Standard Insurance, a subsidiary of StanCorp Financial Group, has launched online educational modules for its group disability and life insurance customers, to simplify their understanding of available insurance policies. The newly ...
European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has advocated to impose mandatory cyber insurance for firms and urged insurance firms to develop related schemes, which will assist them to save reputational damage. The agency in ...
Tags: ENISA, mandatory insurance, CSO
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is seeking submissions on a proposed change to infant formula requirements in the Food Standards Code. FSANZ is evaluating an application to reduce the minimum required level of L-histidine in ...
Tags: infant formula requirements, submissions on a proposed change
The lighting, based on field-induced polymer electroluminescent (FIPEL) technology, also gives off soft, white light – not the yellowish glint from fluorescents or bluish tinge from LEDs. "People often complain that fluorescent ...
Tags: FIPEL, field-induced polymer electroluminescent, lighting, LEDs
Were we not promised super-thin bendable, flexible and rollable organic LED (OLED) displays? Phones like Samsung's Galaxy and HTC's Desire have shown us that the rigid versions can deliver stunning images. So where are those flexies? It ...
About 80 million clean diesel vehicles will be sold globally from 2012 to 2018, according to a report from Pike Research, a part of Navigant's Energy Practice. The report found that sales of clean diesel vehicles, including light-duty ...
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The Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA) will take its case to Canberra calling on the federal Government to reverse last week’s decision to slash $7 mill from a targeted program for retrenched workers in TCF ...
Tags: TCFUA, TCF industry, dramatic cut, redundant workers
The Ministry of Textiles and The Indian Silk Export Promotion Council (ISEPC) in association with Textiles Committee, under the Ministry of Textiles is organising a Capacity Building Programme (CBP) under the project “Implication of ...
Tags: Textiles Committee, Textiles Exports, Clothing Exports, textile industry
Scotland-based Glen Scotia Distillery has selected Leeds-based Brand Britain to develop new packaging design for its Glen Scotia single malt whisky, as part of its major investment plans. Glen Scotia Distillery has redesigned the ...
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German carmaker BMW is planning to build a new assembly plant in Brazil, marking its entry into Latin America's luxury car market. BMW's move follows uncertainity after the Brazilian federal government begun imposing additional barriers ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted two new patents including Patent No. 8,793,727 and 8,293,728 to Amarin's ultra pure omega-3 fatty acid product. The patents include application No.12/702,889 and 13/349,153 for ...
Vodacom (VOD) has obtained a long-term insurance license to venture into South African insurance industry from regulatory agency, Financial Services Board (FSB). The current license is a long term along with the short term license granted ...
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India has a long and hot summer with temperatures around 35-48 degrees Celsius from March-September.The average annual sunshine hours in India exceeds 2,000 hours,making it a suitable country for developing solar energy.The northwestern and ...
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All Pakistan Mills Association (APTMA) and the US Consulate have agreed on a joint working strategy for resolving the issues confronting the industrial growth of Pakistan due to a limited US market access. This consensus was evolved ...
Tags: textile body, textile market, textile industry, textile tariff lines
This year’s Australian International Sourcing Fair (AISF), co-located with the China Chamber of Clothing & Textiles, is all about making business easier. Bigger than ever before with more products in each category and many previous ...
Tags: Sourcing Fair, Clothing, textiles, home wares, sporting gear products