event series aiming to address the challenges of smart energy, food and urban living. The first stop, in Mumbai, India, will take place January 16-23 with a focus on water ...
Tags: architecture, art, design, science, Construction
During the Automotive News World Congress this week, IBM revealed results of its new Automotive 2025 Global Study, outlining an industry ripe for disruptive changes that are breaking down borders of the automotive ecosystem. The study ...
Tags: Automotive Industry, mobility requirements, ecosystem disruption, Auto
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is leading a European collaborative project that aims to transform food waste into a sustainable source of significant economic added value, namely graphene and renewable hydrogen. The project ...
Tags: electric circuits, solar cells, Construction