Carolina Mattress Guild has signed a licensing agreement with ApoloSpuma, a Brazilian sleep products manufacturer. The international licensee is the first for Carolina Mattress Guild. Phil Grigg, center, of Carolina Mattress Guild ...
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Global packaging services provider MeadWestvaco (MWV) has announced a 4% decrease in carbon emissions since 2010 in its corporate responsibility report for 2012. MWV has also reduced water usage by 5% and half of its global manufacturing ...
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Rail in Australia is growing at a substantial rate, with passenger journeys increasing by 84 million over the past four years. The 'Australian Rail Industry Report', commissioned by the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) and with ...
BK Lighting, TEKA Illumination, Star Finishes, Blue Dolphin Design and Engineering and Etendue will pay respect to the fallen, the survivors and the men and women in uniform on Wednesday, September 11, 2013. For the past twelve years, B-K ...
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Microsoft wants to build a better mobile phone through its acquisition of Nokia's mobile phone business. One way it hopes to do that? By improving its maps applications to better compete against Google's. "An effective alternative to ...
Folding bike maker Dahon has entered into a licensing agreement with Ford Motor Co. to produce a complete line of Ford-branded bicycles. The line of folding and electric bikes for adults and children is expected to launch in 2014, with ...
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Three forward-thinking companies on the Isle of Man are revolutionizing their office lighting with the latest LED technology. With the help of lighting manufacturer MHA Lighting, three companies with offices in Catalina Property Services' ...
ABB to supply propulsion transformers to leading Chinese shipbuilder Wednesday, Aug 07, 2013 ABB, a global leader in power and automation technology has been selected by Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding Ltd. in China, to supply 24 dry-type ...
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Plessey Semiconductors Ltd of Plymouth, UK says it is working with Plymouth City Council to help achieve the Council's ambitious carbon reduction strategy for all their managed buildings and infrastructure. Plessey is replacing the existing ...
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Hull City Council's Pryme Street car park is benefitting from the installation of 200 solar photovoltaic panels covering a surface area of 372 metre squared. It is projected that the 49kwh system will generate approximately 41,450 kwh a ...
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The proportion of UK electricity generated from gas fell to 16-year lows last year as cheaper coal prices spurred generators into increasing coal-fired power to its greatest share of the electricity mix since 1996, government data shows. ...
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Leading UK manufacturer achieves 75% reduction in floodlight power consumption Marshalls plc, the UK’s leading hard landscaping transformation company, has fitted Marl International Bay Range LED floodlighting to stockyards at five ...
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The UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded funding totaling £1m to two universities – University College London (UCL) and Bristol – to support the development of compound ...
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Wine bottle "Bordolesse Light" is a classic form of wine bottle in improved realisation. The bottle won the hearts of the jury because of its simplicity and lightness. Bordolesse Light is produced by blow-blow technology, but weights by 12% ...
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A distribution centre for Tesco at Middlewich, Cheshire – operated by CEVA Logistics – faces closure with the potential loss of 130 jobs. Tesco is reviewing its online grocery distribution network This follows Tesco’s ...
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