The U.S. Senate Finance Committee passed legislation Wednesday evening that wlil give President Obama trade promotion authority, or TPA, a necessary step for his administration to conclude negotiation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Germany is sending out a message to the global textile industry for fair production. The steering committee of the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles, the German Development Ministry and the textile industry have put in place a roadmap ...
Outdoor Industry Association joined more than a dozen industry executives from the Pacific Northwest and several members of the Washington State Congressional delegation this past Monday for a roundtable conversation with U.S. Secretary of ...
Tags: Interior Secretary, Sporting Goods
In recent years, environmental protection has become an important issue for the Chinese government and for Chinese citizens from all walks of life, rising to the same status as economic development. According to transport development and as ...
Huntsman Textile Effects said it is working closely with Korean textile exporter Daechun Co. Ltd to deepen its commitment to sustainability. Under a MoU signed on March 25, Huntsman Textile Effects will help Daechun streamline operations ...
Scania is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks and cfor heavy transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines. Core to Scania’s operations is to provide solid parts and service support as well as ...
Tags: Scania, trucks, heavy transport applications, buses
Chinese steelmakers are facing more headwinds this year as economic growth slows and need government support to tackle long-term overcapacity, the chairman of Anshan Iron & Steel Group said. China's steel sector has been struggling with ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business will highlight new products during preview days at the 2015 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit’s Cobo Center, Jan. 12-15. The products are designed to help ...
Tags: Green Coating Technologies, environmental standards, Construction
NYSE listed, apparel marketer, Gap Inc. and TAU Investment Management, an active growth-equity investment firm that transforms global supply chains, have entered into a partnership to promote best-in-class innovations and support the ...
Tags: garment factories, Apparel
Milan-based investigating Fabrizio D'Arcangelo has accepted a request made by Piero Gnudi, special commissioner for Taranto-based Italian steelmaker Ilva, to free up and transfer €1.2 billion to the Italian company. The funds in ...
Tags: Fabrizio D'Arcangelo, Request, Energy
PPG Industries’industrial coatings business has introduced POWERCRON ADVANTEDGE electrocoats (e-coats), a line of next-generation, high-edge cationic-epoxy products for EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) markets. Powercron ...
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Specialty chemicals group LANXESS is strengthening its production network in China to meet the high level of demand for iron oxide pigments and is adding a mixing and milling plant to the pigment plant already under construction in Ningbo. ...
Tags: Iron Oxide, Red Pigments
The German Development Cooperation (GIZ) and the European Union (EU) have completed four years of their collaboration for improving labour standards in Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) industry. An event to mark the ...
Tags: GIZ, Apparel, Accessories
The Provincial People’s Committee of Vietnam’s Ha Nam province has issued a certificate of approval for the proposed textile plant to be set up by Taiwan-based Tai Yuen Textile Co. Ltd. Tai Yuen will invest US$ 150 million ...
Through a subsidary of Minera del Norte, Mexican steelmaker Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA) hired TüV Rheinland of Mexico to certify the proper operation of methane gas destruction systems in units operating on three sites in the coal ...
Tags: AHMSA, TüV Rheinland, hire