A discussion on ‘Making Technology Work in Fashion’, initiated by the International Apparel Federation (IAF) in Frankfurt during the Texprocess and Techtextil fairs, concluded that return on investments in technology are often ...
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The PEFC leaders’ summit, recently held in London, encouraged consumers to buy day‐to‐day products carrying the PEFC ‘two trees’ label. The summit discussed the challenges and possible solutions to ...
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Outsourcing to Asia means frequent contact with your suppliers. One in five Australian businesses have lost out financially because of poor supply chain management. As elements of Australian supply chains are increasingly being ...
Food distributor Sysco Corporation has called off its proposed merger with US Foods, after the US District Court in Washington, D.C ruled against the $3.5bn deal. Last week, the court issued a preliminary injunction to halt the proposed ...
The PCI Consulting Group Fibres Conference takes place from November 10-11, 2015 at The Hotel Marriott, Milan, Italy, immediately before ITMA 2015 and the World Textile Summit which will also be held in Milan. The Fibres Conference ...
Amcor and serialisation business services firm Kezzler are offering cloud platform-backed, full service advanced packaging serialisation with MaXQ. MaXQ offers brand owners unique identification codes printed on every pack. The dynamic ...
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Notebook demand may not see as strong growth in the second half as originally expected and overall shipments are expected to decline to 160 million units in 2015, down 5% on year with some conservative players even forecasting the number to ...
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Lectra, a developer of integrated technology solutions for industries using soft materials like fabrics recently held a seminar for Bangladeshi suppliers of retail chain H&M in Dhaka. “The two-day event addressed today's trends and ...
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Food packaging company Sealed Air has begun the construction of its new headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, US. The company will move to the new campus at LakePointe Corporate Center in early 2017, and is expected to employ around ...
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Exagan of Grenoble, France, a gallium nitride (GaN) technology start-up that enables smaller and more efficient electrical converters, has raised €5.7m in first-round financing that will be used to produce high-speed power switching ...
Tags: GaN-on-Si, GaN switching device
The Chinese subsidiary of Hong Kong based Li & Fung signed a strategic partnership with two of China’s largest retail groups, Shanghai Bailian Group and Beijing Wangfujing Department Store. A Li & Fung press release informed that ...
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While increased offshoring of manufacturing might be hurting the packaging supply chain, there is still “enormous potential growth in the packaging sector both sides of the Tasman”. This is the view of Greg Chapman, managing ...
Recent turbulence in the raw material supply chain is forcing Europe’s leading fresh food packaging manufacturer, LINPAC to increase its rigid and flexible packaging prices, but this will not impact the Australian market. The ...
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A strain of superbug MRSA has been found in pork sold in several British supermarkets, according to a Guardian investigation. The MRSA CC398 originates in animals due to excessive use of powerful antibiotics on factory farms. As part of ...
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As the China government continues to pour money into fostering local supply chains in terms of capacity and technology, Taiwan makers are starting to feel the heat, and as a result are calling on the Taiwan government to increase support ...
Tags: Semiconductor, Panel Industry