The European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment’s (Europen) managing director Veronique Bagge, who was appointed seven months ago, has quit the organization. Earlier in January, she replaced Julian Caroll as the ...
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TATA Steel has launched a pitch for a public affairs and corporate agency just weeks after the firm announced UK job cuts. The Indian owned steel manufacturer is understood to have issued a brief last week that called on agencies to ...
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When the Chinese energy giant Hanergy decided last week to buy Miasole,a Silicon Valley-based thin-film solar company,at less than a tenth the amount venture capitalists had invested in the firm,it could have been making a savvy move.Though ...
Nestle USA has appointed Hannah Coan vice president of corporate and brand affairs. Coan will replace Laurie MacDonald who is retiring. Nestle communications chief Scott Remy said she brings a "wealth of experience" to the post and will ...
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The National Wooden Pallet and Container Association (NWPCA) announced today that Brent J. McClendon, CAE, executive vice president (EVP) of the International Wood Products Association (IWPA), has been selected as the new president and CEO ...
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There are mainly three kinds of etiquettes in China. The first category is the daily life etiquette: including meeting etiquette, introduction etiquette, conversation etiquette, banquet etiquette, reception etiquette, dance ...
Various environment protection and health groups in Taiwan have sought a ban on expansion of the naphtha cracker operated by the Formosa Plastics Group in Yunlin County’s Mailiao Township. Representatives of the Changhua Medical ...
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PPG Industries announced that Bryan Iams has been named vice president,corporate communications and marketing,effective Oct.1.Iams will report to J.Rich Alexander,executive vice president.In this role,Iams will be responsible for directing ...
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Ikea is planning a store here at the site of a vacant shopping center in the suburb of Merriam, Kan., a move that will increase its Midwestern presence and give the Sweden-based home furnishings retailer its 40th U.S. ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services, and Sir Ratan Tata Trust plan to ...
In partnership with the World Green Building Council, Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is enabling the development of more 'Green Buildings' by turning innovative and intelligent lighting solutions into people benefits in ...
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STOCKHOLM -- Ikea will accelerate its store opening pace over the next few years, as it aims for a bigger share on the market in the face of the global economic slowdown, according to reports by The Wall Street Journal and Reuters news ...
Health insurer WellPoint (WLP) chair and chief executive Angela Braly has stepped down from her post. The company has appointed John Cannon, the company's executive vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary and chief public ...
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With the first half of 2012 experiencing favorable weather conditions, gains in residential and nonresidential construction activity and robust gains in cement intensities, the new forecast from the Portland Cement Association (PCA) nearly ...
Beck Joins the Company as Chief Communications Officer Lighting Science Group Corporation (OTCBB: LSCG), one of the world's leading LED lighting manufacturers, announced today that it has hired Andrew "Andy" Beck to serve as chief ...
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