Heimtextil (9 to 12 January 2013) is showing a significant increase in the number of fibre and yarn exhibitors. The range of products runs the gamut from traditional materials to high-tech fibres for highly specialised applications. More ...
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German robot manufacturer Kuka AG is looking to Asia for its future. The 1.5 billion euro ($1.9 billion) company laid the foundation for a new assembly plant in Shanghai earlier this month with plans to start production in late 2013. The ...
The COMPETE Trade Hub recently returned from a high-profile Origin Africa awareness and market linkages campaign in Europe and Asia. The Trade Hub participated in three international trade shows and organized Origin Africa Pavilions in the ...
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Cloud computing is moving away from being monolithic,where Amazon Web Services(AWS)was the only major cloud service provider,to a marketplace technology,with several cloud-based service providers,as users'appetite for cloud grows,according ...
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Dutch cloud provider McCloud has chosen Amplidata object storage to support its remote backup services,over clustered NAS products from HP and NetApp. McCloud–which spoke to Computer Weekly at SNW Europe in Frankfurt this ...
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Fujitsu has announced a partnership with Violin Memory to incorporate the Silicon Valley firm's solid state drives (SSDs) into its storage arrays. The Violin 6000 system will be stocked solely with flash storage, offering a high ...
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Mulberry Group plc,the English luxury brand,is updating the market on trading for the six months to 30 September 2012. Highlights: Total revenue of£76.5m,up 6% Retail revenue of£46.5m,up 13%and up 7%like-for-like ...
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The autumn edition of the 2012 Interstoff Asia Essential concluded on a high note on 5th October at the Hong Kong Convention&Exhibition Centre,welcoming 178 exhibitors and 6,527 visitors worldwide.The three-day fair featured the latest ...
Tags: latest fabric trends, sustainable fabrics, functional fabrics
The remarkable increase of exhibitors, nearly 100 exhibitors from 11 countries and regions, an 80% from the previous year, proves that Yarn Expo is now at the right place and at the right time. Yarn Expo Autumn will be held from 22 ...
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A shift has taken place with companies running public, private and hybrid cloud. So said Jorg Liebe, chief information officer of Lufthansa Systems, during a session at VMworld Europe 2012. Headquartered in Kelsterbach, near ...
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With over 70% of space already taken up with four months left for the event, organisers of Intersec 2013 have their sights set on reaching the 1, 000 exhibitor milestone. The region s largest and most representative trade platform for ...
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The 162 firms and manufacturers from Europe,Asia,the United States and Mauritius make ApparelSourcing Paris a major rendezvous for sourcing for the European market.The ranges of products offered are diverse in terms of ranges(for ...
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Architectural and external lighting manufacturers Hess is planning an initial public offering in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange,the proceeds from which will be used mainly to finance further growth. Hess,which has been ...
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South Africa-Philips Selecon is to sponsor this year's Stage Lighting Master Class(SLMC)event in Johannesburg and Cape Town.Grant Bales-Smith,sales manager for Strand Selecon Europe,will join event host and international lighting ...
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dB Technologies Deutschland,the SGM German distributor,has announced the sale of the first 300 SGM P-5 LED washlights to some of the country's leading rental companies. Said MD,Michael Herweg,"We are delighted with the response,as this is ...
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