Augmenting its retail development team, Giant USA has promoted Josh Fonner to West regional retail services manager. In his new role, Fonner will work to build new Giant Retail Partnership (GRP) businesses in the Western half of the U.S. ...
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May 7, 2013 - EthoSolar has completed the fourth PV solar installation for Dykstra Dairy Ltd., the latest involving a 100kW Feed-in Tariff (FIT) roof mount system with the Ontario Power Authority (OPA). The project features two 50kW arrays ...
May 6, 2013 - General Cable has announced it has reached IDEA’s (The Industry Data Exchange Association’s) Platinum Band, describing it as the “most prestigious level of IDEA’s Bands of Excellence program”. ...
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Vietnam’s textile and apparel exports are expected to grow by 15 percent during 2013, according to the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS). Vietnamese textile & apparel sector witnessed a rise of 32 percent in ...
Tags: Vietnam Textile, Textile
May 6, 2013 - The Ontario government says it is improving how the province plans and builds large energy infrastructure projects going forward; it has asked the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) and Ontario Power Authority ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, IESO, OPA
Textile employers in Kenya are unhappy over the 14 percent increment in minimum wages announced by the Government on May 1, 2013. Speaking to media, Chairman of Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), Polycarp Igathe, said that any ...
Tags: Textile, Textile employers
May 6, 2013 - Ontario Power Generation (OPG) says it has been awarded its first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certification by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) for the St. Lawrence Power Development ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, LEED
A modern textile technology development centre - Centro de Desarrollo Tecnológico Textil (CEDETEX) has been inaugurated by Mario Lopez Valdez, governor of Sinaloa state of Mexico. CEDETEX, established at a cost of approximately ...
A huge number of clothing manufacturers are going to feature their latest ranges at the forthcoming editions of the two concurrent international fairs on fast fashion - Lille-Tissu Premier and Collections Fast Fashion. Scheduled to be ...
Tags: Fabric, Clothing Fairs
In the first quarter 2013, Dufry’s turnover grew by 1.7% to CHF 736.4 million. EBITDA for the period reached CHF 85.3 million and EBITDA margin reached 11.6%. Net cash flow from operations in the first quarter 2013 was CHF 94.5 ...
Colman and Company, apparel decorating supply company based in Tampa, Florida, announced another record sales month in its Hotfix rhinestone supplies. The company is a wholesale supplier to small and large t-shirt and apparel businesses ...
Tags: apparel decorating, apparel
When Anita Mahaffey set out to make some of the coolest pajamas in the world, finding a great name for her company was the easy part. She called it Cool-jams. Mahaffey’s business plan was an immediate hit. Sales and profits have ...
Tags: Apparel Innovators, Apparel
BASF had sales of approximately €8.5 billion in 2012 from new products that have been on the market for less than five years. “Our research Verbund has increased its innovative strength to a new level of performance in ...
Tags: Basf Research, Textile
Bangladesh’s Textiles and Jute Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui will head the committee constituted by the Government to monitor the working condition and welfare of the workers in the country’s readymade garment (RMG) sector. ...
To celebrate 80 years of timeless style, Creative Director of Lacoste has created the exclusive EDITION Collection, reinventing the symbols, materials and codes that epitomize Unconventional Chic. This collection is truly a chic walk ...