The summer edition of Texworld USA, International Apparel Sourcing Show and Home Textiles Sourcing Expo ended with exhibitor numbers as well as show space growing by 25 per cent. In total 917 exhibitors from 40 countries presented their ...
Tags: Home Textiles, textile
There is no change in exemption from excise duty for textile goods as mentioned in central value added tax (CENVAT) Rules 2004, the Union Ministry of Finance has clarified. The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) had issued a ...
Tags: textile goods, textile industry
Integrated Fabric Resource (IFR), which specialises in the custom design, development, and manufacturing of textile-based returnable packaging systems and containers for various industries, has announced the start of an additional ...
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The Lubrizol Corporation has announced the launch of a new hyperdispersant reactor at its Avon Lake, Ohio facility. The unit will be used for the manufacture of Solsperse(TM) hyperdispersants. Through excellent dispersion stability, ...
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Profits at major Chinese industrial firms dropped 0.3 percent year on year in June, down from a 0.6 percent growth posted in May, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday. He Ping, an official with the Department of Industry ...
Tags: Industrial Profits, China economy
The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has demonstrated the first electroluminescence from multi-layer molybdenum disulphide (MoS2), which could lead to a new class of materials for making ...
BASF and PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) will build a new world-scale production plant for highly reactive polyisobutene (HR-PIB) at the site of their existing joint venture, BASF PETRONAS Chemicals Sdn Bhd, in Kuantan, Malaysia. ...
Tags: chemicals, coating, BASF, PETRONAS Chemicals Group, paint and pigment
The global semiconductor laser market will rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.1% from $4.8bn in 2013 to $7.7bn by 2020, forecasts a report 'Semiconductor Lasers Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends ...
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Can maker Rexam has teamed up with Dutch brewer Grolsch to make an array of celebratory cans to commemorate the latter’s 400 years in the industry. Three individual cans, displaying art director and creator of Grolsch advertisements ...
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Campbell Soup is planning to reformulate its products as part of its business restructuring strategy to bolster its core business. The company plans to remove ingredients such as added MSG from its existing range of condensed soups for ...
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UK-based Pollard Boxes will showcase an array of techniques utilized for making boxes capable of catalyzing premium positioning, on-shelf appeal and brand differentiation for personal care and drinks products at Packaging Innovations London ...
Although UV technologies were first introduced around 20-30 years ago, it is still considered not to be a mature sector with plenty of innovations needed to overcome barriers to greater efficiencies. Over the last few years growth in ...
The European Commission has launched a probe into the proposed purchase of UK-based can manufacturer Rexam by the US firm Ball Corporation, to ascertain whether it conforms to the EU Merger Regulation. The investigation is born out of ...
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Lightweight composite materials firm Continental Structural Plastics (CSP) has claimed that TCA Ultra Lite, currently in production for General Motors’ (GM) 2016 Chevrolet Corvette, has pared down 20lb (9kg) from the Stingray Coupe ...
Pump manufacturer Concentric AB will lay off 34 staff as part of its plan to restructure its new manufacturing unit in Chivilcoy, Argentina, in the wake of drooping demand in commercial vehicle market in South America. The entire one-off ...
Tags: Pump, commercial vehicle