On April 25, an 8.1-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, causing serious financial losses and causalities. China-aid projects stood intact, among which the Civil Service Hospital of Nepal built by China was honored as the “Strongest ...
On July 29, the 2015 China Textiles and Garment Fair (Europe), sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce opened in Dusseldorf, Germany. China’s Consul General to Dusseldorf Feng Haiyang, the official from the Foreign Trade Development ...
Tags: China Textiles, garment, export of textiles and garment
With the implementation of high profile sugar and soft drinks taxation in France in 2012, in Mexico in 2014 and Berkeley, California in January of this year, the global debate concerning the purpose and efficacy of excise tax proposals on ...
Tags: Soda Tax, sugar, soft drinks
The G20 Trade Ministers’ Meeting completed on October 6. Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng and his Turkish counterpart Nihat Zeybekci jointly attended the news conference after the meeting and briefed on the G20 Trade ...
LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has introduced the third member of its Matrix Platform family of integrated LED products. The 24V constant-voltage LUXEON XF-3014 CV flexible LED strips distribute extremely uniform light across ...
Tags: Lumileds, LED Products, flexible LED strips
A few weeks ago, Hollywood actress Jessica Alba created a buzz on the Internet with her anti-age LED skin care treatment. Turns out LEDs market potential in the beauty sector extends to weight loss, and for those aiming to stay thin and ...
Tags: red LED, U.S.doctor, NLAL
Leading LED chip manufacturer Epistar’s has raised the number of job cuts from the previously announced 65 to about 180, reported UDN. Job cuts at the company’s factories in northern Taiwan’s Hsinchu Science Park will ...
Tags: Epistar, business strategy, layoff
Cities and their emergency responders will soon have a new way to deploy gunshot detection technology and be able to respond to incidents and react faster to protect their residents. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) between GE Lighting ...
Tags: GE, Lighting, MOU, smart LED streetlights, ShotSpotter, gunshot detection
Automotive safety system maker Autoliv has joined the Drive Me project under which the company will work with Volvo to accelerate the autonomous driving (AD) initiative. Drive Me project was established in 2013, and it is a joint ...
Tags: Autoliv, Volvo, autonomous driving
Washington-based superfoods manufacturer Baobab Foods has opened a new production facility in Washington City in Missouri to expand the company’s offerings of BaoBites Superfruit Snacks. The company has entered into a joint venture ...
Tags: Baobab Foods, Superfruit Snacks, nutritional powder, cereals
The UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' (DEFRA) report has supported the use of new video imaging and infrared technology to estimate fat content and meat quality of carcasses in abattoirs. The technology, launched in ...
Tags: Infrared Technology, meat
US-based food processing company Cargill is investing $100m to double its soybean crush operation in Borg El Arab in order to meet the increasing demand in Egypt for soybean meal and oil. The company will construct 42,000 metric tonne ...
Tags: food processing, soybean crush
Arla Foods Ingredients has developed a natural milk protein-based solution which claims to offset complaints about dry, crumbly gluten-free bakery products. The market for gluten-free products is going through the roof in both Europe and ...
The European Union is set to provide an emergency aid of €500m to compensate for falling milk and meat prices, as thousands of protesting farmers blocked the streets near the EU neighbourhood in Brussels. The Commission is set to ...
Tags: skimmed-milk powder, pork products
To support the apparel industry in Southeast Asia, SGS operates a laboratory in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia and also provides garment inspection services in Myanmar. The Cambodian facility has the capability to perform product ...
Tags: SGS, Apparel Sector