Signs of the recovery were certainly in the air during the 6th Apparelsourcing show in Paris, which took place from 17 to 20 February in Paris Le Bourget. There was a great atmosphere of burgeoning activity throughout the four days of the ...
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Firm expands European portfolio with environmentally conscious toy line. Bigjigs Toys has expanded its European portfolio, taking over the distribution for Green Toys in the Benelux region. The deal covers Belgium, the Netherlands and ...
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An international team of scientists led by physicists from the University of York has paved the way for a new class of magnetic materials and devices with improved performance and power efficiency. Magnetic materials are currently used to ...
Major Chinese steelmaker Baosteel has announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Netherlands-based Nedschroef Group, a leading global producer of fasteners. Accordingly, Baosteel's high-strength cold forging steel will be ...
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New research shows that consumption of dark chocolate helps loosen up stiff arteries and prevents white blood cells from sticking to thickening artery walls -- two primary causes of atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is a type of hardening ...
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Dutch food firm Wessanen has signed a deal to sell its wholesale business comprising Natudis to wholesaler Vroegop Ruhe, for an undisclosed sum. The sale is part of the company's strategy to further strengthen its own brands in the ...
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Chinese dairy producer Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group has partnered with Wageningen University to establish a new R&D center in the Netherlands. Wageningen University and its R&D center are the leading scientific research ...
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Nephros, a commercial stage medical device company that develops and sells high performance liquid purification ultrafilters and Bellco, an Italy-based company focused on Dialysis and Extracorporeal Blood Purification, have signed an ...
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Global health insurer Allianz Worldwide Care has announced the launch of a new plan which offers a compliant solution for onshore healthcare to shipping companies affected by the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC 2006), commonly known as ...
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Food and beverage giant PepsiCo has extended its contract with logistics, and freight forwarding firm Norbert Dentressangle in Belgium until 2020. Norbert Dentressangle was appointed by PepsiCo BeLux in 1998, for the storage and handling ...
The exports of fabric and garments from Vietnam rose by a sharp 21.7 percent year-on-year to US$ 1.904 billion in January 2014, according to the data released by the General Department of Customs, Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance. ...
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Tryton Medical, a developer of stents designed to treat bifurcation lesions, has received CE Mark for the treatment of left main coronary artery disease. With this approval, Tryton Medical becomes the first company to earn a CE Mark for ...
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German automaker BMW Group is set to commence the production of its new MINI Hatch in the Netherlands starting summer 2014. The move follows its recent start of the production at the company's MINI plant in Oxford, England in November ...
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Green Automotive Company, a state-ofthe- art niche vehicle design, engineering, manufacturing, and sales company, driving innovation in the use of cutting edge zero and low emission technologies, today announced that its UK subsidiary ...
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The BMW Group’s record-breaking sales growth of last year continued in January 2014 with deliveries increasing by 7.8%. In the first month of the year, a total of 132,892 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand vehicles were delivered to ...
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