BSCI was launched in 2003 as an initiative of the Foreign Trade Association (FTA) in response to the increasing business demand for transparent and improved working conditions in the global supply chain. An overview of the background to ...
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IRIS is a globally recognized standard unique to the railway sector for the evaluation of management systems In 2005, the IRIS Group was established as a UNIFE Group with the goal of securing higher quality in the railway industry. This was ...
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Mondelez International has unveiled plans to establish a new manufacturing facility in Novosibirsk region, Russia, with an investment of $110m. The company is pursuing its expansion plans in the region despite increasing geopolitical ...
US-based Red Hare Brewing has selected Novelis' evercan recyclable aluminum sheet for its craft beer packaging. The cans made of evercan aluminum sheet would reduce the company's environmental footprint, while preserving the freshness ...
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Global leaders in the sapphire industry, in attempts to return to profits from losses incurred in 2012-2013, will focus on increasing utilization rates rather than expand capacities in 2014. Therefore, the global sapphire capacity in 2014 ...
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The UAE's Jebel Ali port plans to boost its annual container ships handling capacity by 27% this year with the launch of a new terminal to cater for rising demand for petrochemicals and aluminium exports in the runup to the 2022 World Cup ...
Tags: polymer output, Petrochemicals
In March, continental buyers of recycled containerboard made some unexpected headway in offsetting €10/tonne of the €20/tonne increase that took effect last Autumn. That increase was so small that there was virtually no attempt to ...
Tampa, Florida-based Gerdau Long Steel North America announced this week that Guilherme Gerdau Johannpeter, president of Gerdau Long Steel North America, is being promoted to executive vice president and will join Gerdau's Executive ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
March average retail price for 7W LED light bulbs (equivalent to 40W incandescent ones) in the China market slipped 11.0% sequentially to CNY33.9 (US$5.5), while 9W models (equivalent to 60W incandescent ones) saw a 2.9% decline to CNY44.0, ...
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"Counting the Cost of Food Waste: EU Food Waste Prevention", has found that 15m tonnes of food are wasted each year in the UK which equates to a financial loss to business of at least £5bn per year, and was advised of the importance ...
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The EU's Food Information Regulation, adopted in September 2011, replaces Food Labelling Regulation, and has been designed to simplify labelling by streamlining existing legislation into a single EU regulation. While it is good news for the ...
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Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) on April 7 announced the establishment of Star River Energy, a joint venture with several local insurance companies specifically for investing in and managing operation of PV systems or ...
The China government has lowered its rare earths export quotas for 2014 by 30% compared to 2013 after the actual export volume last year was lower than its original estimates. Prices of cerium, yttrium and terbium oxide (rare earths used in ...
Tags: Rare Earths, LED, Metallurgy, Mineral
Import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 6.1 percent in April, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. ...
Global ports expect to see LNG account for 13% of the bunker fuel market supply come 2020 and 24% by 2025, according to a Lloyd's Register report Monday. Lloyd's global marketing manager Luis Benito shared the observations at a media ...
Tags: LNG, Bunker Fuel Supply