Canadian outdoor retailer Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) said its first Fair Trade Certified T-shirts will be available late this summer online and in its 17 brick-and-mortar stores. The T-shirts, which will include MEC's popular line of ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Outlast Technologies, market leader for temperature regulating phase change materials (PCMs), expands into new spheres and has introduced "Spherix", an innovative PCM filling material which is suited for use in apparel: The new blend from ...
Tags: Textile
The Adidas Group announced a strategic partnership with Swiss company Bluesign Technologies to further drive sustainable solutions in its global supply chain. Bluesign Technologies is the well-established world leading provider of ...
Tags: Adidas, Sporting Goods, Recreation
Akzo Nobel N.V. reported a positive volume and price/mix development in all three Business Areas. First quarter revenues of €3,383 million were 2 percent lower compared with the same period last year. The decrease was mainly a ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Akzo Nobel recently reported a positive volume and price/mix development in all three Business Areas. First quarter revenues of €3,383 million were 2 percent lower compared with the same period last year. The decrease was mainly a ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
In the presence of Germany’s Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and the Chinese State President Xi Jinping, Daimler AG and its Chinese partner Beijing Automotive Industry Corporation (BAIC Group) today signed an agreement on the further ...
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With Predictive Powertrain Control being introduced in 2014, Daimler Buses is taking a further step towards improving economy while at the same time reducing the burden on the driver. The "predictive" cruise control system is familiar ...
Ultra-compact yellow LED for extreme demands in headlamps The yellow Oslon Compact LED from Osram immediately opens up new design options for turn indicators in vehicle forward lighting. With package dimensions of 1.5 mm x 1.9 mm x 0.7 mm ...
Tags: LED, headlamps, vehicle forward lighting
With package dimensions of 1.5 mm x 1.9 mm x 0.7 mm the new version is so small and yet so powerful that it is ideal for use in light guide applications. This high-power LED, based on indium gallium nitride (InGaN), offers extremely ...
Tags: compact design, Plenty of light, premium automotive segment
Swiss agrochemicals company Syngenta has unveiled two new products for sugar cane Plene Evolve and Plene PB under its Plene brand. The two new products are claimed to help growers increase yields and plant quality with an assurance of ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Sugar Cane
Fuyao Glass Industry Group, China's largest automobile glass manufacturer, said on Wednesday it will invest $420 million to set up production bases in the United States and Russia, in a further step to tap into high-end overseas markets. ...
Tags: Glass, Transportation, Auto Parts
Nothing, no material, no technique is as capable of touching our sensual and mental existence so universally as textiles, particularly at a time that is in danger of becoming ever less sensuous due to increasing virtualization. Textiles ...
Tags: Kunstmuseum, Textile Paintings
French diversified financial service conglomerate SCOR Group has acquired the US life reinsurance business of Italy-based insurer Generali Group, for total gross proceeds of $910m in a combination of cash and collateral. The acquisition, ...
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Facebook has designed a system that would allow individuals and advertisers to make direct connections to those physically nearby that share similar interests or are open to receiving certain advertisements. The company's work was ...
The European industrial initiative EU ProSun has announced that it will take action before the EU General Court against the agreement that has been reached in the trade dispute over dumped solar panels from China. Milan Nitzschke, ...
Tags: Solar Industry, solar panels