The Cotton Board of Zambia has praised the Government’s policy of careful treading in adopting commercialization of biotech or genetically modified (GM) crops, reports Lusaka Times. Releasing a report on the global status of ...
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Average silver prices in 2014 are expected to slip to around $20.440/oz from the 2013 average of $23.750/oz because of rising supply and weaker investment demand, analysts with the New York-based CPM Group said Tuesday. "Silver prices are ...
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Heavy trucks not required to be plated or pay commercial vehicle registration fees, provincial taxes and certain tolls will no longer be exempt, the Ontario government stated in the Budget's Transportation Infrastructure Funding Plan. For ...
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Following Transport and Logistics News' recent report on the TWU's concerns about road tankers (Defuse mobile bombs [dangerous tanker trucks]: TWU), our expert reader Nelson Mansfield has offered the following counter argument. Nelson ...
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FeraDyne Outdoors, LLC, the manufacturer of archery and bow hunting products and accessories, has been acquired by Snow Phipps Group, LLC, a New York-based private-equity firm. FeraDyne designs, manufactures and markets category-leading ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
This initiative, which will restore rainforest four times the size of the Lake District, has been developed with input from stakeholders including WWF, Greenpeace and NGO members of APP's Solutions Working Group. The commitment takes the ...
Sorin's just-approved Mitroflow valve (Courtesy Sorin Group) Italy's Sorin Group has announced that FDA has given its approval to the latest iteration of the company's Sorin Mitroflow aortic pericardial heart valve. This newest version ...
Dunn Tire LLC has named David Simons executive vice president and chief financial officer. He will report directly to Chairman and President Randy Clark. Simons (pictured) joined Dunn Tire as corporate controller in 1993 and has served as ...
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In 2014, Picanol will participate in a number of international trade fairs, where it will profile itself as the technological market leader in rapier and airjet weaving machines. On these occasions, Picanol will focus mainly on its new ...
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On the anniversary of the tragic collapse of Rana Plaza in Dhaka (Bangladesh), the Foreign Trade Association (FTA) highlights the efforts undertaken by European retailers and importers to contribute to the improvement of safety conditions ...
Research by Smithers Pira has determined that the authenticity and trust of brand owners and their products is growing in importance in the eyes of consumers. Given increased scrutiny in the wake of high profile food recalls over the last ...
Tags: Metal Packaging, Packaging, Printing, food packaging
Recently, the largest semitrailer trucks order of CIMC Lingyu in 2014, 100 40-stere trucks for powder material, has began its delivery. The customer is Fuhe Logistics Company of Sichuan Esheng Cement Group, an old customer of CIMC Lingyu ...
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In a development that sounds as if it was lifted from the storyline of a vampire melodrama, a British research consortium has announced that it is well on its way to producing human blood on a scale that makes transfusions into real people ...
Organic claims are appearing less on American restaurant menus Restaurants in the US have shifted their business practices to introduce a greater number and wider variety of claims that reflect trending food concerns, according to global ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
ASME conformity assessment programs—under which a company or an individual is assessed and certified based on demonstrated ability to meet the requirements of an ASME standard—continue to provide a vital service to enhancement ...
Tags: Certification, ASME, ASME Certification