The industry must regain momentum in a competitive landscape that is proving increasingly competitive, by focusing on the sustainability of products and processes. This is the strong message put forward at the annual assembly of ACIMIT (the ...
Tags: Textile
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) today announced a communications campaign urging its membership to enter the "Rebuild by Design" multi-stage regional design competition announced by Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
One of the largest mining companies in the world, Vale has selected Emerson Process Management's machinery health technology to help ensure reliable operation of the pit-to-plant conveyor system for its S11D Iron Mining Project in Brazil. ...
Tags: Industrial Equipment, Components
Tass reported that TNK-BP management has presented a report to leading NGOs on the company's key projects to minimize its environmental impact in 2012,including the latest data on its associated gas utilization,incident rates,pipeline ...
Tags: TNK-BP, gas utilization, environmental NGOs
In a first for the carton packaging industry, Tetra Pak announced on June 26 that it plans to sign an agreement with Braskem, the largest thermoplastic resins producer in the Americas, for the supply of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) made ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, carton packaging industry, carton packaging
Corrugated packaging company Smurfit Kappa has released its 2012 Sustainable Development Report, which details the continuing progress in its sustainable business initiatives. The report highlights that February 2013 saw the completion of ...
Photo courtesy of Heathrow Airport. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) 69th Annual General Meeting (AGM) overwhelmingly endorsed the resolution on “Implementation of the Aviation Carbon-Neutral Growth (CNG2020) ...
The Rexel Group headquarters has moved to what it calls "a more collaborative environment" for its 400 employees: the Rexel Campus. Situated in Paris, France, the 10,000-m2 building aims to showcase Rexel's "expertise in energy ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
The Eighteenth Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition has just concluded. Reporters learned from the exhibition that the situation of LED lighting industry is better than last year, but the overcapacity still exists. Industry experts ...
Tags: LED Enterprises, Lighting
Pentair Ltd. announced that Amy Skoczlas Cole has joined the company as vice president of corporate citizenship. In this role, Skoczlas Cole will oversee the Pentair Foundation and drive key corporate citizenship and sustainability ...
Tags: Processing Machinery
Euratex held its General Assembly the 29th May in Brussels in presence of industrialists, Textile and Clothing (T&C) experts and EU officials under the theme “Textile and Clothing Industry in a changing economic environment”. ...
Tags: Euratex, Economic Environment
AkzoNobel and Solvay have signed a three-year agreement whereby AkzoNobel will increase the use of renewable raw materials in its paints and coatings, building on an existing partnership between the two companies. Under the terms of the ...
Tags: Construction
At 10 o'clock on June 4th in Shanghai New International Expo Centre, under drum beats and music,Former Vice Chairman of the National Committee of CPPCC, Former President of Chinese Academy of Engineering and Chairperson of the Chinese ...
In the afternoon of June 4, the seats in the conference hall of Pudong Kerry Hotel are fully occupied. More than 650 senior executives, specialists and professors from the iron & steel associations, enterprises and research institutes, ...
Tags: Baosteel, Keynote Reports
In an effort to accelerate sustainable development around the world, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), creators of the LEED green building program, announced recently a new campaign offering free LEED certification to the first ...