Xicato announced today that its original value added distributor, Xicato France Benelux Distribution, has changed its name to Luxendi. "The transition from conventional lighting business models to solid-state lighting has provided an ...
The Ifo Indicator for the economic climate in the euro area improved, but remains below its long-term average value. The current economic situation in the euro area brightened only slightly and remains at a low level overall. Expectations ...
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Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has collaborated with Olenex C.V and New Britain Palm Oil (NBPOL) to provide a wide range of fully traceable, segregated sustainable palm oil for the European market. Established in 2004, RSPO is ...
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Forever 21, a fast-growing specialty retailer of clothing and accessories has selected Kronos Incorporated as its global workforce management solution to address multinational needs and standardize its brand experience delivery across the ...
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The European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) and the Austrian Furniture Industry Association have joined in the criticism of the new French furniture-recycling system. The two associations criticize in particular what is in their ...
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Electron leakage causes efficiency drop, or what's known as droop, when LEDs are operated at higher drive currents according to a research group at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. For more than a decade, the LED industry has sought to ...
The 5th International Hardwood Conference of the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry will be held from 18 to 20 September in Brussels by the Belgian sawmill association Federation Nationale des Scieries (FNS). A market analysis is ...
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On Aug. 2, the Rapid Alert System for Non-food Consumer Products issued a warning on LED lighting chain once again. It is understood that this warned product is LED lighting chain from China-based "B10Cod'Events", the notifying country of ...
Tags: LED Lighting Chain, Electric Shock
Felt Bicycles, which is preparing for its 2014 sales meeting and product launch this weekend, recently layed off six employees within its three U.S. facilities. Company president Bill Duehring blamed the layoffs on an industry-wide ...
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Attackers are actively targeting Internet-connected industrial control systems (ICS) in an effort to compromise their operation, according to data collected from a global network of honeypot systems that simulate water pumps. The ICS ...
ClassOne Equipment of Atlanta, GA, USA (which supplies refurbished wafer fabrication equipment) has increased its presence in Europe with the opening of new facilities committed to the sales and support of the wet chemical processing ...
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It’s reported that France-based pipe producer Vallourec released its financial result for the second quarter of this year. Vallourec posted a net profit of €62 million for the second quarter of this year, soaring by 8.8% year ...
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In the first half of this year, French crude steel output decreased by 4.3 percent year on year to 8,024,000 mt, according to the latest data released by the French Steel Federation (FFA). In the given period, EAF output fell 11.6 percent ...
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France-based pipe manufacturer Vallourec has announced its financial results for the second quarter and the first half of 2013. According to Vallourec's report, in the second quarter this year the company registered a net profit of ...
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According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), following the 10.7 percent month-on-month increase recorded in May, in June this year Turkey's stainless flat steel imports fell by 13.9 percent compared to the ...
Tags: Stainless Flat Steel, Mineral