A miniaturized heart-failure monitor recently acquired by St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, MN) from an Atlanta-based startup named CardioMEMS reduced 30-day hospital readmission rates for patients over 65, according to an analysis of the ...
Tags: Heart Sensor, Readmission Rate
We all need to eat – and that means we all need food packaging, with most of us handling some form of food pack several times every day. Whether it’s the cereal box at breakfast, the sandwich packet at lunch, perhaps a snack in ...
Tags: food packaging, food pack
BMW has commenced a pilot project to test the impact of wearable technology in improving quality assurance of its cars at its plant in Spartanburg in South Carolina. Workers at the plant are using Google Glass to record tests by ...
Tags: wearable technology, Auto
Never mind the Scrooges out there now complaining about wall-to-wall Christmas TV ads – for contract packers the festive dash began months ago and isn’t far off being all wrapped up for another year. The pressure on factory ...
To begin the holiday season, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials toured the Atlanta Community Food Bank (ACFB) and met with staff to discuss the importance of food waste reduction as part of the agency’s Food Recovery ...
Tags: Food Bank, food waste reduction, Agriculture
Do you think that porcelain and ceramic tile are essentially the same? Well, you may be surprised to find that they are not. Although both are manufactured of similar ingredients using similar processes, there are some important ...
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Kishore Biyani led Future Lifestyle and Fashions Ltd (FLFL) reported a 26.68 per cent year on year hike in second fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2014, net revenues. In a filing to the BSE, FLFL said its net sales stood at Rs 874.12 ...
Tags: private equity fund, net profit, Apparel
Never in a million years would I have expected to be living the life that I live now. I grew up as a Chinese American in the suburbs of the United States of America, studied Accounting at the University of Washington in Seattle, and started ...
Men and women are working side by side and are moving China towards the future. From the outside this all looks very equal and harmonious. But do men and women really make no difference between male or female colleagues, employees or ...
Tags: China's Female, Economy Motor
The acquisition of US Foods by food distributor Sysco is not likely to happen in the current year as expected and its talks to secure an approval from antitrust regulators are still going on. In December 2013, Sysco announced that it ...
Tags: food distributor, Federal Trade Commission, Agriculture
British frozen food firm Fullers Foods has partnered with retail major Marks & Spencer to revamp its potato accompaniments range. The move is in line with Marks & Spencer's strategy to expand its food range. A £12.5 contract to ...
Tags: frozen food, Marks&Spencer, Agriculture
Snyder's-Lance, a US-based snack maker, is planning to inject additional investment in Late July Snacks, as well as to establish new better for you snacks division. The move is in line with the company's strategy to create a stronger ...
Tags: snack maker, Snacks, Agriculture
The readymade garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh has a great future and is in an excellent position to expand in the global market, Parliamentarian State Secretary of German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, ...
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Textile products of one of Europe's leading manufacturers of mattresses and bed accessories - The French Cofel Group, which retails its products under the brand ‘Bultex’, meet the human-ecological requirements of the OEKO-TEX ...
Tags: Bultex Mattress, Bed Products, Apparel
Centro Seta, the Florentine textile maker, has come up with a sustainably produced new generation of Autumn/Winter 2015-2016 silk fabric range made exclusively in Italy entitled Bacx. A result of innovative sustainable technological ...
Tags: easy-to-care silk fabrics, high-tech eco-silk collection, Textile