Don Morgan, Saskatchewan’s advanced education minister, announced the province is providing $1 million in design funding through the 2013-14 budget to Parkland Regional College for a new Trades and Technology Centre in Yorkton. ...
On September 1, the Government of Ontario will repeal section 12.(3)(a) of the Professional Engineers Act, which means all professional engineering work on industrial equipment and machinery will need to be under the oversight of a licensed ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Professional Engineers Ontario, PEO
April 16, 2013 - The rise of LED technology is affecting every part of the commercial lighting industry, says Navigant Research, as falling prices and improved quality drive widespread adoption. According to a new report from Navigant, ...
Tags: LED lamps, LED, LED lighting
Facebook is teaming up with the nation's attorneys general to launch a public awareness campaign aimed at keeping young people safer on the site. The effort, which includes public service announcements and other informational resources, ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
A brand new range of lingerie and swimwear from Davyl has just been launched for women who want to feel sexy, feminine and empowered. Challenging the usual choices available for women, often too girly or just dull and predictable, Davyl has ...
Tags: Davyl, Lingerie Line, swimwear
The NPD Group, Inc., a global information company, released results from its Consumer Tracking Service for 2012. The U.S. men’s apparel market grew 1 percent in 2012 with total sales of 57 billion dollars with the average selling ...
Tags: Apparel Market, Apparel
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill, will be debated on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives this week, despite continued opposition from some privacy and ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
The US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced Tuesday that privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in March were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 902,000. This is 3.9 ...
Tags: Construction Activity, Mineral
British fashion brand Reiss, one of the very few fashion companies that are still founder-owned and private, has announced an exclusive long-term franchise agreement with India-based Reliance Brands Limited to launch Reiss clothing in ...
Tags: apparel, Fashion Brand
K'Nex Brands has revealed this morning it is to open a dedicated office in the UK next year. The London-based arm will officially open its doors on January 1st, 2014. Tomy, the current distributor of K'Nex in the UK, will continue to ...
Tags: Toys
The Loro Piana Challenge Cup yesterday celebrated in Hong Kong the finest Merino wool bale produced in 2012, in a competition between Australia and New Zealand. After 14 Australian wins, affirming the leadership of the Australian wool ...
Tags: wool industry, Apparel
In February of the current year, Japan's seasonally adjusted industrial production increased 0.6 percent from the previous month, while the original index indicated a decrease of 10.5 percent compared to the same month last year. ...
Tags: Iron and Steel Output, Mineral
According to the State Statistics Committee of Kazakhstan, in the January-March period of the current year Kazakhstan produced 764,800 mt of crude steel, down 22.2 percent year on year. Production of flat steel in Kazakhstan in the ...
Tags: Kazakhstan, Crude Steel Output
According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in February this year Turkey's pig iron imports amounted to 131,977 mt, up sharply compared to the 59,921 metric tons recorded in the previous month and the 67,847 ...
Tags: Pig Iron Imports, Mineral
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory will meet here Saturday with industry leaders who petitioned his support for continued state funding of the High Point Market. The private meeting will take place from noon to 12:45 p.m. in the Green Wing ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing