The Foam Company, one of the UK’s leading experts in foam products, is celebrating a gold award for its outstanding commitment to the workplace health, safety and welfare of its employees. After having a full risk assessment, the ...
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Garmont North America welcomed Specialty Sports Reps as its rep team for the Great Lakes region. “Garmont is being well received in the market with strong sell-in and sell-through,” said Bill Dodge, CEO of Garmont. “We ...
Big Rock Sports announced Andy Melville has been promoted to the newly created position of president of Big Rock Sports. In his new role, Melville will oversee the daily operations of Big Rock's Shooting Sports, Fishing and Canada ...
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The January Furniture Show (JFS) has reported a record re-booking with 85% of 2016 exhibitors already signed up for 2017. Over 450 companies exhibited at JFS 2016 and many renowned and well established names have booked again. They ...
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivered his eight Budget today, with some of the main points outlined as such: Business - The headline rate of corporation tax, which is currently at 20%, will fall to 17% by 2020 - ...
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Li Ning Co Ltd posted a profit in 2015 following three consecutive years of losses. The China-based sports giant posted an annual net profit of 14.3 million yuan ($2.2 million), compared with a 781.5 million yuan loss a year ago. ...
Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN) will co-locate a packaging plant with the nutritional powders plant dairy company Murray Goulburn (MG) plans to build in Victoria. MG has forged long-term supply agreements with global paediatric nutrition ...
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A South Australian collector has donated a sizeable array of Australian packaging to the industry to preserve for posterity, and the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) is co-ordinating the collation of this important archive. The ...
German packaging company Kisico has developed a cap which protects a package against counterfeiting through the use of a hologram. No additives, inks or labels are needed for the hologram as it has been fully integrated into the ...
Trends in consumer engagement will lead to the rapid rise of smart packaging solutions as costs become more manageable for brand owners. A new report by packaging industry researcher Smithers Pira predicts the global smart (active and ...
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WASHINGTON (FERN's Ag Insider) - This week, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a $24 million grant to Cornell University, funding a global wheat research group, known as Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat. The aim is to develop new ...
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If there’s one thing meteorologists Dan Hicks and Dale Mohler agree on, it’s the fact that soil is warming up early this year, but it still needs a little time to dry out. However, growers can rest easy knowing soil won’t ...
Navitas Semiconductor Inc of El Segundo, CA, USA has launched its first products, which are claimed to be the industry's first gallium nitride (GaN) power ICs. Navitas was founded in 2013, and in 2014 investment firm MalibuIQ licensed the ...
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Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp says that on 1 July it will start shipping a laser-diode transmitter optical subassembly (TOSA) capable of supporting 100Gbps optical transmissions. The new FU-402REA is being displayed at the Optical ...
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Matheson Tri-Gas Inc of Basking Ridge, NJ, USA, together with its parent company Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp (TNSC) of Tokyo, Japan, says that the Solid State Lighting & Energy Electronics Center (SSLEEC) at the University of California, Santa ...
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