Styron Europe has announced plans to sell its Expandable Polystyrene (EPS) business to RP Compounds, a subsidiary of Belgian plastic producing company Ravago, for an undisclosed sum. The sale, which is part of an agreement signed between ...
The Ghana Textile Garment and Leather Employees Union (TGLEU) has urged the Ministry of Trade and Industry to reconsider its decision to give seized pirated textiles to charity. The decision of the Ghanaian Government violates Trade ...
China's large toy industry, including its plastics-related toy makers, faces potentially stepped up scrutiny on safety and factory working conditions. The global toy industry's main certification program for ethical manufacturing among ...
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US-based Aquavit Pharmaceuticals has inked a definitive licensing agreement with U-Bio Med, a South Korea-based medical technology device firm, for the global commercialization of its microneedle device technology. The agreement offers ...
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Fiber-based packaging supplier Evergreen Packaging has entered into an intellectual property license agreement with Smart Planet Technologies to explore the development of cupstock products using EarthCoating technology. EarthCoating ...
Hydro Aluminium has entered into an agreement with the Japanese metals group Kobe Steel. The agreement comprises an exchange of technical information on aluminum coil and sheet for cars, the licensing of intellectual property and know-how, ...
Tags: Construction
“It’s been a very productive week”, said EU Chief Negotiator Ignacio Garcia-Bercero coming out of the talks. “We have been striving already for many months to prepare the ground for an ambitious trade and investment ...
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The alliance comprising top brands in lighting has endorsed the use of the ZigBee Light Link standard to ensure interoperability between connected lighting fixtures and controls in residential applications. The Connected Lighting Alliance ...
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Chinese government officials agreed to crack down on software and other piracy and to take steps to ensure that state-owned organizations use legal software. The commitments, reached during negotiations with U.S. government ...
Tags: Software
ZZZest is introducing these pillows, featuring the company’s new Breathe gel foam design, at the Las Vegas Market. ALPINE, Utah — ZZZest, a new mattress and pillow company headed by gel bedding veterans Tony and Terry Pearce, ...
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A court in Germany has found that Medtronic has infringed on Edwards Lifesciences' Spenser patent for transcatheter heart valve technology and granted an injunction banning the sale of CoreValve and CoreValve Evolut systems in the country. ...
Bluescape is attempting to revolutionize the way businesses complete projects. During your company's last budget summit, chances are the tools you used during the meeting were probably the same ones you've been using for years: Flip ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules integrated into its EnerPlex series of consumer products, has signed a framework agreement ...
Tags: Solar, Electrical, Electronics
IDG News Service - Google is benefiting in terms of advertisement revenue from YouTube videos that depict and even promote dangerous or illegal activities, two state attorneys general in the U.S. have stated in a letter to the company. ...
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New Wave AB, the Sweden-based owner of the Craft clothing brand, has bought North American distribution rights to the brand from Karhu North America, which had been distrbuting Craft here since 1999. Under its new ownership, Craft's North ...
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