Carpetright, leading specialist carpet and floor coverings retailer, has appointed Bob Ivell as non-executive chairman with effect from 1 November 2014. In addition, Lord Harris has confirmed that he will retire from the Board with effect ...
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Tata Steel UK Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of India-based Tata Steel Limited, has announced that it has executed agreements for the refinancing of its bank debt through term loan and revolving credit facilities of €3.05 billion. ...
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Nanoco Group plc of Manchester, UK, which produces cadmium-free quantum dots and other nanomaterials for applications including lighting, LCD displays, solar cells and bio-imaging, has signed a follow-on joint development agreement with ...
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This is according to global credit research by Moody’s Investors Service, based on first half trading this year Moody’s notes that European paper demand is declining by 5% a year, and consolidation would aid the longer-term ...
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Mothercare plc, the largest UK specialist retailer in its segment, said it will raise some £100 million through a rights issue and which will be £95 million, net of expenses. The rights issue is a fully underwritten 9 for 10 ...
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Delphi Automotive PLC (NYSE: DLPH) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Antaya Technologies Corp. (“Antaya”), a leading provider of proprietary on-glass connectors, enhancing the company’s portfolio in the rapidly ...
According to Visiongain, a British market research firm, the global flexible packaging market has reached some US$143.83 billion, mostly driven by growing sales of consumer products in emerging nations. In the next decade, the firm ...
Hi-Tech Engineering Industry under Metal & Engineering Corporation (MetEC) has started supplying the Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) with locally manufactured smart electric meters, called It-Plus. The meters are centrally controlled to ...
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Sports Direct International plc , the UK's leading sports retailer, reported Group sales for the 13 weeks ended July 27 were up 12.2 percent to ?11.2 million ($1.21 bn) compared with ?34.0 millon a year earlier. Gross profit increased 11.8 ...
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Driven by over a 20% rise in wholesale sales, revenues ascended 15.9% year-on-year at UK-based SuperGroup Plc, which manages the Superdry fashion brand in its first fiscal quarter ended July 26, 2014. SuperGroup said that during the first ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories, Clothing Economy
Perkasie, PA – Secant Medical will present at Rice University’s Advances in Tissue Engineering 2014 22nd Annual Short Course in Houston, August 13-16. Jeremy Harris, Ph.D., Technical Director at Secant Medical, will discuss how ...
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As it prepares for its $43 billion merger with Medtronic, Covidien has purchased a small California medtech company. The price was not disclosed. Privately held Reverse Medical Corp. (Irvine, CA) makes devices to manage acute stroke and ...
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Earlier this month Airsprung Group announced that all of its group companies would be joining the Furniture Industry Research Association, (FIRA). As a result, the companies have updated their websites to pull together in one place the ...
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Wet-chemical equipment maker ClassOne Technology of Kalispell, MT, USA has launched its Solstice line of electroplating tools, designed specifically for the smaller-substrate users in emerging technologies such as MEMS, LEDs, power devices, ...
Carpetright plc has announced an update on trading for the 13 weeks ending 26th July 2014. Like-for-like sales in the UK increased by 6.1%, while total sales increased by 5.2%. During the period, four stores were opened and nine closed. ...
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