A division of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), Packaging Society, will be flagging off the Standard for Packaging Professional Competence (SPCC) at the PPMA Show at the NEC 25-27 September 2012. It will provide ...
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IT consortium Charityshare has deployed a Violin Memory 3000 Series all-flash array to support the roll-out of up to 2,000 virtual desktops for its Age UK operations. Violin was chosen on grounds of cost and the company's backing from HP ...
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Nominations reflecting world’s best practice in the intelligent transport systems (ITS) industry were winners at the third ITS Australia Awards presentation ceremony in Melbourne on 28 November. ITS Australia president and chair of ...
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The Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC) announced that Alice Howard-Graham, from University for the Creative Arts (UCA), Farnham, UK, is the winner of the CSI Colour Award 2012. Alice wins £500, the CSI Colour Award 2012 and a trip ...
Teijin Limited announced that it has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, a global benchmark for socially responsible investing, for the fourth consecutive year effective September 24. Teijin appreciates the continued ...
Tags: Sustainability, environment, carbon fibers, polyester fibers
DNA verification systems company IdentiGEN has developed a new test which can authenticate Aberdeen-Angus beef,allowing beef producers to safeguard the name and heritage of the variety. The test was commissioned by Scotland-based Aberdeen ...
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Aptalis Pharmaceutical Technologies, a business unit of Aptalis Pharma, has announced its co-sponsorship of Controlled Release Society's Young Investigator Award and its participation in the thirty-ninth Annual Meeting & Exposition of the ...
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Sama Festival of Dong ethnic group,spreading in Rongjiang County,Liping County,Congjiang County and the surrounding areas inhabited by Dong people,is mainly represented by Chejiang Dong ethnic Sama Festival in Rongjiang County.Sama Festival ...
Within the settlement of Qiang Ethnic Group in the upper reaches of Min River of Sichuan Province,sorcerers are called Shibi in the southern dialect.However,given numerous branches of Qiang Ethnic Group,sorcerers are called differently in ...
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The SIMI (Society of the Irish Motor Industry) launched CSS (Certified Steel Standard), a new voluntary standards programme for professional bodyshop repairers in Ireland. The standard incorporates the industry agreed technical ...
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She Huo are entertaining shows dedicated to the Gods of earth and fire performed during the Spring Festival.The activities originated from the worship of land and fire in remote antiquity.The word"she"means the God of Earth,and the ...
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At a time when life hinges on weather-dependant harvest,a long drought could be a life-and-death issue for Chinese farmers.As such,praying for rain became a grand sacrificial ritual in former times. In old China,the Dragon King was ...
XL has appointed Chris Dougherty as new chief financial officer to manage the company’s global insurance operations including financial reporting and planning, accounting, budgeting and financial analysis. XL Group's Insurance ...
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Merck has issued an update on the development programs for vorapaxar, extended release niacin/laropirprant(MK524A,Tredaptive) and anacetrapib in association with the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) meeting in Munich, Bavaria. ...
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European AIP Competence Platform, involved in research of new packaging materials and techniques, has developed an online database of current active and intelligent packaging materials. The AIP Competence Platform enables SMEs to ...
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