This year, 11 companies and their partners will receive an awards at JEC Europe - Composites Show and Conferences (March 12-14, 2013) for their composites innovations. The jury has selected the best composite breakthroughs, based on their ...
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Furniture makers should speak up now if they have concerns with California's new upholstered flammability rule, a top California official told an industry audience here last week. Tonya Blood, chief of the California Bureau of Home ...
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Plastic sheet, compounds and packaging products producer Spartech announced that its flame retardant specialty sheet products have passed ball pressure test for heat resistance. The products which have passed the test include Royalite ...
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Tosoh Corporation is pleased to announce its consolidated results for the first nine months of its 2013 fiscal year. The company’s consolidated net sales for the period ended December 31, 2012, amounted to ¥474.4 billion (US$5.9 ...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's new proposed upholstered furniture flammability rule could give furniture manufacturers until mid-2014 to meet its requirements. The second draft of the new Technical Bulletin 117 rule, uses a ...
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Major China expandable polystyrene producers, Xingda Group and Loyal Group -- with a combined production capacity of nearly 3 million mt/year -- are operating their plants at reduced rates of 40%-50% this week, before the Lunar New Year ...
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UL has issued a warning to consumers, retailers, manufacturers, regulatory agencies and Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs) that the communications cable identified below bears a counterfeit UL Mark for the United States, and may pose a ...
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Alexium International Group Ltd. — an Australia- and Greer, S.C.-based developer of specialty chemicals and solutions such as eco-friendly flame-retardant (FR) treatments on man-made-fiber materials — and Duro Textiles LLC ...
TECHNOTEX 2013 will see Taiwan's leading technical textiles manufacturers showcasing their high performance and quality textile products for the first time in India. The Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) & Taiwan Textile Federation (TTF) is ...
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HIGH POINT — The California official heading revisions to that state's longtime flammability regulation and the scientist whose research prompted the urgent regulatory overhaul will both participate in the American Home Furnishings ...
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In addition to its Starlight and Radyarn flame-retardant, bacteriostatic and UV-stabilized polyester yarn lines, at Heimtextil 2013 RadiciGroup will shine the spotlight on its eco-compatible product lines: r-Starlight, r-Radyarn and ...
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Alexium International Group Limited announced that Alexium is extending its flame retardant (FR) nylon treatment to nylon/cotton fabric blends. Nylon/Cotton FR treatments represent one of the largest specialty chemical opportunities in the ...
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Lakeland Industries Inc., a leading global manufacturer of industrial protective clothing for industry, municipalities, healthcare and to first responders on the federal, state and local levels, announced financial results for its second ...
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Filatura di Saluzzo S.r.l. — an Italy-based manufacturer of polyester yarns for apparel fabrics — has introduced Newlife for corporate workwear applications. Newlife is an integrated, patented system for recycling polyester ...
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The state of New York recently passed a bill banning TCEP (Tris (2-chloroethyl) phosphate), a flame retardant, in Child Care Products for children under 3 years of age. Such products may include car seats, strollers, nursing pillows, crib ...
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