Dow Chemical, which wants to hive off its various stakes in Kuwait’s chemical and petrochemical sectors, will offer its shares to Kuwaiti citizens as an initial public offering (IPO). Kuwait's state news agency KUNA quoted Public ...
Tags: petrochemical sectors, Dow Chemical, Textile
Australia and India will work more closely in developing skills in the transport and logistics sector under a new industry partnership to be signed later this month. Australia’s Transport and Logistics Industry Skills Council ...
An innovative technology made headlines recently by allegedly offering users the ability to measure the quality of olive oil. The device comes from China, where there is an enormous problem with illegally reprocessed cooking oil appearing ...
Tags: olive oil, illegally reprocessed cooking oil, Agriculture
“Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) chemical and petrochemical producers have reduced energy consumption per ton by 8% over the last two years through technical renovations,” says a sustainability report. According to the Gulf ...
Despite the lower-than-expected numbers, exhibitors indicated positive experiences at the recently concluded the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) trade event - Specialty Fabrics Expo 2014 and Advanced Textiles Exp. "I ...
Tags: Ifai Expo, Low Visitor Numbers, Apparel
A record-breaking number of delegates came together at FESPA’s fourth Digital Textile Conference, which took place on 2nd October 2014 in Milan, Italy, to expand their knowledge of digital textile printing. More than double the ...
Tags: digital textile printing, Textile
Italian producer of fibres and polyamides, RadiciGroup presented at the recently held ‘General Assembly of the Green Economy’, a conference attended by about 2,000 delegates. The conference was held during ECOMONDO, the 18th ...
“We need to change how fashion is made and consumed” said the H&M CEO, Karl-Johan Persson, while speaking about the role played by his company in the sustainable fashion industry at the just held BSR conference, a forum which ...
Tags: transparency and transformation, social sustainability, Apparel
Messe Frankfurt, organizers of Heimtextil said they are enlarging offering of digital printing products and information at the trade show which runs from January 14-17, 2015. In addition to an extended ‘Digital Print’ product ...
Tags: Digital textile printing, Textile
Top industrial associations of Pakistan have urged Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL), one of the largest integrated gas companies in Pakistan, engaged in the business of transmission and distribution of natural gas, to reverse its ...
Brazil’s long products market should face a challenging year in 2015, despite a low increase in production, domestic sales and as well as in the country’s apparent consumption, an executive at Gerdau said during the Alacero ...
Tags: Long Steel Production, Domestic
The 12th annual Michelin Challenge Bibendum is being held this week in Chengdu, China. The event brings together members of both the private and public sectors to examine sustainable mobility, with this year’s conference focusing on ...
Tags: Michelin, Auto Parts
Heimtextil is enlarging its offering of products and information on the topical theme of digital printing. In addition to an extended Digital Print product segment in Hall 4.0, the successful European Digital Textile Conference by WTIN will ...
Schaeffler Group USA Inc. has launched a full line of premium bearings and seals through its FAG brand for the North American aftermarket. In a news conference during the 2014 Automotive Aftermarket Product Expo in Las Vegas last week, ...
Tags: FAG Bearings, Seals