In his September Briefing to Members of Parliament, Workman said that packaging materials are much lighter and more resource efficient than they were 20 years ago and are designed with space saving efficiency in mind. Elsewhere, he said ...
The twelfth meeting of China - Venezuela Senior Mixed Committee was held in Beijing, at which relevant units of the two countries signed a number of cooperation documents on oil, electricity, agriculture, industry, technology, communication ...
Tags: economy, Loans, cooperation
BASF Corporation has entered into an agreement to commence a cash tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of the biotechnology company Verenium Corporation [Nasdaq: VRNM] for $4.00 per share. Based on all outstanding ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
The news comes as the government announced that supermarkets and large stores will be imposing a compulsory charge of 5p on carrier bags. The FPA, who represent the UK manufacturers and distributors of foodservice packaging including a ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, carrier bags
Global competition is presenting companies with new challenges. They must be able to develop and launch products that meet local market needs. Factors such as regional market trends, national laws and different customer wishes often lead to ...
Tags: Customized Product, economy
Across the country and around the world, the face of retail is changing fast with kiosks and pop-up stores leading the growth trend. The challenge for manufacturers, established brands, small business owners and major retailers is how to ...
Tags: Retailers economy
New York financial regulators will soon order major life insurers in the state to set aside a total of $4bn to add to their reserves, following violation of new insurance claims rules. The regulators said that life insurers were not ...
Tags: Service
The FENABRAVE announced that Car sales rose 4.79% in the first half of 2013 in Brazil. Between January and June, the total sales of cars, light commercial vehicles, trucks and buses was 1978976 vehicles in Brazilian. Cars and light ...
Tags: Car, Transportation
The recovery in the eurozone manufacturing sector entered its second month during August. At 51.4, up from a flash reading of 51.3, the seasonally adjusted Markit Eurozone Manufacturing PMI® rose for the fourth successive month to reach ...
Tags: economy
From the land of the Rajputs and Maharajas came the 'SVA' label by Sonam and Paras Modi with their collection "Aangan" at Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2013. Opening the presentation with a very energetic dance by actress ...
The first estimate for the euro area (EA17) trade in goods balance with the rest of the world in June 2013 gave a 17.3 billion euro surplus, compared with +12.8 bn in June 2012. The May 2013 balance was +14.5 bn, compared with +6.2 bn in ...
Tags: trade economy, economy
Five U.S. privacy groups have opposed a proposed US$8.5 million settlement with Google in a class action lawsuit over search privacy, as it fails to require Google to change its business practices, they said. Google was sued in October ...
Tags: Google, Computer Products
There are few that can create a spectacle from fabric alone, like Kolkata-based designer Vivek Kumar. Detailed intelligently and texturised with passion, this season Kumar has joined hands with Ritika creations forming "Ritika by Vivek ...
Coming off of the month of June, which showed fairly flattish global trade growth, data from Panjiva, an online search engine with detailed information on global suppliers and manufacturers, showed a spurt in activity in July. U.S.-bound ...
Tags: global trade, economy
Envirocon Technologies, Inc., Midland, TX, a pioneer of the hard water dishwasher additive, will shortly introduce new packaging for its top-performing rinse agent, Lemi Shine Rinse, geared toward removing hard water minerals, spots, stains ...
Tags: dishwasher additive, additive