2 Sisters Food, England-based chicken meat processing company, is set to close its chicken-processing plant at Haughley Park, Suffolk on 15 November, leaving 600 jobs at risk. The decision follows consultations with staff and unions to ...
Tags: 2 Sisters Food, Chicken Facility
India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma raised the issue of restrictive regime on imports of textiles, during a meeting with Indonesian Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan. Mr. Sharma was accompanying Prime Minister Manmohan ...
Tags: Concern, Textile Import Policy
The exports of garments and textiles from Vietnam increased by 18 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of the current year to US$ 13.154 billion, according to data from the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Of this, the ...
Tags: Garment Exports, fabric exports
The Scottish Government is set to equip civil servants with Windows 8 tablets in an effort to improve their ability to work on the move. An initial pilot for key staff offered a choice of tablets from a selection comprising the Samsung ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Darling International, a US-based provider of rendering and bakery residuals recycling solutions, is set to acquire Vion Ingredients, a division of Vion Food, for approximately EUR1.6bn. Vion Ingredients is engaged in the development and ...
Tags: Vion Ingredients, Food
Online illegal and fake ads for medicines will be the next major target for the authorities as they seek to establish a long-term mechanism to curb such ads in the wake of a three-month crackdown. Authorities have started to draft ...
Tags: Chemicals
PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the owner and producer of PACK EXPO Las Vegas (Sept. 23-25, 2013; Las Vegas Convention Center), is gearing up for the largest show since the event opened in 1995. As of ...
The Governor of Chaco province of Argentina, announced allocation of 45 million pesos to 900 small farmers, including cotton producers in the region. In addition to the financial assistance, the provincial government would also be ...
Tags: cotton producers
Bill Bennett, BC's minister of energy and mines and minister responsible for Core Review, directed BC Hydro to release its draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) and undertake a final round of consultation with First Nations, key stakeholders ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel circulated a report on Aug. 2 regarding the dispute of China's anti-dumping and countervailing duty measures on chicken products from the United States. The panel upheld the U.S. claims that China ...
Tags: Anti-Dumping, Chicken Inconsistent
Even without you knowing it, the likes of Type J thermocouple are already working their wonders in your surrounding environment. Because of this, you need to be educated about what it does that is beneficial for you. To start off, your ...
The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) announced the launch of a set of pilot projects that will facilitate the development of joint Canada-U.S. standards in the electrotechnical sector ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Sherwin-Williams and Williams-Sonoma, Inc., a specialty retailer of high-quality products for the home, have formed a new partnership. Williams-Sonoma, Inc., has created seasonal palettes of Sherwin-Williams paint colors that coordinate ...
Tags: Sherwin-Williams, Williams-Sonoma
A new transportation plan is calling for fuel tax hikes and other levies in order to put $20 billion towards transit funding in southern Ontario. While the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is supportive of the province's focus on ...
Tags: Transportation
Joe Oliver, Canada's minister of natural resources, announced new measures coming into effect to "strengthen safety and environmental protection" in Canada's nuclear sector: the Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations. "Canada has a ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, environmental, Energy