Denim jeans marketer, Levi Strauss & Co., will shed 500 jobs, primarily from signing a five-year strategic agreement with Wipro Limited, to outsource certain global business services. This decision comes in the new phase of its global ...
Solar photovoltaic (PV) module shipments from the leading China companies increased 26% on quarter in the second quarter of 2014, compared to the previous quarter when they shipped 5.2GW of solar modules. Nearly three-quarters (71%) of all ...
Tags: PV Module, Solar Module
The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, a federally recognized Native American tribe located in northeastern Nebraska, and the Tribe’s Utilities Commission have reached a settlement with the United States to improve the Tribe’s drinking ...
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The desire to create packaging that is more beneficial for the environment is certainly not a new trend. For years, designers and manufacturers have worked hard to produce packaging that is easy to recycle and wastes as little material as ...
Proxima, the global procurement services provider, announces today that it has been appointed on a multi-year contract to manage the costs of all indirect categories at Dairy Crest, the leading British dairy products company. Proxima ...
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Taiwan-based solar cell maker Gintech Energy plans to merge with PV module maker Apollo Solar Energy, a subsidiary solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET), while GET plans to merge with fellow maker Utech Solar, a Gintech ...
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Academic research and high-end product novelties Already today there are specific fields where China can pride itself of being in the top league of the world’s innovators. The quality and activity of Chinese academic and industrial ...
Tags: Innovation, China, Focus Vision, China Culture, Chinese Innovation Models
What’s keeping large farmers up at night? Labor shortages, for one, says David Hollinrake, vice president of agricultural commercial operations marketing for Bayer Crop Science. Hollinrake told about a group of large farmers he ...
Tags: Agriculture, herbicide mode, shortages of irrigation water
Neste Oil and Norwegian-based OSM Group AS have today, 20 February 2014, agreed on a business transfer under which Neste Oil will transfer the ship management functions of Neste Shipping to OSM. OSM is a global provider of offshore and ship ...
Tags: business transfer, ship management functions, specialist expertise
With Acer rumored to be planning to outsource its tablet OEM orders to China-based makers, Asustek Computer has reportedly also been seeking partnerships with China component makers to strengthen its competitiveness in the mobile device ...
Tags: Intel, OEM orders
The attack on Yahoo that started with the theft of user credentials from a third-party database highlights the risk of sharing usernames and passwords across multiple websites. Yahoo reported Thursday that attackers using computer ...
Tags: Yahoo, Identity Management
Four companies have confirmed they will be exhibiting for the first time, increasing the breadth of services offered, and deepening the show's penetration of two key sectors – chemicals and food. New exhibitors, Woodman Hill and ...
The manufacturing units are under immense pressure every time when the production is in process. It is just not about getting the task complete, but ensuring all goes well within the stipulated time. The deliverables of the production has ...
Tags: Die Cutting, Industrial Service
Every business establishment, irrespective of its location tries to save money in every possible manner. Poor tracking coupled with money being lost in the management of pallet, should not be treated as an accepted norm. In case, the ...
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Rumors have it that the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry of Japan (METI) is considering revising PV subsidy downward to JPY34/kWh in 2014 and JPY30/kWh in 2015. According to EnergyTrend, whether Japan's subsidy cut will come true or ...
Tags: Japan, revise, PV, downward, investment, EnergyTrend