Furniture Brands International posted a 4% sales decline and a $40.8 million net loss in its second quarter, and said it's working to reduce costs, pursue asset sales, and modify its credit facilities. The manufacturer and retailer ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
Reporters learned from the Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, known as 'the most serious,' the EU toy new regulations - Toy Safety Directive will be fully implemented on December 20, which accounted for 60% of toy exports of ...
The worldwide IT outsourcing market is poised to grow more slowly than previously expected, reaching $288 billion in 2013, a 2.8 percent increase from 2012, according to Gartner. Looking out further, Gartner predicts a 5.4 percent compound ...
Alstom has been awarded a contract worth more than $ 90 million for Hydro-Quebec's La Romaine 3 power house, which is one of four new power houses that make up the 1550MW La Romaine hydroelectric complex located north of the municipality of ...
Tags: Turbine, Consumer Electronics
SAP has broadened its partner program for companies that want to develop applications using its technology and then sell them through the SAP online store. While SAP already had programs aimed at mobile application development and its ...
Chico's is pleased to announce its first Denim Days campaign, a nationwide charitable initiative to collect jeans for women in need. To help raise awareness about domestic violence, Chico's will partner with the National Network to End ...
Tags: National Denim Days, Apparel
The Board of Directors of Arkema met on July 31st 2013 to close the condensed consolidated accounts of Arkema for 1st half 2013. Highlights: - €1,629 million sales, 1.7% down at constant exchange rate and scope of business - ...
Tags: Arkema, Marginal Fall
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced that it has signed the declaration of membership of the UN Global Compact. In doing so, the company is emphasizing its all-round commitment to sustainable development and being a ...
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The Government of Turkey has drafted an action plan to establish logistics centres for textile, apparel and leather sectors. According to the five year action plan 2013-2017, these logistics centres would be created to reduce the ...
Tags: Turkey Drafts, Textile
Recently, Seoul, the capital of South Korean, has announced the plan to install more LED lighting in public places, and encourage private sectors to further expand the scope of installation. All municipal government offices and public ...
Tags: LED Lights, Lighting
Spanish food processing firm Ebro Foods has reported that its net earnings for the first half of 2013 increased 5.5% to €71m, compared with €67.2m for the same period in 2012. For the period, net sales decreased 1.1% to ...
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Operations Director, Senior Architectural Systems: Since the 1st July 2013 CE Marking has become mandatory in the UK for all construction products, but what does this mean for the specifier? Mark Wadsworth, Operations Director of ...
Tags: CE Marking, Specifier
Austria-based plantmaker Siemens Metals Technologies has announced that the new sinter plant No. 2 supplied for Taiwan-based Dragon Steel Corporation recently commenced production. The new sinter plant was built as part of the steelmaker's ...
Tags: Sinter Plant, Dragon Steel
Turkish plantmaker CVS Makina has announced that the six-strand high-speed billet caster of Russia-based AEMZ Company has produced its first billets. The billet caster was supplied by CVS Makina within the scope of AEMZ Company's turnkey ...
Tags: Mineral, CVS Makina
Zynex, a provider and developer of non-invasive medical devices for electrotherapy and stroke rehabilitation, neurological diagnostics and cardiac monitoring, has inked a strategic sales, marketing and distribution agreement with US-based ...