Last month, a basis for agreement was reached between the BFM and the GMB for a 2014 Wages & Conditions Agreement effective from the first full pay week in January 2014. The agreement covers, principally, production workers in the furniture ...
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A government and industry team led by engineers from the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL/RX) has completed a program to assess, improve, refine and validate a domestic source of supply ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
The Australian Packaging Covenant (APC) has finished the year on a high note, with its 2013 annual report revealing strong progress in all its major activities and putting it on track to meet its strategic targets for 2015. APC chief ...
Arkema has officially started its new 60,000 MTY emulsion polymers facility on its Changshu platform. The plant, part of Arkema's Coating Resins business unit, will serve customers in the Asia Pacific region with a full line of waterborne ...
Tags: Arkema, Emulsion Polymers Facility, China
Ashland Water Technologies, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., will introduce its new OnGuard i controller at the International Water Conference in Orlando, Florida, November 17-20, 2013. This first-to-market technology provides a full ...
Plant managers and engineers are constantly looking for innovative and cost-effective solutions to increase productivity and system reliability while reducing overall operating costs. Ashland Water Technologies, a commercial unit of ...
Tags: Water Treatment, Textile
The demand for big data experts in large companies is expected to more than double by 2017 to 69,000, according to a study sponsored by data analytics specialists SAS. In 2013, there were 31,000 people employed as big data specialists at ...
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The results of a new study released by the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) show that the amount of water used to produce bottled water products is less than all other types of packaged beverages. On average, only 1.39 liters ...
The Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) is pleased to announce the release of the newly revised SMRP Standardized Metrics. The revisions feature the highly anticipated "best in class target values," which provide ...
Business critical applications should be analysed before being moved to the cloud, according to cloud provider Intechnology's product director, Stefan Haase. Speaking at Computing's Data Centre Summit held today in London, Haase ...
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In conjunction with its recent Global Partner Week event, Visual 2000 International Inc has released major new versions of its Visual PLM.net (V5) and Visual ERP.net (V8) fashion software. Held earlier this month, the annual business ...
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NGC Software announced version 14 of its PLM, Supply Chain Management (SCM) and ERP solutions, bringing new accuracy and efficiency to all areas of product development and supply chain execution for retailers, brands and consumer goods ...
Tags: ERP Platforms, NGC
DENSO Products and Services Americas Inc. has appointed David Williams manager of the Strategic Planning department in Long Beach, Calif. In his new position, Williams will oversee the daily operations of the department, which the company ...
Armstrong Fluid Technology has launched an automated control solution designed to drive additional energy savings from chiller plant. Interfacing seamlessly with the existing building automation system, the Armstrong Opti-Visor controls ...
Tags: Processing Machinery, energy-using components, components
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a draft decision proposing to grant conditional authorisation for three years for Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand Limited to continue their trans-Tasman alliance. "The ...