The American Home Furnishings Alliance is launching a new web site today to correspond with tonight's airing of "Toxic Hot Seat," an HBO documentary about the use of fire-retardant chemicals in furniture. The documentary shows the ...
Tags: AHFA, website, address, furniture, flammability
The leading Turkish bus manufacturer Otokar utilizes Basotect as sound absorber in the engine compartment for its bus models. To design and produce the various acoustic parts, the company partners with Teknofoam, the Turkish converting ...
Tags: Otokar, bus manufacturer
Inspections of all export-oriented Ready Made Garment (RMG) and knitwear factory buildings in Bangladesh will start from 22 November 2013. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) will assess the factory buildings that ...
Tags: Garment Factory, Apparel
California has revised its controversial Technical Bulletin 117 and adopted a new flammability standard that should allow producers to make furniture and baby products that do not contain flame retardant chemicals beginning Jan. 1. ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use
There are some things in life which we often don't realize we need to have around, until the need for them actually arises. A plunger is a good example of that, as many can confirm that they've bought their first one only when they've ...
Tags: Fire Extinguisher, Security, Protection
Speakers at a certificate award ceremony emphasized ensuring workplace safety to regain the image of the country's ready-made garment (RMG) industry that has been tarnished following a series of tragic incidents recently. The programme ...
Tags: Garment Workers, Apparel
Opening the conference “Bangladesh 2013: The Rising Demand for Labour Standards”, ILO Deputy Director General Gilbert Houngbo called for faster implementation of the new labour law to protect workers after the Rana Plaza ...
Tags: Labour Law, ILO
The glow of the fire on a cold evening, spreading its warmth around people, is something we all enjoy. Such evenings are often looked forward to with great enthusiasm. The joy of cooking over the dancing flames in the patio, or while ...
Tags: Outdoor Fire Pit, Safety Tips
Home fires are often unpredictable, and they can be deadly. That's why you need one full-floor, multipurpose fire extinguisher on each level of your home and one in your garage, plus smaller, supplemental units for the kitchen and car. ...
While major principals and media players turn their eyes to non-OECD countries to check CSR compliance issues, sector-specific social risks can still be found in Europe. In France, in downtown Paris (known as the “Le Sentier” ...
Tags: Garment Units, SGS
BKMEA organized a view exchanging meeting with its esteemed members on some current burning issues of RMG sector at Hotel Purbani on 28 September, 2013. The agenda of the meeting were discussion on minimum wage, ensuring fire safety in ...
Tags: Garment Sector, Textile
Mattress retailer Sit 'n Sleep is teaming up with Tempur-Pedic to supply 140 mattresses to five Southern California fire stations for National Fire Prevention Week. "Our goal is to provide customers with great mattresses for a good ...
Tags: Mattresses, Light Industry, Daily Use
A year after a building with a glass façade in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) caught fire, the city's municipality has come up with guidelines for such buildings which are mushrooming across the city, especially in business hubs. The ...
The adoption of common safety standards in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment factories has come a step closer, following a meeting of national tripartite partners, the Alliance and Accord and other key stakeholders in the industry. ...
Tags: Bangla Garment, Safety Standards
We're proud to announce that Pilkington Pyroclear® has been given the seal of approval by Certifire, for use with steel and timber frames. This means that the glass is accordance with the technical schedule TS25 – for Fire ...
Tags: Construction, Glass