Germany based TÜV Rheinland, a worldwide leader in Testing, Training, Inspection, Consulting and Certification, has announced that it has bagged the 2014 European Customer Value Enhancement Award in Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) ...
Tags: TUV Rheinland, EMC Testing, Textile
UPM has published the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) statements for the year 2013. The corporate statement and paper and pulp mill specific supplements are available on UPM web site: Responsibility > Principles and performance > ...
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Radici Novacips SpA − head company of the RadiciGroup Plastics Business Area, a leader in the production of nylon engineering plastics – and Tessiture Pietro Radici SpA – an ancestral RadiciGroup company engaged in the ...
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Global Fashion Group, Inc announces that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Pure System International Limited joining forces to produce and market internationally branded PuraVida performance enhanced sustainable textile fiber. The Joint ...
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The German Development Cooperation (GIZ) and the European Union (EU) have completed four years of their collaboration for improving labour standards in Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) industry. An event to mark the ...
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The Provincial People’s Committee of Vietnam’s Ha Nam province has issued a certificate of approval for the proposed textile plant to be set up by Taiwan-based Tai Yuen Textile Co. Ltd. Tai Yuen will invest US$ 150 million ...
Praxair, Inc., through a subsidiary, has signed a long-term contract to supply industrial gases to Nanjing Jinling Huntsman New Materials Co., Ltd., a joint venture between SINOPEC Jinling and Huntsman. Jinling Huntsman will use the gases ...
The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China has planned to set up a 20 billion yuan (about US$ 3.2 billion) fund to support the textile and apparel industry in the province. This was disclosed by Yan Qin, deputy secretary-general of the ...
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Local news reported Tuesday that the Mississippi Commission of Environmental Quality fined Severstal North America’s Columbus steel mill $135,000 due to the company's pollution control monitors not functioning properly after the plant ...
Tags: Severstal Columbus Fined, Malfunction, Pollution Control Monitors
The Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS), the standards and technology division of the National Retail Federation, announced the release of the Compliance Audit Interchange, a specification that allows organizations to share ...
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The Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS), the standards and technology division of the National Retail Federation, announced the release of the Compliance Audit Interchange, a specification that allows organizations to share ...
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The Spain-based Technological Institute for Footwear and Related Industries (INESCOP) and the Textiles Business Association of the Valencian Community (Ateval) have come together to initiate the Textileather project, a 30-month-long program ...
With all its 19 units successfully passed the trial run, Sinochem Quanzhou 12 million MT/a refining project (hereinafter referred to as Sinochem Quanzhou refining project), invested solely by Sinochem Group, was officially rolled out on ...
The Foreign Trade Association (FTA) presents the Business Environmental Performance Initiative (BEPI), its new business-driven service aimed at supporting retailers and importers to improve environmental performance of supplying factories ...
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The packaged food, drink and grocery product manufacturers in New South Wales, Australia, are set to launch a new program to increase the recycling of bottles and plastic drink containers in the state. The program, which will see the ...
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