Researchers, from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore claim that it takes a four mile run to burn off a bottle of fizzy drink and a 5.6-mile hike to shake off a double cheeseburger. They feel that putting that ...
Tags: Calorie-Burning Effort, Labels
As December declined 38 points to close at 63.56 cents/lb, while March shed 56 points to close at 61.71 cents/lb, New York cotton futures moved slightly lower this week. Another round of severe weather in the Delta and Southeast ...
Tags: Cotton Futures, cash cotton
As part of the Obama Administration’s effort to cut energy waste and double energy productivity by 2030, the US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced solid-state lighting (SSL) research & development funding opportunity ...
Tags: DOE, opportunity, Electronics
Demand for LED lighting products for the fourth quarter will be weak as LED lighting vendors took deliveries in the second and third quarters for products to be launched in the fourth, and some will adjust inventories through the end of the ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED Products
Consumer goods giants Procter & Gamble (P&G) has expanded its sustainability goals to conserve resources, protect environment and improve social conditions. As a part of its efforts towards sustaining environment, it will also try to ...
Tags: P&G, Recycled Resin, Packaging
The flatbed digital printer is part of a wider package supplied by Fujifilm, which includes Uvijet OL inks and a fully automated handling system. DS Smith is the first packaging company in the world to place an order for the complete ...
Tags: DS Smith, Digital Print Package
Ted Coulson, managing director of CCL Concept and Developments, has created the Bandalero Pack. Speaking to Packaging News, he said that his development targeted multi packs. With each cycle, up to 12 products are fed side by side ...
Tags: multi packs, Flow Wrapping
Double Coin Holdings LLC and its American subsidiary, China Manufacturers Alliance LLC (CMA), plan to fight the U.S. Department of Commerce’s preliminary decision to impose a duty of 105% on CMA’s imports of off-the-road (OTR) ...
Tags: Antidumping, AD rate
This is a double washing machine, which can separate the clothes to wash, and the difference between others is having a more layer for washing lingerie (or other clothing). You know, the skin of easy allergy people will separate to ...
Indian flexible packaging firm Uflex is planning to build a new $325m packaging plant in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat. Scheduled to start production in early 2016, the new plant is part of the company's three-year investment plan to ...
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The Ford Fusion is continuing to gain market share in large part due to design-conscious buyers in California. The midsize sedan segment in the U.S. overall continues to grow in sales volume, but as a percentage of total sales the segment ...
Tags: Ford Fusion, Sales, Accessories
Europe is showing a steady recovery after several economically depressed years with growth in local currencies of 6.5% in 2013, up slightly from the 5.3% growth rate of the prior year to $23,597 million from $21,747 million. The European ...
Tags: Sports Goods, e-commerce
Interim Victorian Transport Association (VTA) CEO Peter Anderson has urged political parties to ‘take the blinkers off” and look at the bigger picture rather than focusing on just one piece of the puzzle. Mr Anderson said the ...
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The International Manufacturing Technology Show 2014 (IMTS 2014) of Chicago, held Sept. 8-13, brought Taiwan's exhibitors some US$50 million of orders on-site, suggesting bright market outlook for the island's machine-tool makers at least ...
Tags: Machine Tool, vertical lathes
Nike Inc. announced that Cindy Davis, president of Nike Golf, plans to retire from Nike. Davis joined Nike Golf USA as general manager and has served as president of Nike Golf since 2008. "We thank Cindy for her leadership throughout the ...
Tags: Nike, President, Recreation