NYSE listed apparel retailer, Macy’s, Inc has unveiled a series of initiatives to evolve its business model and invest in continued growth opportunities as consumers change the way they shop. These include a restructuring of ...
Tags: shopping experience, via mobile, Apparel
PPG Industries has expanded its line of SEMCO sealant removal tools with ergonomically-designed scrapers that improve efficiency of aerospace sealant removal and reduce operator fatigue. According to Dillon Desai, PPG global market ...
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Ningbo PEACEBIRD, a Chinese fast-fashion company, has chosen the fashion PLM solution by Lectra, one of the leading integrated technology solutions providers for fabrics and technical textile companies, based in France, to support its ...
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Lectra, one of the leading integrated technology solutions providers for fabrics and technical textile companies, based in France, has launched the latest release of Optiplan, its cutting room optimization solution for apparel ...
Tags: cutting room optimization solution, apparel manufacturing, Textile
Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, recently earned a Most Valuable Pollution Prevention (MVP2) Award from the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR) in the USA. This ...
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Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA, which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) for power management applications, has launched the EPC2100, the first ...
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Telecom company AT&T has introduced a new Fleet Management Solution to help transport companies increase productivity and improve safety. The service will deliver bundled solutions designed to fulfill the needs of governmental, ...
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Epicor Software Corp. is celebrating the 30th anniversary of electronic cataloging for the automotive aftermarket. The company introduced the industry’s first electronic catalog in August 1984. The first-generation Epicor eCatalog ...
Crocs, Inc. hit reverse Tuesday, saying it will trim its product line, close stores, cut back on direct investment overseas and focus on efficiency. The latest restructuring plan coincided with release of the company’s financial ...
Tags: Crocs, Stores, Sporting Goods
Hovis Bakery plans to shut its production facility in Leicester, UK, by 2015. The move could result in the loss of 200 jobs at the facility. Members of the Bakers and Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) will meet with company ...
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Ingenium, the new family of premium diesel and petrol engines designed, engineered and manufactured by Jaguar Land Rover, delivers class-leading levels of torque, horsepower and refinement while reducing emissions and fuel consumption. ...
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Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials, fabrics, leather, technical textiles and composite materials, announces the opening of its South Korean subsidiary. Lectra has been ...
Tags: Textile
Ilapak has introduced a new automated feeding and trayless flowrapping system for apples, which will allow packhouses to reduce packing costs and improve efficiency. The new system has been designed by using firm's Carrera 1000/40 ...
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Setting an EU goal to improve energy efficiency by 30% by 2030 would help cut natural gas use by 115 billion cubic meters/year and gas imports by 90 Bcm/year by 2030, compared with business as usual, according to draft European Commission ...
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The US shale gas and oil boom of recent years is "very profound, but sometimes taken out of proportion," International Energy Agency chief economist Fatih Birol said at the Flame conference in Amsterdam Tuesday. Birol said that of the ...