The proposals in the Central Budget 2014-15 presented to the Parliament by the Hon’ble Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley are a “mixed bag” for the textiles industry according to Confederation of Indian Textile Industry ...
Tags: Budget Proposals, Apparel, Accessories
The Canadian Minister of Health Rona Ambrose has proposed a series of changes to be made on food labels, with an aim to provide clear picture for parents and consumers about the food and its contents. The proposals to label changes ...
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Canada Health minister Rona Ambrose has proposed certain changes to be made on food labels, a move that will improve the presentation of nutritional information on labels. The proposals to label changes were based on the feedback given ...
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XsunX Inc of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA, which is developing hybrid copper indium gallium (di)selenide thin-film (CIGS) photovoltaic (TFPV) cell technologies and ‘CIGSolar’ manufacturing processes, says that its expanded sales force ...
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Directed by Infineon Technologies AG together with partners Aixtron, SiCrystal AG and SMA Solar Technology AG, the three-year German project NeuLand (begun in late 2010) has developed highly integrated components and electronic circuits ...
Recycling and preparing for reuse of packaging waste is to be increased to 80% (by weight) by 2030 with individual materials? required to recycle more. Paper, ferrous metal, aluminium and glass have been set a 90% target while plastic ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Paper Recycling
The UK government has excluded small retailers from the proposed 5p carrier bag charge, which will come into force in England in October 2015. Government noted that its proposals for England only apply to plastic bags. The cross-party ...
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The New Delhi-based Garment Exporters Association (GEA) has sought five percent increase in duty drawback rate and capping of interest rate at seven percent, in its recommendations sent to the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. ...
Tags: Textiles, Garment Exporters
The Government of Russia is aiming to increase the share of local goods in the country’s domestic textile market to 50 percent, from the current share of less than 35 percent, reports Novosti news agency. At present, Russian made ...
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DTE Electric, Michigan's largest power utility with more than 2.1 million customers, plans to retire a third of its coal-fired generation, more than 2,000 MW, by 2025, and rely more on natural gas and renewables, mostly wind, the company ...
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Young Architects Program (YAP) to Extend to South Korea The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA PS1, and the National Museum of Contemporary Art (MMCA) in Seoul have announced a new partnership that will expand the Young Architects Program ...
Tags: Arts, Furniture, Furnishing
If something could speak in favor of the electronic cigarette, their ability to act as a cessation aid for smokers. The electronic version of the traditional cigarette battery operated nicotine evaporation containing liquids. This ...
The Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, is inviting proposals from Industry Associations/Groups of Entrepreneurs /Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) for setting up of Integrated Textile Parks (ITPs) under the Scheme for Integrated ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories, Textile
The city-owned utility in Owensboro, Kentucky, received about 10 bids in response to a recent request for proposals to buy 250,000-500,000 st of high-sulfur coal for 2015 and 500,000-750,000 st in 2016-2019, a utility official said Monday. ...
Customers are using less cash than ever as retailers make it easier and more convenient to shop and pay. New data reveals that a growing proportion of smaller payments previously made in cash are now being made in other ways. The ...
Tags: Cash, smaller payments