At the end of July 2013, the Swabian knitted fabrics manufacturer, Mattes & Ammann GmbH & Co. KG, became the first textile company in Germany and the EU economic area to be awarded the OEKO-TEX Sustainable Textile Production (STeP) ...
Tags: STeP Certificate, Mattes&Ammann
General lighting LED lamp sales taking off in US and APAC 29 Aug 2013 Although unit prices will drop off, both markets set for absolute growth over next 5 years, says analyst. Sales volumes of general lighting LEDs will flourish over ...
For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2013 (to end-June), LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported record revenue of $375m, up 7% on $348.9m last quarter and 22% on $306.8m a year ago, due mainly to strong sales of ...
Tags: Cree LED, Electrical, Electronics
At the PETpoint 2013 trade fair that will be held in Munich from 16 to 20 September 2013, S+S Separation and Sorting Technology GmbH in hall B3, stand 302, presents an extensive product portfolio: Sorting systems for the recycling of used ...
Tags: Pet Recycling, PETpoint
A new portfolio of folding carton products specifically engineered to meet the rigorous design demands of the upscale spirits packaging market features dyed-through board materials that offer deep color saturation that eliminates white ...
Tags: Premium Folding Cartons, Packaging, Printing
The first estimate for the euro area (EA17) trade in goods balance with the rest of the world in June 2013 gave a 17.3 billion euro surplus, compared with +12.8 bn in June 2012. The May 2013 balance was +14.5 bn, compared with +6.2 bn in ...
Tags: trade economy, economy
Second Sight Medical Products has secured Medicare coverage for its Argus II retinal prosthesis system (Argus II) designed to treat the patients affected with blindness from the untreatable orphan disease retinitis pigmentosa in both the US ...
Tags: Government Funding, Medicine
Researchers based in the USA have used a double-heterostructuring based on order-disorder properties of aluminium indium phosphide (AlInP) to produce 'amber-green' light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Theresa M. Christian et al, J. Appl. Phys., ...
Tags: LEDs, Electrical, Electronics
Zensah recently released the compression leg sleeves in four new colors to help athletes match with team uniforms: aqua, magenta, electric purple, and heather silver. Zensah incorporates technology and color into their compression ...
Tags: Leg Sleeves, Apparel
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which manufactures semiconductors, components, and subassemblies for RF, microwave and millimeter-wave applications) has filed a patent infringement suit in the US District Court for the ...
Titan LED announced on August 20 that as a result of strong continuous growth for the company's energy efficient USA-made clean tech lighting solutions; it has moved its nationwide headquarters from Moorpark, California to a larger facility ...
Research sponsored by NetSuite Inc. and the Australian Retailers Association (ARA), has revealed key findings pertaining to the adoption of the internet as a channel for the future success of Australian retailers in 2013, based on a joint ...
Following the success of similar previous facilities built for Vietnam Brewery Limited (VBL), Sidel was asked to install another high-speed, beer-canning line. The new line was the third in as many years for VBL, of which Heineken: "The ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Processing Machinery
GM corn hoax hits Mexico Alfalfa acreage increase predicted US cotton producers share latest crop findings Pitting farmers against farmers is just one of the negative consequences of U.S. policy that mandates that gasoline be blended with ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, GM corn, cotton
Launched on August 12, 2013, One Dress A Day is the first site of its kind to provide shoppers with a daily fashion fix by offering one new limited edition dress every single day, 365 days a year. Debuting with 'The Stockholm', a skater ...