Don't panic if you see a driver in a moving car with no hands on the wheel because chances are the vehicle is self-driving. Such scenes, previously only found in fiction, are likely to be reality very soon. In late March, Volvo ...
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Global marketer of everyday basic apparel HanesBrands said it has completed the acquisition of Knights Apparel, a leading seller of licensed collegiate logo apparel in the mass retail channel. Knights Apparel sells T-shirts, ...
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for unified efforts to enhance food safety, ensuring safe production, distribution, and preparation of food. He pointed that the safety threat evolves from new production, distribution and ...
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The OPEN Alliance (One-Pair EtherNet) Special Interest Group (SIG) has released its automotive Ethernet specifications and tools to promote wider adoption of automotive Ethernet. The open access of specifications is part of the alliance's ...
China’s cotton policies will evolve based on continued movement toward a market-driven economy, balancing the interests of Chinese cotton farmers against those of textile manufacturers, disposal of the country’s large cotton ...
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The Hannover Messe (English: Hanover Fair) is the world's biggest industrial fair. It is held on the Hanover fairground in Hanover, Germany. Typically, there are about 6,500 exhibitors and 250,000 visitors. The Hannover Messe started in ...
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World Health Day 2015 focuses on food safety The World Health Organisation (WHO) has dedicated World Health Day 2015, which it is celebrating today, 7 April 2015, to highlighting the challenges and opportunities associated with food ...
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Inaria, owned by Performance Sports Group, has agreed to become the exclusive provider of uniforms, apparel and warm-up suits for Colgate University's NCAA Division I men’s soccer program. “We’re excited to partner with ...
Jordan is facing a crisis of worker shortage in its garment factories, as local Jordanians are shunning the sector, as benefits offered to them are not attractive vis-à-vis those offered to foreign workers. The Jordanian garment ...
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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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In its recently updated roadmap document (first published in 2011, and last updated in 2013), the Joint European Platform for Photonic Integration of Components and Circuits (JePPIX) predicts a €1bn market size for PIC-enabled products ...
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Advanced weaving technology producer Picanol reached an impressive milestone this week when the 20,000th OptiMax rapier weaving machine rolled off the production line at its plant in Ypres, Belgium. “The first OptiMax which was ...
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In the first two months of 2015, prices of competing crops like wheat, maize, and soybean all declined while cotton prices held steady. “The recent gain in cotton price has made sowing of the white gold attractive and may mitigate ...
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US-based environmentally conscious bottled-water company EARTH2O will use recycled material sourced from Orpet to create a closed-loop manufacturing system to infinitely reuse Oregon’s recycled goods. EARTH2O is considered to be ...
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Detroit Bikes has landed a deal with New Belgium Brewing to produce 2,415 bikes to promote the beer maker’s Fat Tire Amber Ale. Detroit Bikes will produce the custom-designed bikes at its 50,000 square-foot factory in Detroit. The ...
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