Led by University of Melbourne PhD candidate Cathy Watson also of the Royal Women's Hospital, the findings were published online in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. This study is the first to investigate the effect of ...
Tags: Oral Garlic, Health, Medicine
Creganna-Tactx Medical has announced today that Robert B. Hance will join the company as Chief Executive Officer in September 2013, taking over the role from Helen Ryan who has held the position for the last eight years. Robert ...
Tags: medicine, Creganna-Tactx Medical
Big names of global and Indian textile machinery manufacturers have confirmed their participation in ITMACH 2014. The event to be held in the textile city of Bhiwandi on the outskirts of Mumbai from January 22-24, 2014, is getting warm ...
Tags: Large Textile Machinery, Textile
The amount of money the Palmerston North City Council is making out of recycled glass looks likely to double since new glass collection trucks went on the road in January. The drivers of the trucks sort glass into colours at the kerb, ...
Tags: Truck Recycled Glass, Recycled Glass, Glass, Construction, Decoration
Genzyme, a Sanofi company, has obtained an approval from Health Canada for its Lemtrada (alemtuzumab) for the treatment of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Health Canada has approved Lemtrada for the management of adult ...
The New Zealand Government has released a report on the first stage of the Government inquiry into the Fonterra Whey Protein Concentrate (WPC) incident and has said the Government accepts in principle all 29 recommendations. Background to ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
To sustain its international growth strategy and with a view to remaining closer to its clients and consumers, the independent French company Silab is opening its fifth promoting platform Silab South East Asia in Singapore in January 2014. ...
Tags: Silab, Silab South East Asia, Silab SA
Dutch designer Pauline Van Dogen, with help from solar energy expert Gert Jan Jongerden and Christian Holland from the HAN University of Applied Sciences, has created a new range of clothing that is embedded with photovoltaic technology, ...
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Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading solutions and services provider, will provide a full propulsion package for a new passenger ferry being built for the Germany based Reederei Cassen Eils GmbH. The contract was signed in ...
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The Cotton Crop Assessment Committee (CCAC) held its fourth meeting to assess the 2013-14 crop situation, under the chairmanship of Ms. Rukhsana Shah, Federal Secretary, Textile Industry Division. Based on the information provided by ...
Tags: Pakistan, CCAC, crop, textile industry, cotton crop
Employees at Nora Lighting, many with family and friends in the Philippines, responded quickly to calls for help by raising more than $2,500.00 for the American Red Cross to provide humanitarian aid to families affected by Typhoon Haiyan. ...
Tags: Nora Lighting, employees, humanitarian aid, Typhoon Haiyan
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: Wool-Rice Straw, Fabric
With the rise in demand for sustainable and organic products, several textile and apparel firms are focusing on ethical production process which covers a range of issues such as working conditions, child labor, fair trade and ethical ...
AEPC organized its annual export award function 2013 for outstanding export performance for the year 2012-13, at apparel house, Gurgaon. Dr. K S Rao, Union Textiles Minister, came to deliver awards in presence of Smt. Zohra Chatterji, the ...
Tags: Apparel Exports, Textile
The combination of tomato, olive oil, garlic and onion in a sofrito increases the amount of polyphenols and carotenoids, which are bioactive compounds that may help to prevent cardiovascular diseases and cancer, according to new research ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food