China's chemical sector saw its profits increase 12.2 percent year on year to 434 billion yuan ($71.06 billion) in 2013, data from the country's top economic planner showed. The sector's added value also grew by 12.2 percent year on year, ...
Tags: Chemical Fertilizer, Plastics
A new kind of paper that is made of wood fibers yet is 96% transparent could be a revolutionary material for next-generation solar cells. Coming from plants, the paper is inexpensive and more environmentally friendly than the plastic ...
Nearly 180 yarn and fibre exhibitors will participate at the Yarn Expo Pavilion, a designated fibre and yarn exhibition area within Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring Edition 2014 from 3 to 5 March 2014. The fast growing ...
Despite alfalfa’s declining acreage and use in many dairy rations, alfalfa breeders are excited about the legume’s future. The past two years, two companies have been putting considerable effort into building up their ...
Tags: Breeder, FGI, McCaslin, Robin Newell
The increase in electricity tariff will push the prices of Indonesian garments by up to 50 percent, making the industry less competitive in both domestic and export markets, Indonesian Synthetic Fiber Producers Association (Asosiasi ...
Tags: Power Tariff, Garment Prices
Cutter & Buck’s Ladies’ Golf Collection is known for its fashionable pieces that work both on and off the course, blending modern lines with innovative fabrics for a wardrobe that performs. For Fall 2014, Cutter & Buck has ...
Surgeons' best tools for locating tumors inside the body are often their hands. But during minimally invasive surgeries—which can reduce recovery time by days—the ability to examine tissue through touch, called palpation, is ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
BASF recently inaugurated a new plant in Yeosu, Korea to strengthen the supply of Ultrason polyarylsulfone, one of the company’s high performance thermoplastics. The new plant, with an annual production capacity of 6,000 metric tons, ...
Coop, a Sweden-based retail chain, has selected paperboard material Invercote Bio for its own-brand frozen berries. Manufactured by the European Iggesund Paperboard, Invercote Bio is a virgin-fiber-based board coated with bioplastic ...
Van's Natural Foods, known for its delicious, better-for-you frozen breakfast foods, extends its nutritious new snack line with the introduction of certified gluten-free, multigrain snack chips and PB&J sandwich bars. Earlier this year, ...
Tags: frozen breakfast foods, snack
INVISTA, one of the world’s largest integrated producers of polymers and fibers and owner of the LYCRA brand, and Lenzing, a leading producer of man-made cellulosics like rayon, modal, and lyocell, are working together to bring ...
Tags: integrated producers, polymers, fibers
It Works! Global, a wellness products and lifestyle company, announced the launch of Greens Chew™, a dietary supplement for antioxidant and prebiotic support. This is the first chewable supplement that It Works! is offering as part ...
We are all aware of the health benefits of "dietary fibre". But what is dietary fiber and how do we metabolise it? Research at the University of York's Structural Biology Laboratory, in collaboration with groups in Canada, the USA and ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Driven by robust performance from its fiber-related business, Japanese textile company GSI Creos Corporation witnessed a strong rise in sales revenue in the first half of FY 2013-14. The company, which is primarily engaged in the ...
Tags: GSI, fabric-related business, FY 2013-14
American adults are eating healthier diets, making better use of nutrition information on food labels, consuming more fiber and less cholesterol, and getting fewer calories from total fat and saturated fat, a federal government report says. ...