The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that it has joined the Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform, along with the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE). The Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform is a ...
Women’s apparel company and NYSE listed, ANN INC., which manages Ann Taylor and Loft brands, has appointed Katie J. Bayne to its Board of Directors. Ms. Bayne will serve as a Class I Director with a term expiring at the 2016 Annual ...
Tags: specialty retailers, Apparel
PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business showcased its full assortment of liquid, powder, pretreatment and electrocoat (e-coat) products at FabTech, Nov. 11-13 at Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. William A. Ramos, PPG ...
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The Indian online shopping portal Exclusively.in has launched the country’s first-ever web marketplace model, the Exclusively.in ‘Boutique’, offering access to designs from curated independent fashion stores and ...
Tags: online shopping portal, web marketplace model, Apparel
ACIMIT, a trade body representing Italian textile machinery manufacturers says that new orders in the third quarter of 2104 rose sequentially by 4 percent or from the previous quarter. However, Italian textile machinery producers reported ...
A new polypropylene plant will come up at IndianOil’s Paradip Refinery Project complex at Paradip in India’s eastern coastal state of Odisha. Foundation for the Rs 3150 crore polypropylene plant was laid by Minister of State ...
Tags: polypropylene plant, catalyst, Textile
US-based Catalyst Paper Corporation will acquire the Biron paper mill and the Rumford pulp and paper mill for around $74m. The company has entered an asset purchase agreement with NewPage Corporation, NewPage Wisconsin System and Rumford ...
DuPont has opened its doors for the 27th DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation and entry forms are available here. Wondering if you should enter? Brand owners, retailers, packaging designers, converters and technology providers from ...
In 2016 a new way of producing parts will be readily available. HP has developed the Multi Jet Fusion 3D printer that will enable mass production of parts with accuracy, finer details and smoother surfaces. It will also be able to ...
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A Heat Generating Material (HGM) concept, developed by Clariant, a producer of specialty chemicals, has received a special mention in the Best Process Innovation category of the ICIS Innovation Awards 2014. “The HGM finds mention as ...
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has opened its first Regional Innovation Center (RIC) in Navi Mumbai, India. The RIC center is expected to host approximately 100 technical employees in chemical research and application ...
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BASF inaugurated its expanded mobile emissions catalysts manufacturing operation in Shanghai, China, further strengthening the company’s regional presence and its position as a leading supplier to the automotive industry. The ...
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Currently, most flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices are fabricated using organic materials. However, for these devices inorganic compound semiconductors such as gallium nitride (GaN) can provide advantages over organic materials ...
Tags: LEDs, LED displays, Electrical, Electronics
The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), a body recognised for fire safety, signed a partnership which will guide garment factories adopt best practices and most up to date standards for ...
Tags: NFPA, Safety Measures, Accessories
PPG Industries’industrial coatings business has introduced POWERCRON ADVANTEDGE electrocoats (e-coats), a line of next-generation, high-edge cationic-epoxy products for EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) markets. Powercron ...
Tags: PPG, EMEA Markets, Construction