Hundreds of members of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and leaders from the global cocoa sector have convened in Copenhagen, Denmark to take further crucial steps toward implementing a comprehensive strategy, called CocoaAction, to sustain ...
Stion Corp of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes nanostructure-based CIGS (copper indium gallium sulphur-diselenide) thin-film photovoltaic panels, has announced the release and certification of its Elevation 4 module line, which delivers up to ...
Tags: Solar Modules, Electronics
Germany's VDE Testing and Certification Institute, in conjunction with partner Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, Germany, has issued VDE Quality Tested (QT) Certification to cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film ...
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EPA Requiring BMW to Correct Fuel Economy Labels for Four Mini Cooper Vehicles Washington — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is revising estimates for four 2014 BMW Mini Cooper vehicles to ensure consumers are given ...
API Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: ATNY) (“API” or the “Company”), a leading provider of high performance RF/microwave, power, and security solutions for high-reliability applications, today announced that its ...
Goodyear's Akron, Ohio, headquarters, which is attached to the company's Innovation Center, has won a LEED Gold rating for its design The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. global headquarters building in Akron, Ohio, has earned a Leadership in ...
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AmeriPride Services, a textile services and supply company said it received the SafeTRSA Innovation Award and the Clean Green Innovation Award for its efforts to improve plant safety and the environmental impacts of its operations. The ...
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An accreditation which signifies excellence in furniture products and installation is celebrating 30 years since its initial launch. FIRA Gold Certification was first launched in 1984 for kitchen units, following demand from manufacturers ...
As power utilities in the US have offered subsidies for LED lighting products with Energy Star certification and the European Union will lower RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Directive ...
Tags: Conventional Lighting, LED
Intertek, one of the leading multinational inspection, product testing, and certification companies, headquartered in London, has released the Trim Qualification program for children’s apparel companies, vendors, and suppliers to help ...
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced the ZR High Efficacy (HE) LED troffer, a commercial-specification-grade troffer with luminous efficacy of 150 lumens-per-watt designed to reduce energy ...
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Switzerland-based OEKO-TEX has introduced a new certificate for textiles– ‘Made in Green by OEKO-TEX’, which proves that the textiles are safe in terms of human ecology and are additionally produced in a sustainable and ...
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Synlait Milk has secured approval from the Certification and Accreditation Administration to export infant formula to China. The company will produce finished infant formula products that are to be supplied in China at its dry blending ...
Germany based, The Hohenstein Institute now offers allergen-resistance testing of mattress and bed covers using real dust mite excrement as an accredited service. In the test, all components of the encasing or what is called the textile ...
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The fire performance of Palusol fire protection panels has recently been given the top A1 rating for construction products under European DIN EN 13501-1, which means that Palusol is now classified as a “non-combustible” ...