A team of four students from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City, representing the United States, has won the Retail Futures Challenge, an international competition that takes place at the annual World Retail ...
Tags: retail market, FIT Students
The fall months are a celebratory time of the year in agriculture. Growers are busily harvesting an abundance of various crops following months of planning, investment, hard work, and sweat. Everyone is poised for a much deserved payday. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Do these resonate with you? Seven long-term predictions about the strategic environment for packaging and processing emerged from the Vision 2020 focus groups PMMI conducted during PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2013: 1. Because available capital ...
UniFirst Corporation announced results for its fourth fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2013. Revenues were $352.9 million, up 13.0% from $312.4 million in the year ago period. Net income was $30.6 million ($1.52 per diluted share), compared ...
Tags: UniFirst Corporation, Apparel
AutomationDirect has supported competitive robotics at the local, regional and national levels for many years. This year, in addition to sponsoring the annual Georgia Robotics Invitational Tournament and Showcase (GRITS) competition, ...
The UK's largest solar farm has won the inaugural Solar Power Portal award for Most Successful Large-scale Ground Mount Solar Site. Wymeswold Airfield was developed by Lark Energy and the landowner Prestwold Estates, and was funded and is ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Solar
Energy services provider MidAmerican Solar of Phoenix, AZ (a subsidiary of MidAmerican Renewables LLC) and cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA say that the five millionth solar ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, PV Module
New Industries, Inc., of Morgan City, LA completed the fabrication of two 18' diameter x 223'-9" long pressure vessels for Conrad Shipyard, LLC, also of Morgan City, LA. "These were the largest and heaviest tanks we have built to date," ...
Tags: Transportation, Service
Allnex opened its new Americas Headquarters and Technology Center. The move from Smyrna, Georgia to Alpharetta, Georgia is one more positive step that newly independent resins and additives company Allnex (formerly Cytec Coating Resins) is ...
Tags: Construction
If you're lucky you can test ride a "dream bike" at Interbike's Outdoor Demo Monday or Tuesday. If you are extra lucky you might win one of the bikes in a raffle run by Easton. The company is raffling off five custom bikes, from Caletti ...
Tags: bike, Transportation
What is quality? "Quality is not just in the product. Quality is also how we treat our customers. The service we offer for the product," says Van Pelt. Of course, the product has to be good, that is obvious to him, but the best quality ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Today marks internet video calling tool Skype's 10th year since its launch in 2003. Using the anniversary as a launch-pad, Skype has also announced that 3D video calls are under development. Further reading Cisco goes to court to annul ...
Tags: Skype, Computer Products, software
Office furniture is useful for more than just providing employees with a place to work and making your office look good. With the right pieces, it can also promote communication and collaboration, which will help your business thrive. ...
Tags: Office furniture, Furniture, Furnishing
Pioneer Pump, manufacturers and designers of centrifugal pumps with exceptional efficiency and uncompromising reliability, has promoted Dan T. Kaplan to Operations Manager for its primary manufacturing location in Canby, Oregon. Dan has ...
Tags: Processing Machinery
On the heels of a two-day ribbon cutting event to inaugurate its newly expanded facility in Kalama, WA, Emerald Kalama Chemical - a business group of Emerald Performance Materials – announced further plans to increase capacity for its ...