A new wool and rice straw blended upholstery fabric, which has been developed by a Wellington company, goes into commercial production next year with the potential to create significant demand for New Zealand crossbred wool, while helping ...
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A new wool and rice straw blended upholstery fabric, which has been developed by a Wellington company, goes into commercial production next year with the potential to create significant demand for New Zealand crossbred wool, while helping ...
Tags: Formary, upholstery fabric, crossbred wool
Firefighters from across Wellington County rushed to Dickson Drive in Fergus to extinguish a fire that destroyed the main shop buildings at Vandermarel Trucking on Saturday morning. Despite their efforts, none of the buildings could be ...
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Sydney drivers find themselves in stop-start traffic more frequently than drivers of any other Australian city, but they stop about half as much as drivers in the world’s most congested cities. In a study by sat-nav maker TomTom, ...
Tags: stop-start traffic, Auto Parts
The newly completed 62 Buckingham Gate building, hailed by Land Securities as the jewel of its extensive transformation of London's Victoria district, owes its striking glazed facade to Saint-Gobain Glass. Conceived by architects Pelli ...
Tags: Glass, Construction, Decoration
Telford & Wrekin Council's Cabinet, will meet to consider proposals to put forward plans for a publicly funded solar farm to be built on land at Wheat Leasows. The Council has made a commitment to move towards a more sustainable financial ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, solar
Emirates and Qantas have enhanced their joint network as bookings opened for the new schedule between New Zealand and Australia. Among a suite of changes, Qantas has retimed its existing Christchurch-Sydney service enabling more ...
The Qantas and Emirates partnership in New Zealand will be opening for bookings from 14 August 2013, subject to regulatory approval. Aligned fares, frequent flyer benefits and code share arrangements will all be switched on across the ...
The Australian dollar was weaker as markets warmed again to the idea that the central bank will cut interest rates next month. "Domestic press speculation of an RBA rate cut in early August has weighed on the Australian dollar," RBC ...
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a draft decision proposing to grant conditional authorisation for three years for Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand Limited to continue their trans-Tasman alliance. "The ...
'I am delighted to support London Collections: Men, which with great aplomb shows why London is the menswear capital of the world. From the raincoat to the bowler hat and the sharp-suited gent to the peacock dandy, we have a heritage that ...
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Bondage trousers, the bowler hat, brogues, the dandy, the floral shirt and tie, the great coat/riding coat, the three piece suit, the trench coat, tweed and tartan, and wellington boots have all been identified as the ten iconic styles that ...
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The newly completed 62 Buckingham Gate building, hailed by Land Securities as the jewel of its extensive transformation of London's Victoria district, owes its striking glazed facade to Saint-Gobain Glass. Conceived by architects ...
Tags: Glass, Construction
Last year’s Fibre of our Nation competition winners, Chad and Louise Taylor of Wellington, NSW, have recently returned to Australia after a visit to New York where they enthusiastically discussed helping to build the demand for wool ...
Icebreaker, the New Zealand company that pioneered the outdoor merino wool apparel category, announced that Sven Baxmann has joined the Icebreaker team as Germany Country Manager. Baxmann is responsible for strategically developing and ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories