The Vietnamese garment and textile industry has grown at a healthy rate in the first quarter of the current year, and the outlook for the whole year is bright, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, reports Viet Nam News. ...
Tags: Garments, Textiles industry, apparel
Atlantic Canada's truckers will pay more for ferry service to Newfoundland and Labrador as of April 1, the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association has announced. Marine Atlantic Inc. has hiked its rates by three percent for the 2014/15 ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
According to Statistics Canada, the Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) rose 1.0 percent in February, mainly because of higher prices for energy and petroleum products. The Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) increased 5.7 percent, led by ...
Tags: Raw Material, Industrial Product
Axalta Coating Systems, one among the leading North American manufacturers of heavy-duty truck coatings, has developed a special formulation of Diamond Red exclusively for Peterbilt to celebrate the company's 75th Anniversary. Peterbilt ...
Tags: Coating, truck coatings, Construction
Maple Leaf Foods today announced changes to its organizational structure and leadership that will be effective upon completing the sale of its 90% ownership in Canada Bread Company, Inc. to Grupo Bimbo, S.A.V. de C.V., which is expected to ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
As part of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) routine testing of various food products, a survey released today found that all juice and bottled water tested for antimony were safe to consume. The CFIA tested 359 samples of ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Bottled Water
As part of Economic Action Plan 2014, the Government of Canada today tabled new legislation intended to improve the level of protection for workers handling hazardous materials in the workplace. The proposed legislative changes to the ...
In order to take full advantage of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, which is likely to be finalized this year, Vietnamese textile and garment industry would have to invest more in domestic yarn and fabric production. ...
POET Technologies Inc of Toronto, Canada – which, through subsidiary OPEL Defense Integrated Systems (ODIS Inc) of Storrs, CT, USA, has developed the proprietary planar-optoelectronic technology (POET) platform for monolithic ...
Tags: POET, Electrical, Electronics
Six major categories of plastic packaging help to significantly reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions compared to packaging alternatives made with other materials. A recent study: "Impact of Plastics Packaging on Life Cycle ...
Tags: Plastic Packaging, greenhouse gas, packaging alternatives
Gas buyers in Asia are facing the same problems of high prices and a monopolistic market that their counterparts in Europe faced a decade or so ago, but there is no equivalent regulatory body that can force suppliers to change their ...
Tags: Gas Markets, Europe's Dilemma
The World Trade Organization has ruled in favour of the US, Europe and Japan in a dispute with China over its export restrictions on rare earth. China's rare earth industry – responsible for almost 90% of global output – ...
Tags: Rare Earth, rare earth export
Qixia District Council in China has placed an order with Australian packaging materials manufacturer Cardia Bioplastics for 500,000 Biohybrid kitchen waste bags. Manufactured using Cardia's proprietary Biohybrid technology, the bags ...
Tags: Biohybrid Bags, Qixia District Council, packaging materials
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor is set to recall 1,053,479 vehicles globally in order to rectify the problem in vehicle occupant classification system software that deactivates the front passenger airbag. For the second time, Nissan is ...
Tags: Nissan, passenger airbag, Recall
Dairy products maker Saputo will close four of its facilities in Canada and the US, as part of efforts to improve its operational efficiency. The move is a part of the company's review of its overall activities to pursue additional ...