The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed fire retardant coatings that are environmentally friendly. Applied to polyurethane foam, the bio-based coatings greatly reduced the flammability of the common ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Cannes Lions is the world's biggest celebration of creativity in Design and Communications. Benchmarking innovation, it's the home of the great ideas changing the ways brands interact with their customers. The 61st Cannes Lions ...
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SCHWING announces their participation in the upcoming ITMA and CITME ASIA 2014 exhibition in Shanghai by exhibiting in Hall W1, Booth F14. They will be demonstrating their equipment by highlighting the latest advanced thermal cleaning ...
Ford Motor Company, a US-based automotive company, has introduced its Lightweight Concept vehicle, built using advanced materials including new metals, alloys and composites as a part of its research for future weight-reduction solutions. ...
The Ministry of Industry has issued a new Decree of Minister of Industry No. 07/M-IND/PER/2/2014 for the compulsory implementation of Indonesian National Standard (SNI) 7617:2013. SGS has been accredited for SGS Textile Testing Laboratory ...
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Chia seeds may have potential in food product development Chia gel, created when chia seeds are placed in water, could have great potential in food product development as a thickener and emulsifier, as well as a stabiliser in frozen ...
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The report, "Ceramic Coatings Market by Technology (Thermal Spray, PVD, CVD, Others), by Type (Oxide, Carbide, Nitride - Coatings) and by Application (Transportation & Automotive, Energy, Aerospace & Defense, Healthcare) - Global Trends & ...
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The Secretariat of Economy (SE), Government of Mexico, has concluded an antidumping investigation and imposed a definitive antidumping duty on imports of synthetic fibre (man-made fibre or MMF) blankets from China. Imports of synthetic ...
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Turkish petrochemical producer Petkim Thursday increased the prices of polyolefins by $15-20/mt, sources said. Petkim was not immediately available to confirm. New list prices for low density polyethylene, high density PE injection ...
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Packaging company Huhtamaki Molded Fiber Europe has expanded its Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody (CoC) certification to include its complete operations in Europe. To confirm conformance to the FSC Reclaimed Standard ...
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Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical network systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), has announced the completion of a multi-terabit ...
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The Caribbean Container (CCI) has commissioned a $44m waste recycling plant at its facility in Farm East Bank Demerara, Guyana, South America. The new facility is a part of the company's strategy to strengthen its recycling capabilities ...
World 2014/15 cotton mill use is forecast at 111.8 million bales, up 2 percent from 2013/14, reflecting an expanding global economy. The two largest consuming countries are China and India, with a combined cotton mill use of over 60 million ...
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Proposed changes to food labels for all manner of information pertaining to fat, calories and carbs will give better, clearer information to shoppers, according to a Kansas State University human nutrition specialist. K-State Research ...
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Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is set to open a new sweetener and soluble-fiber manufacturing facility at the port of Tianjin in North China – the company’s first wholly-owned food ingredient production facility in China. ...
Tags: Food Ingredients Facility, ADM