Cardia Bioplastics is in the middle of a major expansion due to demand for its products. That growth spurt seems even more likely to continue now that it has won an IAIR Green Excellence Award. The award is the result of a global survey ...
Anta Sports Products Ltd. reported revenues declined 4.5 percent in its year ended Dec. 31, to 7.281 billion yuan ($1.18 billion) compared with 7.622 billion yuan in 2012. Net profit slid 3.2 percent in the same period to 1.314 billion ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, Anta Sports
A tiny personal computer that is worn on the ear and can be controlled with the blink of an eye or the click of a tongue is being tested in Japan. The 17-gram (0.59-ounce) wireless device has bluetooth capability and is equipped with a ...
Tags: Ear Computer, Computer, Consumer Electronics
The latest sex aids are no longer simple gadgets, with many now digitised and linked to smartphones—some manufacturers at a Tokyo fair even insist they are just like home appliances. Twenty-four manufacturers and brands of sex goods ...
Tags: Tokyo Fair, Sex Aids, Daily Use
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are revealing the mysteries of new materials using ultra-fast laser spectroscopy, similar to high-speed photography where many quick images reveal subtle movements and changes ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Using graphite pencils to draw on regular paper, researchers can make some very inexpensive piezoresistive (PZR) sensors. Due to the piezoresistive effect, a sensor's resistance changes under an applied strain, allowing it to sense ...
Tags: Sensor, Electrical, Electronics
Asics America has become title sponsor of the Mammoth Track Club, one of the country's most respected running clubs. The club has hosted some of America's top distance runners, boasting 12 Olympians, 12 World Cross Country medals, 23 ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Luxottica said it set a new net sales record of more than €7.3 billion in 2013, an increase of 7.5 percent in currency-neutral (c-n) terms and 3.2 percent at current exchange rates compared to 2012. ADVERTISEMENT The Italian ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, eyewear
The U.S. economy increased at a revised 2.4% annual rate in the fourth quarter, down from an originally reported 3.2% gross domestic product figure, the Commerce Department reported. The reading was lower than economists' median forecast ...
Tags: Transportation
On February 27, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in mid-February (Feb. 11-20) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.6888 million mt, ...
Tags: Daily Crude Steel, Mineral
US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx joined President Barack Obama Wednesday to announce that $600 million will be made available to fund transportation projects across the country under a sixth round of the US Department of ...
Tags: Transportation Funding, Mineral
In 2013, Kyrgyzstan produced textiles and garments valued at 7.6 billion soms, according to the Ministry of Energy and Industry. Segment-wise, the textile production was 1.206 billion soms, while clothing accounted for 6.394 billion ...
Tags: Kyrgyz Textile, Apparel Output, Textile
In order to develop the garment industry of Kyrgyzstan, apparel enterprises operating in the sector need to expand business contacts with international firms and need to increase competitiveness amongst them, for competing in global ...
Tags: Kyrgyz Garment, Apparel, Accessories
The exports of textiles and apparel from India are likely to miss the target of US$ 43 billion set for the current financial year by about $1 billion, Textiles Minister K Sambasiva Rao has said, Business Standard reported quoting PTI. ...
Tags: Indian Textile, Textile Exports, Apparel
The 43rd edition of Russia’s International Exhibition of Textile, Garments and Light Industry, the ‘Fashion Industry’ Fair Spring 2014, is all set to begin from March 13, at the St. Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex, ...