Dutch fashion retailer G-Star became the 15th corporation to commit to eliminate all releases of hazardous chemicals throughout its global supply chain and across all of its brands by 2020, in response to Greenpeace's Detox campaign. ...
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Louis Poulsen is a Danish lighting manufacturer that was founded in 1874. Louis Poulsen Lighting is represented by subsidiaries, distribution offices and agents around the world. Their key sales regions are Scandinavia, Europe, Japan and ...
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AkzoNobel and the American Chemical Society (ACS) announced Carnegie Mellon University Professor Krzysztof (Kris) Matyjaszewski, Ph.D. as the winner of the inaugural AkzoNobel North America Science Award for his cutting-edge polymer ...
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Workers at SABIC's Geleen petrochemicals site in the Netherlands are proceeding to strike after failing to reach a new labor agreement with the management, company and union sources said Tuesday. SABIC has around 1,850 staff at Geleen, ...
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Netherlands based insurer Aegon has agreed to acquire Eureko’s life insurance and pension business in Romania, further strengthening its operations in the Central and eastern European region. Financial terms of the agreement have ...
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Japan is set to lift the restrictions on beef imports from Canada by allowing beef from animals aged up to 30 months from 1 February. The new regulation expands the current requirement, which only allows beef exports from animals aged 21 ...
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One-off costs have caused profits at ingredients group CSM to fall in 2012, but sales growth and better-than-expected underlying earnings saw the firm's share price jump following its results announcement. CSM's share price rose by 4% in ...
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Ericsson has announced the appointment of Victoria Strand as Head of the GCC and Pakistan Unit, part of the Ericsson Middle East Region. In her new role, Strand will be responsible for handling the company’s customer relations, ...
Luc Peumans from Genk, Belgium based creative visual design practice, Painting With Light, has designed stage and set lighting for the first arena touring production of Dreamworks' Madagascar LIVE! Brought on-board by Netherlands based ...
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The CME Group said Friday its European clearing house, CME Clearing Europe, it had added two new over-the-counter European natural gas forward contracts to its clearing portfolio. The two new contracts -- the United Kingdom (UK) ...
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The Bau trade fair that was held from 14 to 19 January 2013 on the premises of the new Munich fairgrounds attracted a good 235,000 visitors, according to initial information from the organiser Messe München. As such, the number of ...
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The International Woolmark Prize crosses borders and cultures by seeking outstanding and emerging talent from around the world, aligning the support of emerging designers with the evolution of emerging countries. It is an award for the ...
European gas pipeline capacity platform PRISMA is to publish monthly auction reports on its website to provide transparency on details of finished auctions, PRISMA said Tuesday. Auction data will be available back to August 2011 and ...
Microsoft will ship the Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet with an Intel Core i5 processor on Feb. 9, with prices starting at $899. The tablet has a 10.6-in. screen and comes in models with 64GB and 128GB of storage. The tablet will include the ...
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Last Saturday, Heimtextil, the world's largest textile fair for home textiles, closed its doors in Frankfurt am Main. The 2013 exhibition took place from January 9 to 12. According to the organizers, 2,658 exhibitors from 62 countries ...
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