Instead of a traditional Christmas party, over 160 members of Australia's packaging, processing machinery and supply chain and logistics associations spent a day packing a record 1250 hampers for Foodbank to distribute to those in need. ...
Tags: Australian Institute of Packaging, The Foodbank Hampers project
Based on the information released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, we can see that China’s coatings market in 2014 grew by around eight percent last year over 2013. And the fact that China’s architectural coatings ...
Growth in China's vast manufacturing industry weakened in August, suggesting that the recovery in the world No. 2 economy is losing momentum and Beijing may need to spoon out more stimulus. The preliminary version of HSBC's manufacturing ...
Activity in China's vast factory sector expanded at the fastest pace in 27 months in July on stronger demand, a government survey showed, adding to evidence that the economy is regaining momentum after a burst of government stimulus ...
The CFR China phthalic anhydride market has plunged to a three-year low amid weakness in China's real estate market, dragging South East Asian PA prices down with it, market sources said this week. PA is used to make dyes and is also a ...
Tags: Phthalic Anhydride, real estate, DOP
Drexel University will begin a major expansion of its nurse-managed health center which is nationally recognized as a model of integrated care. With a new gift of $2.5 million from the Sheller Family Foundation, the center at 850 N. 11th ...
Tags: Health Center, RWJF, Drexel University, underserved community
After adjusting for seasonal factors, the HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) posted an eleven-month low of 47.7 in July, down from 48.2 in June, signaling a deterioration of business conditions for the third consecutive month, a company ...
Tags: Business Conditions, HSBC PMI
Energy Focus, Inc. announced the Company, through Stones River Companies LLC, its wholly owned subsidiary, has been awarded contracts for government buildings totaling $4.9 million in the first four months of 2013. The orders represent ...
Tags: LED lighting products, LED lighting, LED
In Great Britain, the construction industry output volume in non-seasonally adjusted, constant (2005) prices is estimated to have decreased 7.9 percent in January this year compared to the same month of 2012, according to a report released ...
Tags: British Construction, Mineral, Metallurgy
In Great Britain, the construction industry output volume in non-seasonally adjusted, constant (2005) prices, is estimated to have decreased 9.8 percent in November 2012, compared to the same month of 2011, according to a report released by ...
Tags: Great Britain, construction industry, output
In a neighborly gesture, Google, with the help of a local development association, is rolling out free public Wi-Fi to the area surrounding its New York City offices. The Wi-Fi network, covering more than eight blocks in the bustling ...
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Four thousand cabinets a day. That’s the current output at Armstrong Cabinet Products, a division of Armstrong World Industries. In business since 1860, Armstrong World entered the wood products industry in 1998 following its ...
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As the U.S. Department of housing and Urban Development (HUD) established public housing programs for low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities, public housing by definition must be affordable for its residents. But ...
Tags: Village Green, HUD, Public Housing, NWGHA, LEED, building
China's crude steel output fell in July as mills reduced their operations owing to the summer slowdown and higher production costs. China's daily crude steel output for July was at 1.913 million tonnes, down 4.3% from June, according to the ...
Tags: steel