Considering the heightened activity seen in environmental friendly textile production processes and activities like detox campaign and the resultant ZHDC initiative, the Oeko-Tex Association top brass confirmed their commitment to address ...
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Illinois-based KapStone Paper and Packaging will spend about $115m at its Cooper River site to modernise three papermaking machines and to make other improvements for increasing the capacity and efficiency. In a statement released on ...
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For the first time since 2011, automotive supplier merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is expected to increase. PwC estimates about 211 deals for the year, a 13 percent increase over 2013, according to PwC's seventh annual Consolidation ...
Dow Chemical said it will reconfigure and reduce its equity base in the MEGlobal and Greater Equate joint ventures, including Kuwait Olefins Company (TKOC) and Kuwait Styrene Company (TKSC). This reduction, Dow said, will be done through ...
Tags: petrochemical products, Qurain Petrochemical Industries, Textile
India’s annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), dropped to a five-year low of 1.7 per cent for the month of October, 2014 (over October, 2013), according to the provisional data released by the Office ...
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According to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2014-2015/Q4 2014 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association (EUROFER), in the second quarter of the current year construction activity in the European Union (EU) ...
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The 12th annual Michelin Challenge Bibendum is being held this week in Chengdu, China. The event brings together members of both the private and public sectors to examine sustainable mobility, with this year’s conference focusing on ...
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Remy Martin is unveiling a limited series of just 775 decanters worldwide of an exquisite cognac taken from a single tiercon from the family's private cellars – the LOUIS XIII Black Pearl Anniversary Edition. These numbered ...
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Global barrier films supplier Toppan Printing will be constructing a new plant in Georgia which will use innovative technology to produce environment-friendly packaging. The new plant will help the company strengthen its capacity to ...
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Volvo has announced that it is expanding production at its new facility in Daqing, China where it will produce SPA Volvo sedan. The facility is expected to produce cars based on Scalable Product Architecture (SPA), and the facility ...
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The Big 5 is the most commercially successful trade fair in Dubai, featuring National Pavilions from all the major exporting countries of the world, alongside important local developers, contractors, importers, manufacturers and ...
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The annual 2014 Specsavers everywoman in Retail Ambassadors have recently been announced at a ceremony in central London attended by Dame Mary Perkins and several hundred leading business figures representing over 50 retail brands. Twelve ...
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This is the sixth year that Disney Store has run the campaign and this Christmas is set to see the 100,000th soft toy donated to charity. Disney Store is supporting both Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity and In ...
Kobrand has introduced new limited edition wines under its brands Taylor Fladgate and Fonseca. Two Port houses, Taylor Fladgate and Fonseca, have released special editions: Taylor Fladgate 1863 Single Harvest Tawny Port ($3,700), Taylor ...
Tags: Port wines, time capsule, Agriculture
Taiwan's machine-tool makers show guarded optimism about their 2015 outlook, with over NT$10 billion (US$333.3 million) of combined orders booked and yet jittery about several potentially risky factors. According to the Taiwan ...