L.E.D.: LED means light emitting diode. LEDs are a solid state device and do not require heating of a filament to create light. Rather, electricity is passed through a chemical compound that is excited and that generates light. LEDs are ...
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To quote Hank Williams Jr., "The interest is up and the stock market's down." What are auto glass repair and replacement (AGRR) shops facing as a variety of fiscal uncertainties head their way in 2013? Mixed reporting nearing the approach ...
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The facelifted BMW 7 Series is the latest shot in the relentless game of luxury-limousine one-upmanship. Four years after the launch of Munich’s fifth-generation flagship, the ‘Life-Cycle Impulse’ (BMW-speak for a ...
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Energy solutions company in Canada, Klean Industries plans to collaborate with Dow in a bid to back Dow's drive to enhance the sustainability profile of plastic packaging in North America. The companies have extended a three year letter ...
Recycling and resource management company SITA UK has opened a pound 2.5m materials recovery facility (MRF) near Wareham in Dorset, UK. The facility can process over 20,000 tonnes of commercial dry mixed recyclables per year using ...
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PAC has introduced the Precisely Packaging On-Line Program. For several decades, PAC has been providing continuing education for packaging industry professionals in the classroom. Under their freshly branded PACed education platform, ...
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US-based PAC has introduced the Precisely Packaging On-Line Program to impart convenient packaging education to industry professionals. Precisely Packaging On-line is mainly designed for new entrants to the packaging industry, a new ...
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Organizers of Invest in Photonics 2012, a two-day international convention on photonics venture capital (VC) investment, said that participation at last month’s event increased “despite a tough investment decade in ...
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The new alliance covers the co-branding of future product developments using Amicor fibers and yarns and the Sanitized hygiene function. The Amicor anti-bacterial and anti-fungal intelligent fiber – integrated technology was ...
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PPG Industries'(NYSE:PPG)automotive refinish business has expanded the PPG GLOBAL REFINISH SYSTEM line with the addition of two new versatile,reduced-gloss clearcoats,D8115 Matte and D8117 Semi-Gloss.The new clearcoats make up the Matte ...
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Fueled by cheap natural gas liquids from the Eagle Ford Shale -- primarily ethane -- Texas' petrochemical industry will export 33% more ethylene and more finished plastics overseas by 2017, a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,16 commodities increased in prices, 17 fell and 65 remained unchanged on 28/12/2012.The largest rises were DOP (1.34%),Hydrofluoric acid (0.88%),Silver (0.68%),while the ...
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There is a decrease in demand for jute owing to the Government of India, for the first time, diluting the packaging norms by 60 percent under the mandatory Jute Packaging Materials Act ) of 1987. Under the JPMA, sugar mills in the ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,30 commodities increased in prices, 15 fell and 53 remained unchanged on 27/12/2012.The largest rises were Iron ore (2.54%),Natural rubber (0.91%),Steel I bean ...
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The Taiwan Textile Federation (TTF) has unveiled an expo of ground-breaking Re-PET textiles and technologies. According to a TTF press release, ten suppliers are showcasing latest textiles and apparels prepared from recycled PET bottles. ...
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