Walmart announced that Kathleen McLaughlin, 48, has been named president of the Walmart Foundation, effective October 15. In addition to leading corporate giving, she will have responsibility for the company’s global ...
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Products from Tec have been endorsed by Crossville for use with its Laminam by Crossville line of large thin porcelain panels. Crossville recently launched its line of large porcelain panels for wall and floor applications through an ...
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Genia Technologies in consortium with Columbia University and Harvard Medical School, has secured a three-year $5.25m grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to develop ...
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PeopleForBikes on Monday announced $82,250 in grants to be distributed among 10 bicycling projectsin the U.S. The Community Partnership Grants required collaboration between at least one non-profit organization, one business, and one city ...
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A recent U.S. Department of Agriculture blog entry introduces Purdue University's research resulgs on LED grow lights. Banks of LED illuminate plants in greenhouses. Purdue University researchers discovered that LEDs can provide a more ...
Virginia Produce (VPC), a family-owned agricultural produce wholesaler, is set to more than quadruple the size of its manufacturing facility, while creating 75 full-time jobs. VPC currently sorts, processes, packages, and distributes a ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted more than $3.5m to various pediatric device consortia to encourage the development and availability of medical devices for children. This grants program is administered by the FDA's ...
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North American Mold Technology (NAMT) is set to establish a $4.35m manufacturing plant in Danville, Virginia to produce and refurbish the molds used to manufacture tires. Spread across 260,000ft2 area, the new plant is expected to create ...
India's Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its approval for continuation of Comprehensive Powerloom Cluster Development Scheme (CPCDS), a Central Sector Plan Scheme, during the 12th Five-Year Plan. The modified scheme ...
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Representatives of CITGO Petroleum Corporation were joined by hundreds of Bronx residents today to celebrate the 2013 edition of the CITGO-Venezuela Energy Efficient Lighting Program (EELP) at the Bronx Spanish Evangelical Church in the ...
Japanese automotive company Nissan Motor has commenced production of its new Nissan Note at its Sunderland Plant in the UK. The company had invested GBP125m in this car manufacturing plant earlier for this expansion. It also received a ...
Naturex, a France-based producer of plant-based natural ingredients, has teamed up with University of Avignon to create a new joint research laboratory, known as Optimization and Research on Extraction Technologies and Alternative Solvents ...
Adaptive Biotechnologies, a biotechnology company, has secured a $2.5m Phase II small business innovation research (SBIR) award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, a division of the NIH. The award is granted to ...
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The UK Government’s continuing support of Apprenticeships and commitment to vocational skills is having a positive effect at the sharp end of the glazing industry, according to national independent training provider, 4GE Academy. ...
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The SLL thinks it is high time the industry had a reliable and unbiased guide to lighting controls and is calling?on your help to make such a document as comprehensive as possible. Andrew Brister reports on the likely?content for the guide ...