Less than four years after acquiring GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion, eBay Inc. announced Wednesday it was studying whether to spin off the business in IPO as part of a broadening restructuring. The company disclosed the plans in its ...
Tags: broadening restructuring, box retailers, Sporting Goods
Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC), India’s largest apparel industry training institute bagged the ‘Best Institute: Innovation’ from ASSOCHAM at ‘Summit-cum-Awards on Skilling India’. ATDC received ...
Tags: innovative skill, apparel industry, Textile
Improved global operations and a lower effective tax rate drove net income growth by 46.87 per cent year on year at value added yarns producer, Unifi Inc in the second quarter ended December 28, 2014. Unifi said its net income for the ...
Tags: tax rate, net income, Textile
Can-Pack Group, the manufacturer of aluminium beverage cans, has launched its new Dh200m ($54.4m) manufacturing plant at Dubai Investments Park, Dubai. The 150,000ft2 facility, the group's second manufacturing plant in the area, is ...
Chinese electric auto maker BYD is planning to introduce plug-in hybrid SUVs in 2015 to meet demand for larger vehicles. The company has already started taking orders for 300,000-yuan ($48,000) Tang SUV, a plug-in vehicle and it is also ...
Tags: Tang SUV, plug-in SUV models, Auto
Demand for upstream panel components is increasing in China and local makers are unable to meet supply, particularly for TFT polarizers. The China government, as a result, is issuing new subsidies to local makers to expand production and ...
Tags: panel components, subsidies
Dematic has launched a new Put Wall System to enhance online order fulfilment productivity and accuracy in Australian retail distribution centres. (A detailed description of the Put Wall System is provided at the end.) Functioning as an ...
Tags: E-Commerce Order, picks per operator, total picks, Service
AdvancePierre Foods, a supplier of protein and sandwich products to foodservice, retail and convenience channels, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the wholesale and manufacturing operations of Landshire, a manufacturer of ...
Tags: sandwich products, patties, subs, wedges, Agriculture
The Government of Nigeria has unveiled a new National Cotton, Textile and Garment (CTG) Policy aimed at revitalising and boosting the development and growth of the country’s cotton, textile and garment industry. Launching the ...
Tags: cotton, textile, garment industry
Etur Textile, one of the largest textile factories operating in Ethiopia, located in Addis Ababa, is set to export its products to markets in Europe and US, according to Ethiopian media reports. According to Adil Basoglu, board member and ...
Tags: textile industry, Textile
At the 2015 World Future Energy Summit (WFES) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (19-22 January), First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing ...
Many Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers in 2014 upgraded their production lines for P-type monocrystalline silicon solar cells to produce PERC (passivated emitter and rear cell) P-type monocrystalline solar cells due to ...
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Eva Verhaak joins from The Marketing Store Worldwide. Underground Toys has hired a new marketing and PR manager in the form of Eva Verhaak. Verhaak (pictured) joins Underground from The Marketing Store Worldwide, where she was an ...
A new company comprising the Venezuelan firms Diademas Unidas and Inversiones TP 12, has established a plant in northern Puerto Rico to produce pastas, sauces and other Italian food products. This plant is expected to create employment ...
Tags: food products, Agriculture
BASF showcases chemistry’s contribution at the BAU trade fair from January 19-25 in Munich. In hall A6 booth 303 the company presents numerous solutions including products to raise the energy efficiency of buildings. Other exhibits ...
Tags: flooring solutions, grouts, Construction