Avery Dennison Foundation announced a $200,000 grant to the Rainforest Alliance to foster best practices in forestry management, create jobs and increase access to sustainably-managed forest products. Workers in Brus Laguna, Honduras ...
Tags: Sustainable Forestry, Rainforest
Global demand for kaolin is forecast to rise 3.3 percent per year to 28.7 million metric tons in 2017, valued at $4.4 billion. Growth in kaolin sales will accelerate as economic conditions improve worldwide, especially in ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Coating
The first ever InPrint show, targeted at industrial printing, took place in Hannover, Germany. With the strapline ‘Your partner to integrate print into manufacturing’, Agfa Graphics demonstrated how inkjet technology enables ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the City of Dallas and AT&T Stadium, Rock and Wrap It Up! and Food Source DFW have joined together to cut the amount of food that goes to waste. During the recent NCAA Final Four activities in ...
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The Topas has an output of 2,600 bags per hour. That's faster than any line of its kind. It is an extension of Windmöller & Hölscher's internationally successful Topas range for free flowing bulk solids. But it differentiates ...
"We must break the age old misnomer that if you are not sitting at your desk with your head down, you cannot be working. Research has shown that if you work standing up, you can be much more productive and stay healthy," says leading ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
"Clariant had a promising start to the year with good volume growth and an increase in operating profitability," said CEO Hariolf Kottmann. "Overall, our businesses performed well in an improving but still mixed economic environment. The ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, economy
The physical North Sea market is strengthening against the paper market, reaching a six-week high on Friday and bid higher Monday, as the return of some refineries from maintenance adds to crude demand, while less output than expected is ...
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Talk about bringing back manufacturing to the US has been on the lips of many people for some time now. But, the buzz is contagious and has traveled overseas to European shores. In an effort to keep Europe competitive, discussions about ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Increasing coffee consumption may reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes Increasing coffee consumption by an average one-and-a-half cups per day (approximately 360mL) over a four-year period is associated with an 11 per cent ...
Bemis reported first quarter 2014 diluted earnings of $0.48 per share, compared to $0.47 per share for the same quarter of 2013. Excluding the items detailed in the attached schedule, "Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Earnings per Share," ...
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Bring the colour and spice of India to ones home this Spring with the new homewares collection from Mahika. Featuring a range of eco-friendly, hand-woven baskets, Mahika's Spring/Summer 2014 pieces are perfect for storage or display around ...
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Inflation is picking up in Japan, with growing expectations that the nation is headed for a 3% year-on-year rate in April or soon after. Price rises in Tokyo, a leading indicator of the nationwide trend, have been far exceeding the ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Light Industry
Latteno Food Corp. is pleased to announce that, based on the success of its recent acquisitions and openings, it has directed more capital and resources to the expansion of its MMJ operations in California, Nevada, Colorado and Washington. ...
Tags: Latteno Food, MMJ Growth Strategy
Asian benzene prices dropped $19.50/mt Wednesday, pulled lower by a tumble in US benzene Tuesday, but the magnitude of the fall in US prices has nearly closed the arbitrage window from South Korea to the US, according to sources. Spot ...
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