The wearables market is perhaps $3 billion to $5 billion today, rising to perhaps $30 billion to $50 billion over the next three to five years, the analysts forecast, adding that there may be upward of 15% of smartphone owners who end up ...
Tags: Failure, Wearable, Electronics
Switzerland-based OEKO-TEX has introduced a new certificate for textiles– ‘Made in Green by OEKO-TEX’, which proves that the textiles are safe in terms of human ecology and are additionally produced in a sustainable and ...
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China stands to gain much more than oil from deepening Western sanctions on Russia. Already in May, Moscow's tenuous international position prompted it to make concessions in order to sign a landmark gas supply agreement – the "Power ...
Tags: Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
UPS recently gave me a tour of the company’s 5.2 million square foot Worldport facility in Louisville, KY. This overnight shipping/sorting facility accepts, sorts, and reloads at a rate of 416,000 packages per hour (that’s 115 ...
Tags: UPS, Supply Chain World, Electronics
The environmental sustainability promoting NGO, Redress, has recently launched the R Cert recycled textile clothing standard, a verification standard that aims to educate consumers about the recycling process and the environmental savings ...
Tags: recycled textile, clothing
Expandable Software, Inc., a leading provider of integrated business management systems for growing medical device and high tech manufacturers, announced today the introduction of Expandable CRM, a web-based sales force automation and ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, CRM Modules
Philips Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has expanded beyond its LED product offerings to include the Matrix Platform, consisting of turnkey LED solutions using components, optics and LUXEON LEDs assembled on a wide selection of board types. ...
Tags: Lumileds, Matrix Platform, LED Boards
In the 21st century, society is increasingly aware of the environmental and social performance of supply chains and consumers. Twenty-two metals and mining companies and 32 national and regional mining associations and global commodity ...
Tags: Metals, Mining, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The scheme, which currently operates within the M25, provides a cost-efficient collection and recycling service to help paper cup manufacturers and organisations operating within the supply chain reduce their operating costs and improve ...
Tags: Huhtamaki, 'Simply Cups', Packaging
WASHINGTON – The EPA today announced the 2014 winners of the coveted SmartWay Excellence Awards. The awards honor freight industry companies who model environmental leadership and innovation as they move goods across America. ...
A new study commissioned by International Apparel Federation (IAF) explores the increased relative power of the garment industry in developing countries vis-à-vis the global apparel system. IAF says its truly global membership is a ...
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Australian beef supplier Bindaree Beef has signed a contract with China to airfreight shelf ready beef cuts to the country’s supermarket chains. Bindaree will select, prepare and package individual beef cuts that are used as ...
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The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI), the apex industry chamber of the textiles and clothing industry of India, is organizing the 8th Asian Textile Conference (ATEXCON) on the 22nd and 23rd of September in Mumbai. The ...
LCD TV shipments are expected to reach 229 million units in 2015, up from 217 million in 2014, and are expected to further grow to 245 million in 2017. According to supply chain estimates, shipments will increase 3-5% on year throughout ...
Tags: LCD TV, OEMs, Electronics
China's manufacturing sector expanded in August but at a significantly slower pace, as production rates and new orders softened. The Flash China Manufacturing PMI, published by HSBC in conjunction with Markit Economics, fell 1.4 points to ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, China Manufacturing