Taiwan's Formosa Chemical and Fiber Corp is maintaining run rates at its three aromatics plants at 90-100% of capacity despite paraxylene production margins remaining poor, a company source said last Friday. The price spread between Asian ...
Tandus Centiva has announced that effective immediately, Powerbond Cushion installations utilizing #54 Seam Weld or C-XL Water Based Seam Sealer will no longer require moisture vapor emission rate (MVER) testing or relative humidity (RH) ...
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Shanghai's market watchdog announced Monday that some batches of products produced by leading foreign fashion brands, including H&M, FOREVER 21, American Apparel, Diesel and Lacoste, failed in the city's latest quality tests. According to ...
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Fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar, of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, has reported financial results for Q1 2014, which ended July 28, 2013, including "all-time record sales for a quarter",? according to executive ...
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General Mills, a US-based food company, has initiated a voluntary recall of a limited quantity of refrigerated Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls with Icing, as the dough used may contain fragments from a broken piece of plastic on the production ...
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As the football season shifts into high gear, televisions across the nation will display pigskin drama aplenty. I enjoy watching 'Hail Mary' touchdown tosses as the clock expires, and goal-line stands at the 1-foot line. Football is a ...
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Gevo, Inc. announced that Greg Roda has joined the company as Chief Commercial Officer. In this role, Roda will be responsible for all business development activities for the Company. "Greg's background is ideally suited to leading ...
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Argentina’s Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Lino Baranao, presented a model for development of a textile value chain for processing of guanaco fibre in Malargue city of Mendoza province. The model aims at ...
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Japan Exlan Co., Ltd is a Toyobo Group company engaged in manufacturing and marketing EXLAN acrylic fibers and acrylate fiber materials. In the aim of developing a business in the European market, Japan Exlan will be participating at the ...
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Textile executives from 17 countries will visit the U.S. Cotton Belt during the biennial COTTON USA Orientation Tour. The participants will learn about U.S. cotton and how the fiber is produced, processed and marketed. The 35 ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced it will spend more than $45 million for 38 new projects that will research and develop vehicle technologies to improve fuel efficiency, lower transportation costs and protect the environment. ...
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An optical interconnect introduced by Intel on Wednesday may someday slim down cabling throughout data centers if the company can get enough vendors to mass-produce it. The interconnect, which Intel is calling MXC, is designed to offer ...
SEACOM has embarked on an ambitious effort to dominate Africa’s regional and global Internet transit market by signing agreements with three European Internet Exchange points. The partnership with France IX, London Internet Exchange ...
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INVISTA, one of the world's largest integrated producers of polymers and fibers has teamed up with Vardhman group, one of India’s largest core spinners, to develop spun yarns with LYCRA T166L Fiber that has been specially designed for ...
Tags: Stretch Woven Fabrics, Textile
Yoplait has introduced a new yogurt Fruitful in six flavors, Pineapple, Strawberry, Mango Pineapple & Orange, Blueberry, Peach and Cherries & Red Berries. The company said that Fruitful, a yogurt blended with 1/3 cup real fruit in each ...
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