With the increasing awareness about the importance of environmental protection, several global textile makers are focusing on sustainability in textile supply chain. In an interview with fibre2fashion, Ms. Sharon Rowe, CEO and founder ...
Tags: Supply Chain, Textile Sector
Nova Scotia has launched a penalty system focused on worker safety as part of its approach to get "tougher on employers who put workers at risk, and promote education and prevention for less serious infractions". According to the province, ...
Tags: Worker Safety
The Australian and New Zealand rail industries have launched Rail Safety Week, an annual initiative that sees passenger and freight rail operators, governments and the police come together to promote rail safety messages to local ...
Tags: Service, Transportation, logistices
The following is a joint statement by the Department of State, the Department of Labor, and the Office of the United States Trade Representative: Today, the United States is outlining next steps in a longstanding effort to address in a ...
Following the tragic deaths of thousands of garment factory workers around the world in the past year, including over 1,100 people in a factory collapse in Bangladesh, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has announced ...
Tags: Health&Safety Standard, Apparel
The apparel retailers in the US and the EU are aiming at safety in Bangladesh readymade garments (RMG) factories although they have adopted different initiatives to ensure safety in the clothing firms of the country. The two strong ...
Tags: RMG Units, apparel retailers
Target, along with the Bipartisan Policy Center and 16 other North American retailers, joined together to announce the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety and to launch the Bangladesh Worker Safety Initiative. The initiative is a ...
Three Ways an Industrial Puller Can Boost ProductivityMcKenzie Fritch, Industrial Pulley Puller How much downtime does the equipment in your plant cost per hour as maintenance technicians work to remove frozen, rusted, or stuck pulleys, ...
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Tangent Medical, a manufacturer of IV therapy products, has commercially launched its NovaCath Integrated IV Catheter System and commenced its clinical evaluations in several US healthcare centres. Considered to be the first safety IV ...
Gerber Technology received the highest level award for product innovation from the Connecticut Quality Improvement Award (CQIA) Partnership, Inc., an affiliate of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The award was presented to ...
A choice of packaging machinery includes technical capabilities, labor requirements, worker safety, maintainability, serviceability, reliability, ability to integrate into the packaging line, capital cost, floorspace, flexibility ...
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Food Packaging requires protection, tampering resistance, and special physical, chemical, or biological needs. It also shows the product that is labeled to show any nutrition information on the food being consumed. It is ...
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The North American Bangladesh Worker Safety Working Group, a collaboration of six leading U.S. and Canadian apparel and retail trade associations, sent a letter to the Prime Minster of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina Wazed regarding the serious ...
American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) President and CEO Kevin M. Burke released the following statement after a meeting to discuss worker safety in Bangladesh with several Bangladesh government officials, including Foreign Minister ...
Smiths Medical, a medical device manufacturer, has secured a contract with the US Department of Veterans Affairs to supply Jelco brand ViaValve Safety IV Catheters to the Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center, New Mexico, US. Built on the ...
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