A trade agreement between the EU on one side and the Central American nations of Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama on the other has set into motion from August 1, 2013. The trade agreement, which was part of an Association Agreement ...
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced that it has signed the declaration of membership of the UN Global Compact. In doing so, the company is emphasizing its all-round commitment to sustainable development and being a ...
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International chemical group Solvay announces results for the second quarter & first half year for 2013. Q2 Highlights - Group net sales down (4) % YoY at € 3,062 m, with volumes (1)%, prices (2)% and forex (1)% - REBITDA at ...
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Canadian manufacturer of green packaging Cascades has announced that its plants Tissue Group in Candiac, Boxboard in Jonquière, Norampac in Cabano and the facilities in Kingsey Falls joined Hydro-Québec's network. According ...
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On July 25, Baosteel fifth batch aiding Tibet cadres, and first batch aiding Qinghai cadres went to Beijing to receive training with sincere and friendly blessing from the people of Baosteel. After that, they will go to Zhongba county of ...
The founding partners of the Electric Circuit—Les R?tisseries St-Hubert, Rona, Metro, the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) and Hydro-Quebec—have announced the first phase of the expansion of the system into ...
There is no free lunch. The saying may be another explanation for China's economic slowdown in the first half of the year. The economic transformation is proceeding at the cost of economic acceleration in order to obtain sustainable ...
One year ago, with the world’s main sports event about to take place in London, The Dow Chemical Company presented an innovative and more sustainable solution to enable the completion of the Olympic Stadium as originally planned by ...
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Canada's Noveko International Inc has won a contract to equip a portion of Hydro-Québec's buildings with approximately 5000 air filters. "We are thrilled to be awarded this contract with Hydro-Québec, a world leader in the ...
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“It’s been a very productive week”, said EU Chief Negotiator Ignacio Garcia-Bercero coming out of the talks. “We have been striving already for many months to prepare the ground for an ambitious trade and investment ...
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Dr. Kavuru Samba Siva Rao, the Minister of Textiles chaired a meeting with the members of All India Handicrafts Board comprising of officials from different Ministries and Departments of Central and State Governments, apart from the ...
PPG Industries' automotive OEM coatings business in China recently earned the 2012 AAA Green Partner award from FAW-Volkswagen (FVW). Zhang Peijie, general manager of FVW, presented the trophy to Yang Weihua, PPG general manager for ...
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EU Trade Commissioner Karl De Gucht will be hosting a meeting in Geneva entitled "Staying Engaged – A Sustainability Compact with Bangladesh" on July 8, 2013. The high level discussion will focus on agreeing on ways for ...
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On June 27, Baosteel Zhanjiang iron and steel 2250 Hot rolling main line equipment contract signing ceremony was held in Baoshan Hotel, which marks Baosteel Zhanjiang iron and steel project construction has stepped out an important pace. ...
On the recent Guangzhou Lighting Fair, Philips showcased its latest LED research achievements for road field, it first introduced 3000K warm white LED street lighting solutions to the Chinese market, Philips aims to fill the gap in the ...
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