What is the interplay between sustainability and industry's ever-greater environmental responsibility?What steps should firms take in response to the new geo-economic realignment of the planet?What strategic choices must be adopted given ...
Tags: man-made fibres, sustainability, sales, competitiveness
Environmental sustainability is one of the most critical issues faced by our generation. Our choices – whether at home or at work – impact the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat and the land we enjoy. Our world ...
Tags: environmental sustainability, material handling industry
Kohl's Department Stores announced activation of the company's largest solar project at its million-square-foot e-commerce fulfillment center(EFC)in Edgewood,Md.The EFC opened in 2011 and recently earned Leadership in Energy and ...
Tags: Kohl'S Starts Largest Solar Project, the gold level, successful programs
The western United States, from Tacoma, WA all the way down to San Diego, CA, sits on a newly tapped resource that, if utilized correctly, could revolutionize the HVAC industry. That resource is geothermal energy. Geothermal energy is ...
Tags: learning center, Heat Pump
PPG has partnered with the National Hot Rod Association's (NHRA) John Force Racing team. For its funny cars and high-powered dragsters, John Force Racing made the choice of using PPG's Envirobase High Performance line of waterborne ...
Tags: PPG, NHRA, John Force Racing
Having recruited 750 new employees in 2012, the Group has now announced 480 new jobs in France for next year Paris, September 13, 2012 – Fives, the industrial engineering group, continues to recruit new people to meet the ...
Tags: Consolidates, Dynamic, Employees
General Motors' Spring Hill Complex expects to save over $800,000 a year on electricity at its general assembly and engine plants by upgrading to Light Corporation's high-efficiency Semaphore fluorescent light fixtures controlled by Kanepi ...
Tags: fluorescent light
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE) has selected 15 educational and cultural facilities for this year’s CAE Educational Facility Design Awards. The purpose of the design awards ...
Tags: AIA, CAE educational facility design award, construction
ICICLE, one of the most respected brands in China, has chosen Gerber's YuniquePLM software to improve communication between its design, supplier and manufacturing communities. Shanghai-based ICICLE Brand Management Co. will install 80 PLM ...
Tags: ICICLE, brands, China, design, eco-friendly clothing
Patagonia, a leading designer of core outdoor, surf and sport-related apparel, equipment, footwear and accessories, has renewed its long-standing partnership with Epsilon, a subsidiary of Alliance Data Systems Corporation and a leading ...
Tags: Patagonia, Epsilon, sport-related apparel, surf apparel, outdoor apparel
Tourism and environment officials are calling on the public to recycle LED lights used in lanterns after Lantern Festival. In this way, the lights can then be used in art projects to promote Taiwan overseas. More than 1 million LED ...
Tags: led light
Tourism and environment officials are calling on the public to recycle LED lights used in lanterns after Lantern Festival. In this way, the lights can then be used in art projects to promote Taiwan overseas. More than 1 million LED lights ...
Tags: Market View, led light
We judge books by the cover, people on appearance, restaurants by the menu. Who says we have to look inside to find true meaning? In the case of underlayments, one would do well to look at what's beneath that floor covering when judging ...
Tags: floor
The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt,National Design Museum will celebrate outstanding achievement in design this fall with its 12th annual National Design Awards program.Today,Cooper-Hewitt Director Bill Moggridge announced the winners and ...
Tags: National Design, Awards, Winner, Cooper-Hewitt