The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) called on President Barack Obama to immediately seek resolution to contract negotiations between the International Longshoremen Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX). ...
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Blue Medical, a provider of cardiovascular devices, has named Noel Coopmans as the company's new chief executive officer (CEO). Blue Medical CFO and CTO Ronald Horvers said, "His results-oriented approach, entrepreneurial spirit and ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted investigational device exemption (IDE) to STENTYS to conduct a pivotal APPOSITION V clinical study for its Self-Apposing stent. The Self-Apposing technology, which adapts vessels with ...
Robotics and automation are at the core of modern manufacturing, so when PACK EXPO owner and producer PMMI saw an opportunity to get high-school age engineers from FIRST Robotics teams involved in packaging and processing at PACK EXPO 2012, ...
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Taipei, Dec. 14, 2012 (CENS)--Contrasting most of their peers having carried out layoffs and unpaid furloughs to counter global economic doldrums, Asustek Computer Inc. and Acer Inc., Taiwan’s top two PC brand vendors, both have moved ...
According to LEDinside, the LED research division of TrendForce, major lighting markets in the world have been affected by the European debt crisis in varying degrees. Certain Chinese LED firms whose businesses rely heavily on overseas ...
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Richard Compton comes to Sytel from Azzurri Communications to take on sales for EMEA and market research. Sytel Limited,a global supplier of contact center solutions,today announced the appointment of Richard Compton as VP Sales for ...
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Cathay Financial Holdings yesterday forecast Taiwan’s gross domestic product (GDP) to rise 3.88% year on year in 2013 while Chung-Hua Institute for Economic Research projected the growth rate at 3.6%, both higher than the estimated ...
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The global market for packaging machinery is projected to reach $52.9bn by the year 2018, according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts (GIA). The worldwide economic uncertainty notwithstanding, the high-performance packaging ...
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Despite the global volatile economic outlook, the luxury goods market continues to prove resilient, according to the new luxury market research from Euromonitor International, one of the world's leading provider for global business ...
Long products market started week 49 with an optimistic trend but by middle of the week it changed to market depression with no activity. Domestic mills were faced with no interest in buying at IME as their final prices were higher by IRR ...
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Austal's Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Bellamy, said Mr Backhouse would bring considerable value to the operation, which is now focussed on the design and manufacture of naval and paramilitary vessels for the Australian and international ...
Korea Zinc has raised premiums for 2013 term shipments by around a third in Asia as smelter cut backs in China and warehousing deals curbed supply of the metal. Sources said that Korea Zinc will charge USD 120 for 2013 term shipments to ...
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Abstract The entire LED lighting supply chain can be divided into the following segments: rare earth, MOCVD equipment, sapphire ingots and substrates, LED chips, LED packaging, and LED lighting fixtures. This Digitimes Special Report ...
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Despite a backdrop of a slower global economy and continued uncertainty – notably surrounding the euro zone – global prime retail markets have proved generally resilient over the year to June, with rental growth driven in ...
Tags: luxury retailing, global prime retail markets, international brands