From a zipper-like wound closure device that can be peeled off at home to a telemedicine robot, there are plenty of ingenious devices included as finalists in this year's Medical Design Excellence Awards. It is worth noting, however, that ...
Tags: Reshaping Medtech, Health, Medicine
There was an upbeat atmosphere among the 2575 visitors and the 100 exhibitors at Made in France on 9 & 10 April, building on momentum from last year with another double-digit rise in attendance: +15.9%. The show’s fantastic new ...
Tags: Made in France, luxury buyers
ISO/PAS 28000:2007 (Specification for security management systems for the supply chain) is an International Organization for Standardization publicly available specification on requirements of a security management system particularly ...
Tags: PAS 28000, certfication
Surya has expanded its rewards customer loyalty program. The enhanced program builds upon the company's existing program, which provides customers with free Surya samples and displays, product discounts and other benefits as they reach key ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Terry's Tire Town was founded in 1972. The business has 650 employees, 10 distribution centers and a commercial operation. Following the announcement in February 2014 that American Tire Distributors Holdings Inc. (ATD) would purchase ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Auto, tire, tyre
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy testified today before the Senate Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropriations at a hearing to discuss EPA's ...
Tags: EPA, certification
Private label products are helping some retailers in Western Europe Times are changing for Europe’s retail food market, and operators are consequently finding it increasingly difficult to boost sales, according to findings from ...
ICE Cotton traded slightly higher this week despite the nearby cash market grinding to a virtual standstill. Current crop export sales were just enough to support the market, while the attractiveness of SH 2014 offers at 1000 pts less than ...
Tags: Cotton Trends, cash market, crop export
Mars, Incorporated announced today a new policy to help build a fully sustainable palm oil supply chain. This sees Mars commit to both industry leading standards and develop a fully traceable pipeline back to known palm oil processing mills ...
Tags: Palm Oil, Mars, Deforestation Policies
Weibo Corp., the Chinese microblogging service often compared with Twitter, filed Friday for a US stock offering seeking to raise $500 million. The move will allow the popular Chinese-language social network to spin off from the Internet ...
Tags: Weibo, e-shopping, Computer
Bitcoin, 3-D printed candy and George Takei, the Star Trek-actor-turned-Facebook-phenomenon, are among the attractions this week at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, where the geek set is slowly filing out to make room for ...
Tags: Microsoft, digital currency, technology
Young women who spend a lot of time on Facebook tend to be more likely to be concerned about their body image and could be at increased risk for eating disorders, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at how much time 960 female ...
Tags: eating disorders, online social media site, societal messages
DCC's business Laleham Health & Beauty, which has production facilities in Alton, Hampshire, will be combined with UPL in Kirkham, Lancashire to create a business with sales of more than £75m and 500 staff. The combination will ...
In a letter to the Hamilton, Ontario city council's Steel Issues Committee Friday morning, US Steel executives said the company "respectfully declines to participate in this or future Steel Committee meetings as we believe a civic forum is ...
Tags: Steel Execs, Canadian Public
China plans to raise citygate prices of natural gas consumed by non-residential users later this year, the National Development and Reform Commission said in its work report issued Wednesday at the start of the annual session of the ...
Tags: Natural Gas, on-grid tariff