ShriVallabh Pittie Group, India, is investing $70 million to build a yarn spinning plant near Sylvania, Ga., and hire 250 employees. The plant will manufacture carded cotton yarn and offer flexible production to meet market demand. "We ...
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Worldwide deliveries by the Volkswagen Group grew 4.7 percent from January to November. In total, 8.68 (January-November 2012: 8.29)* million vehicles were handed over to customers. The Group delivered 828,600 (November 2012: 794,300; ...
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LDI Corp. — a Portsmouth, N.H.-based manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC)-free, faux leathers — has introduced an EnviroLeather by LDI line of faux leather upholstery featuring design patterns from New York City fashion and ...
China-based GreenStar Agricultural is set to complete the acquisition of Beichen Tomato Products in Bayannur City, Inner Mongolia, on 1 January 2014. The company has agreed to pay around C$4.2m ($4m) for Beichen Tomato's assets. The ...
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Swiss agrochemicals company Syngenta has agreed to offload its Dulcinea Farms business to Pacific Trellis Fruit, an American grower and marketer of fresh produce. Formed in partnership with Tanimura & Antle, Dulcinea Farms is a vehicle ...
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PathoGenetix, Inc., a developer of an automated system for bacterial strain typing, and Marshfield Food Safety, LLC, a full service microbiology and chemistry contract testing laboratory, have signed an agreement to evaluate ...
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Alcoa has signed a multi-year supply agreement with Airbus valued at approximately US$110 million for value-added titanium and aluminum aerospace forgings. The agreement also includes several large aluminum forgings for the A330 and A380; ...
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Given the fast growing market demand for viscose staple fibre (VSF), a man-made, biodegradable fibre with characteristics akin to cotton, Hong Kong-listed specialty cellulose producer Sateria is trying to put the VSF fabric production ahead ...
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Following several negotiation sessions, the Management Board and Works Council of Lenzing AG agreed on a comprehensive package of social measures designed to cushion the effects of the recently announced cost reduction plan. A ...
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Greensboro, N.C.-based Burlington, a division of International Textile Group Inc. (ITG), is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. The company was established in 1923 in Burlington, N.C., by J. Spencer Love, who had purchased his ...
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The two VDMA Textile Machinery Conferences held beginning of December in Mumbai and Coimbatore received excellent feedback from Indian textile mills. 16 textile machinery builders from Germany, their agents and subsidiaries presented ...
Warp-knitted spacer fabrics produced on the RD 6/1-12 and RD 7/2-12 (EL) are absolutely indispensable nowadays for use as upholstery fabrics and shoe textiles. These breathable 3D textiles with their high compressive elasticity have ...
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Trelleborg AB and Trelleborg Treasury AB have jointly concluded an agreement regarding an extension of their existing syndicated credit facilities established in 20 The extended credit facilities totaling EUR 750 M and USD 625 M, ...
Say goodbye to chills this season with Zivame’s range of winterwear. Zivame.com has launched a collection of winterwear to sleep and lounge in this winter. There are fashionable ‘onesies’ which come in trendy polka dots ...
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Tintila, the Sydney-based online retailer of Colombian-made fashion items, has recently announced their release of new lines of premium street apparel and jumpsuits. Specializing in importing exclusively hand-picked fashion items of ...
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