The Twitter feed of The Museum at FIT (@Museumatfit) has been named among Time magazine’s “140 Best of 2013” Twitter feeds in the fashion and beauty category, for the quality of its daily fashion news and photos. The ...
Tobacco companies have stated that plain packs could easily be copied, but a new report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health said security features could still be used on standard packs. The group said that public ...
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US-based Label Technology has installed a Martin butt splicer on a new MPS EXL660 flexible packaging press. According to Martin Automatic, the splicer equals the productivity specifications of the 10-unit, 26-inch digital servo drive ...
The Australian dollar fell after the Cypriot parliament failed to pass a bank deposit tax that was a condition of a bailout for the island nation. At 6.30am AEDT the local unit was trading at 103.63 US cents, down from 103.80 cents at ...
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Germany-based company Rotocontrol is set to introduce its new systems at Propak Africa, taking place from 12 to15 March 2013 in Nasrec, Johannesburg. Rotocon, the local agent for the company in South Africa, will demonstrate RSC 340mm web ...
Tags: flexible packaging, carton board, packaging
Dr. Joyce F. Brown, president of the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), has been named a recipient of City & State magazine’s 2013 Above and Beyond Award. Dr. Brown, who is being honored in the Public Service category for her ...
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) needs to stop buying the "shiny newest technology" in order to make IT savings in the next few years, an expert panel has claimed. Last week, the London Assembly's Budget and Performance Committee ...
Three FIT Fashion Design students specializing in intimate apparel have won the 2013 Femmy Awards Student Design Contest. Dr. Joyce F. Brown, president of FIT, announced the top winners from the competition’s six finalists at the ...
Tags: FIT Students, Femmy Student Design Contest, intimate apparel
Consumers need to reach out to local MPs to raise awareness of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH), after the UK failed to even qualify for the FTTH Council's recent rankings. Government slammed for no-show at fibre-to-the-home conference Lack of ...
Tags: local MPs, fibre-to-the-home, home holding
A new cement plant in Sönmez, Turkey has ordered an MPS 5000 B vertical roller mill for raw material grinding from Gebr. Pfeiffer SE via general contractor CATIC Co. Ltd of Beijing, China. The 470 tph mill makes up the main ...
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At Cervia, central Italy, a Heidelberg Speedmaster SM52-6-LX Anicolor six-colour press together with Kama Pro Cut 53 Die Cutter have been installed. The anilox technology enables Contego to respond rapidly to the market demand for small ...
They called for more meat tests along the food chain in the wake of the scandal. Many voiced concern over member states’ level of commitment to enforcing the EU’s existing rules on labelling and urged the European Commission to ...
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Paterson made his comments after an EU crisis meeting in Brussels, which took place yesterday (13 February). In a statement on the horse meat scandal, Paterson said: “Because of the urgency with which we have to deal what is clearly ...
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By Omar al-Shaher for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Iraqi National Investment Commission (NIC) is facing major problems in marketing units ...
The second draft of the controversial Communications Data Bill, which aims to allow unparalleled interception of data about UK citizens' online communications and voice calls, is to be released next month. Government publishes draft ...