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 ...
Wearable technology mainly concerns devices and apparel/ textiles. Devices are discrete electronic and electrical hardware sold on its own for bodywear. It may be utilised by being attached to apparel or by constituting worn accessories ...
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Many called 2013 "the Year of LVT." And with good reason: Resilient has been the fastest growing flooring category, and within this rapidly growing segment, luxury vinyl tile (LVT) is thriving (Editor's note: For the purposes of this ...
Tags: Opportunities for Retailers, the Year of LVT, LVT's durability
National and international businesses will find out how the University of Sheffield's world-class scientists and state-of-the-art facilities can take their research and development to the next level during a free networking event on ...
Federal efforts to combat health care fraud recovered a record $4.3 billion in fiscal 2013 and have recouped more than $8 for every $1 spent on enforcement over the past three years, according to an annual report released Wednesday. ...
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Healthcare service providers rely on sophisticated equipments such as X-ray machines, MRI, lithotripters, image intensifiers, scanners and fetal Doppler machines for accurate diagnosis and precise treatments. Diagnostic departments rely ...
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Invuity's Eigr Waveguide (Courtesy Invuity Inc.) Planning to accelerate commercial initiatives across its line of advanced visualization devices for minimally invasive surgery, Invuity Inc. (San Francisco) has secured $36 million in ...
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Foster Wheeler AG announced that its board of directors has recommended the payment of a cash dividend of $0.40 per registered share, subject to approval by the company's shareholders at the company's annual general meeting, to be held on ...
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By Eleanor McDermid, Senior medwireNews Reporter Research shows that patients with bipolar I disorder have reduced white matter integrity, including in the corpus callosum, which connects the brain's hemispheres. Furthermore, reduced ...
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The need to prevent and control healthcare acquired infections (HCAI) across Europe, which results in 4.5 to 5 million cases annually, is driving the hand hygiene market in Western Europe. Outbreaks of norovirus and bird flu over the past ...
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General Electric and partners BP and marine engineering company Oceaneering have jointly adapted existing medical x-ray machines to crawl along undersea pipelines looking for cracks or other problems. GE is of course a world leader in ...
Qiagen has announced the commercial launch in India of its careHPV test, the only molecular diagnostic for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) designed to screen women in settings with limited healthcare infrastructure, such as areas ...
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ZetrOZ has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for the marketing of its ultrasound pain management device sam, a wearable, long-duration, ultrasonic diathermy device for use in applying deep ...
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Noble Biomaterials, the manufacturer of X-STATIC antimicrobial technology, has announced a call for research proposals to generate hard evidence supporting the need for soft surface bacterial management in healthcare settings. The call ...
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SIMTEC Silicone Parts, a custom manufacturer of Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) parts and high-precision LSR 2-Shot components, has announced a new production partnership with a global healthcare leader. SIMTEC will begin production in 2014 ...
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