With the ongoing discussions about the impact of textile industry on environment and the importance of sustainability, fashion designers are changing their focus from designing garments with aesthetic value to clothing with environmental ...
Tags: Clothing, Urban Air Pollution
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), a trade association comprised of brands, retailers, manufacturers, government and non-governmental organizations and academic experts, and representing more than a third of the global apparel and ...
Tags: SAC, Sustainable Materials
Dutch fashion fabric producer Vlisco Group is to partner with Cotton Made in Africa (CmiA) and will be the initiative’s first partner to both produce and market its products to local consumers in Africa. Initially this will be a ...
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Goya Foods Inc., based in Secaucus, N.J., the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the U.S. and a leader in Latin American food and condiments industries, has undertaken a major redesign of its marinade product line, converting 12-oz ...
Tags: Goya Foods, Marinades Line, Pet Packaging
PPG Industries recently held a ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new automotive coatings development and application center in Tianjin, China. This facility is the first of its kind locally, and it will focus on the development of ...
Tags: PPG, Coatings Development, Coatings
Gregor MacNaughton, head of property management at Principal Hayley Hotels, has highlighted the reasons why it is worth investing in new lighting solutions from a commercial perspective. Head of technology and delivery for the Carbon ...
April 29, 2013 - The EMerge Alliance—an industry association helping to adopt safe direct-current (DC) power distribution standards for commercial buildings—has announced 21 new members and 39 new products for DC power ...
PPG Industries announced the launch of the company’s new sustainability vision, values and goals issued in the 2012 PPG Corporate Sustainability Report. This sustainability “framework” follows more than a year of in-depth ...
Tags: PPG, PPG Industries
Goya Foods has replaced its existing marinade product line available in 12oz and 24.5oz products from glass to lightweight polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles supplied by Amcor Rigid Plastics. Amcor's hot fill containers, which ...
New Zealand-based dairy company A2 has partnered with another dairy firm in the country Synlait Milk to increase infant formula exports to China. As part of this collaboration, Synlait Milk is set to ship the first consignment of a2 ...
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Goya Foods has partnered with Amcor Rigid Plastics to redesign its existing marinade product line, converting 12oz. and 24.5oz. products from glass to lightweight polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. Amcor's custom designed hot fill ...
Tags: Goya Foods, Marinades Packaging
From electric lamps to LED technology, Gotham continues its tradition as a leader in architectural downlighting. For 75 years, Gotham has thrived as one of the most respected names in architectural lighting. In 1938, Harry Gerstel, a ...
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MetLife, Inc. recently took out an energy savings policy with GE Lighting (NYSE: GE)—upgrading to Evolve™ LED outdoor lighting in parking lots at 10 office locations and switching to more energy-efficient T8 fluorescent indoor ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED, lighting
LAUNCH members NIKE Inc., NASA, the U.S. Agency for Intl. Development and the U.S. Department of State convened 150 materials specialists, designers, academics, manufacturers, entrepreneurs and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) the week ...
With the increasing awareness on the importance of sustainability, several global garment brands, including Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), Walmart and luxury brand Stella McCartney, have started promoting sustainable fashion for reducing the ...
Tags: Recycling Apparels, Apparel