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Pak Trying to Increase Value-Added Textile Exports
Apr 30, 2019Pakistan's Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan has claimed that his government is making some serious and well-planned efforts to increase value-addition in the textile sector to attract more shares in the regional and international ...
Tags: textile sector, Textile Exports
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The Year Trust Returned to The Diamond Trade
Apr 30, 2019There was little surprise when Time magazine named Donald Trump its ‘Person of the Year.’ Love him or hate him, Trump left his mark more than any other individual on 2016. Notably, the choice says as much about the impact he ...
Tags: Diamond, diamond industry
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Ministry of Commerce: The Total Retail Sales up 9% in 2018
Mar 6, 2019Qiankeming, the deputy minister of commerce claimed in the press that the total retail sales of social consumer goods maintained steady and relatively fast growth in 2018. The total sales reached RMB 38.1 trillion, up 9%. Data shows that ...
Tags: retail sales
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Silanna to Set up Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility at University of Adelaide
Aug 23, 2018Silanna Group of Brisbane, Australia (which was founded in 2006 to develop and productize advanced technologies) is partnering with the University of Adelaide to establish an advanced manufacturing research facility on its campus, ...
Tags: Silanna's products, semiconductor
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Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult to Receive £51m From UK Catapult Network
Aug 20, 2018Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns has announced that the Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult – Wales’ first and the UK’s newest Catapult – will open its Innovation Centre, based in South East Wales, ...
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UK Unveils Plans for Plastics Research and Innovation Hub
May 11, 2018The UK Government has confirmed plans to bring together businesses and research bodies from across the world to help tackle scourge of plastic in seas and oceans. The UK is already working with the governments of Canada, India, and ...
Tags: Innovation Hub, Plastics Research
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Scotland Becomes First Country to Implement Minimum Unit Alcohol Price
May 3, 2018The minimum unit price (MUP) for alcohol has come into force in Scotland, making it the first country in the world to implement such a law. The legislation has been welcomed by several health organisations including the Royal Society for ...
Tags: minimum unit price, alcohol
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Costa Coffee Pledges to Recycle 500m Takeaway Cups by 2020
Apr 23, 2018UK’s Costa Coffee, a part of Whitebread, has pledged to recycle over a half a billion takeaway cups per year by 2020, in a bid to prevent them from ending up in landfill. The coffee chain, which plans to recycle at least 100 million ...
Tags: Costa Coffee, Takeaway Cups
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China Lifts 18-Year Ban on Irish Beef Exports
Apr 18, 2018China has opened its markets to Irish beef exports, ending an 18-year ban that was imposed on Ireland following the outbreak of mad cow disease. The Asian country had banned beef imports from Ireland and other European Union countries and ...
Tags: beef exports, Beef
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Mercedes-Benz Extends Battery Production to Thailand
Mar 21, 2018Mercedes-Benz Cars is investing more than €100m in a battery factory in Thailand. With a strategic decision Mercedes-Benz Cars is enhancing the manufacturing footprint in South-East Asia addressing growing demand for electric ...
Tags: Mercedes-Benz Cars, battery
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UK Launches Review Into Self-Driving Vehicles Laws
Mar 8, 2018The UK Government has launched a three-year review into driving laws in preparation for self-driving vehicles. With the detailed review, the government plans to make sure that the UK remains one of the best places in the world to develop, ...
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Daimler Breaks Ground on New Factory to Produce Next Generation S-Class Vehicles
Feb 28, 2018Mercedes Benz-maker Daimler has broken ground at its new factory to produce the next generation S-Class and electric vehicles at its Sindelfingen plant in Germany. Mercedes-Benz Cars presents its "Factory 56", the world's most modern car ...
Tags: Mercedes Benz, Daimler
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UK's Iceland Foods Launches Two Meal Products in Renewable Packaging
Feb 24, 2018UK-based frozen food retailer Iceland Foods has introduced two new ready meal products in renewable packaging, as part of its effort to reduce the use of plastic for packaging. The company has packaged its new ready meal products in Stora ...
Tags: Meal Products, Renewable Packaging
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Gosport Borough Council, Huhtamaki Launch Paper Coffee Cups Recycling Initiative in UK
Jan 18, 2018Gosport Borough Council and paper cup manufacturer Huhtamaki have initiated a recycling initiative for paper coffee cups in Gosport, UK. Environment Minister, Thérèse Coffey, has today launched a new recycling initiative for ...
Tags: paper cup, paper coffee cup
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Iceland Foods Commits to Eliminate Plastic Packaging by 2023
Jan 18, 2018UK-based frozen food supplier Iceland Foods has committed to eliminate plastic packaging from all of its own brand products within next five years. The move follows a recent decision made by the UK Prime Minister Theresa May to eradicate ...
Tags: frozen food, plastic packaging
