The Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria (FADAN) has proposed to build a garment production hub in Lagos, according to a report by The Nigerian Observer. The Lagos state coordinator of the association, Mr. Kolawole Kuddus said they ...
Tags: Apparel
AkzoNobel has been ranked number one on the influential Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for the third consecutive year. The latest listing places the company first out of more than 350 companies in the Materials industry group, ...
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A British watchmaker has called time on the Swiss domination of the luxury timepiece industry. Christopher Ward, founded by Mike France, Peter Ellis and Chris Ward, has created a brand new, British-owned watch movement, breaking away ...
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Truckers have another option under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Oberon Fuel's biogas-based dimethyl ether (DME). The EPA approved Oberon Fuel's biogas-based DME as meeting its RFS and ...
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Matteo Renzi, Italian prime minister, and Enrico Rossi, president of the region of Tuscany, held talks at the weekend with JSW Steel chairman Sajjan Jindal, as the Indian giant considers investing in some of the country's steel assets. The ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
Future Group, one of the top retail groups in India, has planned to invest in omni-channel retailing, by implementing the omni-commerce suite by hybris, a company owned by SAP. Omni-channel retailing, the next step in multi-channel ...
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RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has announced the preliminary results of its special meeting of shareholders held to approve its agreement and plan of merger and reorganization with RF front-end component maker TriQuint ...
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Taiwan government announces ambitious goal for the 3D printing industry.Taiwan's?Premier Jiang Yi-huah has announced the goal of helping Taiwan's 3D-printing industry boost production capacity to capture?30% of global market for 3D printers ...
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Earlier this year, Flooka opened its doors as a premier dining destination situated at the Eastern Mangroves Promenade in Abu Dhabi. The Bait installation by Baroncelli is the restaurant's striking centrepiece – a dazzling glass ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, LED, Spotlighting, LED Spotlighting
IFA in Berlin, the global trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances, presents the latest products and innovations in the heart of Europe's most important regional market. Only IFA offers such a comprehensive overview ...
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Last month the EU proposed a tough set of waste recycling targets that have been met with much resistance by the packaging industry. The new proposals revolve around the aim for 80% of packaging waste materials to be recycled by 2030. ...
As clients are adjusting inventories of LED chips used in backlighting and lighting, demand for LED chips in the third quarter of 2014 will significantly decrease sequentially, according to chairman Lee Biing-jye of Taiwan-based LED ...
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New inspirations and fresh impulses will be in the (garden) air again this late summer. From 31.08 to 02.9.2014, Cologne will once again be the meeting place for the garden industry. Be there, when around 40,000 trade visitors ...
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FreeFOAM project partner The Association of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry of the Slovak Republic (ZCHFP) generously hosted the third meeting of the FreeFOAM consortium at their facilities in Bratislava in June. The FreeFOAM project ...
Ralph Lauren Corp. has unveiled the high-performance, fashion-forward Polo Tech shirt on opening day of the US Open. The Polo Tech shirt is an innovative new product from a fashion brand that merges biometrics into active lifestyle apparel, ...
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