Russia-based leading global iron ore and hot briquetted iron (HBI) producer Metalloinvest has announced that its integrated iron and steel plant Ural Steel and German wheel producer Mefro's Russia plant have agreed to extend their ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Flat Rolled Products, Automotive Wheels
Bedding veteran Steve Russo has resigned as CEO from Southerland to pursue other interests, Southerland President Bryan Smith said. "Steve was a good friend and well respected by me and our staff," Smith told Furniture/Today. "We wish ...
Tags: Steve Russo, resign, Southerland, bedding, CEO
The issue of toxic chemicals in upholstery foam is the subject of a HBO documentary scheduled to air on Monday, Nov. 25, the New York Times reports. In "Toxic Hot Seat," directors James Redford and Kirby Walker explore the health impact ...
Tags: HBO, documentary, FR, chemical, upholstery
A formal search process to name a president for the Serta brand is now under way, Furniture/Today has learned. Gary Fazio, CEO of Serta Simmons Holdings, the parent company of the Serta and Simmons brands, confirmed to the newspaper that ...
Interior designer and author Barbara Barry has been selected as the 2014 Design Icon for the Jan. 26-30 Las Vegas Market. Barbara Barry With a vision of infusing simple luxuries into the everyday, Barry is renowned for creating ...
Women know what they want in mattresses, according to Top 10 bedding producer Restonic. And the producer says it is listening closely to those consumers. That effort is paying off, according to WomenCertified, a women's research group ...
Tags: Restonic, win, Women's Choice Award, second year
The up-and-down bedding industry took a turn downward in September, with unit sales falling 1.0% and the dollar value of bedding shipments dropping 0.6%. The September Bedding Barometer report from the International Sleep Products Assn., ...
Economic growth will slow significantly in 2014 in both industrialized nations and emerging markets. Germany's GDP is expected to grow by just 1%. The Chinese economy will also cool down significantly after years of double-digit growth: ...
Tags: frugal, product, solution, growth, opportunity
Research from data company EMC suggests that UK enterprises trust security and resilience of IT systems much less than their Chinese and US counterparts. The EMC Global IT Trust Curve survey, administered by independent market research ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Taking place on 26-27 November at the Centro Congressi Milanofiori (opposite NH Milanofiori Hotel), Making Cosmetics is all set for its first event in Milan. With 670 visitors already pre-registered (excluding exhibitors), the signs are ...
ElliptiGO, manufacturer of outdoor elliptical cycles, is recalling about 7,000 of its units in the U.S. and 200 in Canada because the front fork can separate and the drive arm axles can detach during use. The ElliptiGo cycles combine the ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
This blog post was written by?Fred Clements, executive director of the?National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements' previous blog posts can be read on A small but resolute group of bicycle industry leaders stormed Capitol Hill ...
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After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely? A few years ago, I started looking online to fill in chapters of my family history that no ...
Tags: imagining, post-antibiotics, future
United Mechanical and Electrical Co. (United M&E) invested RMB 320 million (US $53.33 million) in an offshore energy efficient, environmental, and clean energy project. Subsidiaries Zhejiang United Mechanical and Electrical Co. and Insigma ...
Tags: LED, LED Street Light, Lights, Lighting
Bavarian Nordic, an international biotechnology company, has announced that Health Canada has granted a notice of compliance approving IMVAMUNE for active immunization against smallpox in a public health emergency. IMVAMUNE is indicated ...