Swedish Match’s proposal to ease warning labels related to snus tobacco packaging has not been accepted by a panel of US FDA advisors. Snus is a moist tobacco powder put under the upper lip. Swedish Match wants the FDA to allow it ...
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EWG Spirits & Wine, producer and distribution of grape-based spirits, has launched La Quintinye Vermouth Royal in the United States. La Quintinye Vermouth Royal is a French vermouth made from white wines from the southwest of France. It ...
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Hampshire Group said it has signed an agreement to sell the stock of Rio Garment S.A. to a group led by the current Rio management, which includes David Gren, the president of Rio. Hampshire signed a deal to sell its stake for $6 ...
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Invista Performance Technologies (IPT), the PTA industry’s licensor has launched an upgraded platform that offers licensees significant production efficiencies. Invista’s latest technology offering called P8 delivers ...
For the first time, Switzerland based Bluesign Technologies is hosting its Bluesign conference for the general public which runs from July 13-14, 2015 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. In the earlier editions held in 2009, 2011 and 2013 the ...
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Asahi Glass Co (AGC) will invest around $400 million to construct a power plant at its Indonesian subsidiary PT Asahimas Chemical (ASC). According to a AGC press release, the power plant will enhance the competitiveness of its ...
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The Saurer Group, a leading textile industry group specialising in machinery and components for yarn processing, has appointed Stefan Kross, the as the new delegate of the Board of Directors. Stefan Kross, a long term textile senior ...
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The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) has opposed the government’s plan to impose sales tax on cotton in the 2015-16 Budget to mobilise PKR 50 billion in revenue, the Pakistani media has reported. KCA chairman Amin Hashwani ...
Tags: Raw Cotton, sales tax, Cotton
The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), stood at minus 2.33 per cent for March 2015 (over March 2014), according to the provisional data released by the Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of ...
Over 30 Chinese textile mills, many of which create clothing for major high-volume apparel brands and retailers are saving $14.7 million annually by adopting simple efficiency measures in their production processes, according to a new ...
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Orders at famed event seen as signal of the outlook for nation's export-oriented firms Organizers of the latest China Import and Export Fair said transactions at the fair are expected to be stable even though China's foreign trade ...
Following a recent review of sales figures for Jumbo's three political Wasgij jigsaw puzzles, released in time for the election, the Conservative version has emerged as the most popular choice. In the midst of all the General Election ...
Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA, which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) for power management applications, has introduced an eGaN FET designed with a ...
GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless producer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching transistors based on its proprietary Island Technology for power conversion and control applications, has signed an agreement with ...
The US LED lighting market should grow to $5.2bn in 2015, driven by continuously declining LED prices (due to decreasing production) cost coupled with US government initiatives such as the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and increasing consumer ...
Tags: LED market, Lighting market