Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded that German apparel and footwear brands should promote workers’ rights in their global operations by publicly disclosing names of factories producing their products. “Supply chain ...
Dedicate One Corner to (Controlling) Clutter Garages are clutter magnets. There's no way around this; it's an inevitable fact of life … or is it? What if you could tame your garage's lurking clutter monster by confining to just ...
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The European Union’s (EU) rapid alert system for dangerous consumer products (RAPEX) stopped numerous substandard toys from reaching European children last year, according to European Commission statistics released today. Toy ...
US chemist David McGarvey, Ph.D, at the Army's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), on Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, and his team of researchers who are a part of a team led by the Natick Soldier Systems Center, is developing ...
Tags: army uniforms, protective suits, Self-Decontaminating Suits
US envoy to Bangladesh, Marcia Bernicat said her country would support the vision of the Bangladesh apparel export sector to reach US$ 50 billion in exports by 2021. "We will continue to work with Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and ...
Tags: RMG Exports, apparel export
A new report by Canadean expects more Africans to enter the beer market from the home brew sector, while commercial beer and premium brands forge ahead in the exploding African beer market. According to the report, the African beer market ...
Tags: Beer Market, Commercial beers
Volvo Cars has announced at the 2015 Mobile World Congress that it is exploring to use connected car technologies using in-car data and the Volvo Cloud. The Swedish automaker has developed Road Status technology, which is being piloted ...
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Hydrogen Transport in European Cities (HyTEC) consortium has announced the development of its third hydrogen passenger vehicle deployment centre in Oslo, Norway while South Korean auto maker Hyundai has joined a partner in the project. ...
Tags: hydrogen technology, ix35 Fuel Cell, Auto
Arcol has announced availability of the RW wire-wound discharge resistor. The resistor is designed for quick and easy mounting on to capacitors typically to be used as a discharge or balancing resistor. Discharge resistors are routinely ...
China's governments and industries have been making efforts to develop robots but there has been a lack of direction for the development in terms of application. There were 36,560 robots sold in the China market in 2013, growing 60% on ...
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How often do you use your garage door? Even if you open and close it only when you're leaving for work or coming home, that's a total of approximately 500 times per year. All that wear and tear puts a lot of strain on your garage door ...
Tags: pulleys, bearings, rollers, Construction
The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a proposed settlement with several companies to address the Pohatcong Valley Groundwater Contamination Superfund site in Warren County, New Jersey. ...
Safety Tip Extension springs should always be restrained with a safety cable that ties it to a solid point on the horizontal door track. This will ensure that it doesn't 'fly-off' in case the pulley, cable, or the spring itself breaks ...
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EPA Region 7 conducted a Record Keeping Inspection at Dynamic Porch & Patio., an Independence, Mo., remodeling company, in July 2014, which revealed violations of the Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule. Dynamic Porch & Patio builds ...
Tags: Painting Rule, public health, Health