The Canadian Paint and Coatings Association (CPCA) announced a partnership with ICC Compliance Center (ICC) to offer training to its members on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). ICC is a ...
Tags: GHS Training, online courses, Construction
PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business will highlight new products during preview days at the 2015 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit’s Cobo Center, Jan. 12-15. The products are designed to help ...
Tags: Green Coating Technologies, environmental standards, Construction
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Ohio State University, today released a risk assessment concluding that silica-based spent foundry sands from iron, steel ...
Tags: air quality, enhancing state, Construction
Kuwait-based Equate Petrochemical Company said it has successfully completed turnaround of its plants and also the first phase of the polyethylene plant debottlenecking project. As part of the exercise, all units were shutdown from ...
Tags: ethylene, polyethylene, ethylene glycol, Textile
An alliance of Australia’s beverage manufacturers has responded to speculation that New South Wales could introduce a Container Deposit Scheme for beverage packaging, saying recent research has shown such schemes are “many times ...
Consumers shopping for steak and other whole cuts of beef will have to wait for another three years to get meat safety labels on meat products after the US government failed to meet the deadline for finalising regulations. The US ...
Vacuum Skin Packaging (VSP) represents around 5% of all protein packaging in Europe, according to a study carried out by LINPAC Packaging. The study identified that the VSP is primarily being used in the UK, Spain and Benelux regions. ...
Tags: Protein Products, Agriculture
German giant Bosch has entered the increasingly crowded smart heating market with its own phone controlled system, the Bosch Remote Room Controller (RRC) Announced at CES 2015 today, the Bosch Remote Room Controller controls heating and ...
Tags: Bosch, CES, Consumer Electronics
China will relax restrictions on banks' yuan trading from next year, in a small but significant move toward relaxing its capital controls. The changes will replace daily caps on banks' foreign exchange positions with weekly limits, and ...
Tags: Yuan Trading, restrictions
The Chinese government has been authorized to ease investment rules in three new free trade zones (FTZs) after top legislature gave the go ahead during a bi-monthly meeting on Sunday. The new zones will be located in South China's ...
Tags: Investment Rules, Free Trade Zones
Eastman Chemical Company has announced it will join Together for Sustainability (TfS). Eastman and TfS have confirmed acceptance of Eastman's application to the consortium as the first U.S.-based company to join, with plans to finalize ...
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Chennai based apparel retailer, Indian Terrain Fashions Ltd said it proposes to raise Rs 75 crore through issue of securities or qualified institutions placements (QIP’s). In a filing with BSE, the retailer which retails the Indian ...
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Russia's central bank failed to stem a further dramatic fall in the rouble on Thursday despite raising the headline interest rate to 10.5%. The central bank, which has used billions of dollars worth of foreign reserves in a desperate ...
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In late 2013, LEDinside team forecasted major company restructure market trends will continue throughout the year. The trend has been consistent in 2014, as more lighting manufacturers take necessary restructure measures to remain ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today that XTO Energy, Inc. (XTO), a subsidiary of ExxonMobil and the nation’s largest holder of natural gas reserves, will spend an ...