About Inmetro National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (Inmetro) was created by law in December, 1973, to support t Brazilian enterprises, to increase their productivity and the quality of goods and services. ...
The main objective of Technological Information is to meet the needs and expectations of the clients and to contribute to the technological knowledge of Metrology and Quality, taking into consideration the development and competitiveness of ...
The main objective of the Quality Department of Inmetro is to provide companies of the productive sector, the regulating bodies and the consumers of Conformity Assessment programs, the rules and technical regulations, aiming to seek the ...
The market has felt deflated ever since the wild ride on March 26, during which the spot contract shot up to a high of 97.35 cents/lb before dropping more than 500 points below that level by the end of the session. From a technical ...
Tags: Cotton Futures, Xinjiang cotton
The Government of Peru has made it clear that it is not in favour of giving subsidies for cotton farming, and instead it is willing to promote growing of other crops to remain competitive in the market. The Government cannot persist ...
Tags: Peruvian Govt, Cotton Farming, Subsidies
Mark Birrell will succeed Sir Rod Eddington as the new chairman of Infrastructure Australia. Upon his term's expiry on 8 April 2014, Sir Rod has been side-shifted to the APEC Business Advisory Council at the request of the Prime Minister. ...
The European Union will assist the Zimbabwean cotton industry in developing a cotton-to-clothing strategy that aims at enhancing development and competitiveness of the sector, according to a statement from the Delegation of the EU to ...
Tags: Cotton-to-Clothing, cotton, clothing
Germany is the largest market for Spanish yarn, according to a report by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. In January 2014, Spanish yarn exports to Germany were valued at €6.64 million, showing an increase of ...
In a move to better serve its customers in North and Latin America, the global chemical company Oxea has started basic engineering for a 2-Ethylhexanol (2-EH) and a Propanol unit at its world-scale production plant at Bay City, Texas. Both ...
Tags: Construction, Chemicals
The Mexican Government would continue to support the National Chamber of Apparel Industry (CANAIVE) in order to increase productivity and competitiveness of the apparel sector of the country, said Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo ...
Tags: Apparel Sector Growth, Mexican Govt, CANAIVE
A powerful network of supercomputers will be built in Japan over the next decade, centered around a next-generation exascale machine and coordinated with projects designed to boost industrial use of the technology. This policy vision, ...
Tags: Supercomputer, Computer Products, Electrical, Electronics
Panel makers have order visibility for handset panels for 3G handsets through April 2014 but are pessimistic the orders will fade out through the second quarter of the year as demand for 4G units in markets such as China is expected to ...
Tags: Panel, 3G Handsets
Maple Leaf Foods today announced changes to its organizational structure and leadership that will be effective upon completing the sale of its 90% ownership in Canada Bread Company, Inc. to Grupo Bimbo, S.A.V. de C.V., which is expected to ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Worldwide software revenues totaled US$407.3 billion in 2013, a 4.8% increase from 2012 revenues of US$388.5 billion, according to Gartner. The software industry is in the middle of a multi-year cyclical transition as organizations are ...
Tags: Software Market, software industry
As part of Economic Action Plan 2014, the Government of Canada today tabled new legislation intended to improve the level of protection for workers handling hazardous materials in the workplace. The proposed legislative changes to the ...