The British Furniture Confederation (BFC) is pleased to recognise Stephen McPartland, who has been MP for Stevenage since 2010, for his outstanding support for the British furniture, furnishing and bed industry since he entered Parliament. ...
The Mixology15 Student Designer of the Year award, sponsored by KI Europe’s KICKSTART programme has been awarded to Jan Waterston from the National School of Furniture for his innovative and sleek design of the Velo chair. This award ...
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International Speedway Corporation (ISC) and carmaker Chevrolet have joined hands for making the latter a founding partner at Daytona International Speedway (DIS) under the $400m Daytona Rising redevelopment project. The project, set ...
M&J Group is showcasing a new dyeing technique, Zenzero Polar which allows garment producers and laundries to use less than one litre of water per garment at the next Munich Fabric Start in September. “It is great result obtained ...
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German automobile major BMW has notched up International Engine of the Year Awards at Engine Expo 2015 in Stuttgart, in recognition of its 1.5-litre three-cylinder electric-gasoline hybrid powertrain installed in the BMW i8. In its stride ...
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German industrial gases and engineering firm Linde has launched Dri Pack automated box chilling system based on CO2 snow, for packaging meat, poultry and seafood. The system is claimed to be more efficient than water ice or dry ice ...
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German mechanical engineering firm Voith has bagged the order for producing carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) for models that carmaker Audi will produce in future. With both the firms joining hands to organize the ramp-up for the ...
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At the ongoing Techtextil, the Walter Reiners-Stiftung Foundation honoured three successful young engineers for research in textiles. The prize-winning papers included fabrication of fibre composites, a modelling approach of a parachute ...
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Shoppers Stop Ltd (SSL), an India based operator of various retail formats reported a revenue jump of 9 per cent from the year ago quarter in the fourth fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2015. In a press release, SSL said it recorded a ...
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Kohl’s Department Stores said it has been recognised with the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2015 ‘Energy Star Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence’ award. According to a Kohl’s press ...
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American Swan, an online fashion brand said it has made its products more accessible to customers by tying up with India Post Delivery Service to offer a wider reach to over 20,000 PIN codes across India. According to CEO Anurag ...
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The Almora Armchair, designed by Doshi Levien, has been awarded the prestigious wallpaper design awards 2015 in the Best Executive Office Category. An important prize which recognizes the potential of Almora as best relaxation armchair for ...
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Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC), India’s largest apparel industry training institute bagged the ‘Best Institute: Innovation’ from ASSOCHAM at ‘Summit-cum-Awards on Skilling India’. ATDC received ...
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UK retail sales declined by 0.4%, on a like-for-like basis from December 2013, when they had increased 0.4% on the preceding year, finds the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. On a total basis, sales were up 1%, against a 1.8% rise in ...
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Fledgling smartphone firm OnePlus has revealed it has sold over one million smartphone units in 2014 alone. That’s not bad, considering the firm has but a single stock-keeping unit - the OnePlus One. It’s even more ...
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