U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today recognized the accomplishments of organizations and businesses in the Great Lakes region participating in EPA's Food Recovery Challenge program. EPA works with organizations through the Food ...
Tags: supermarket chain, Agriculture
Canadian Methanol producer, Methanex said its adjusted net income climbed 21.21 per cent from a year ago quarter for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2014. Methanex posted adjusted net income of $80 million or $0.85 per share on a ...
For the full year of 2014, sales at global specialty chemical company, Eastman Chemical grew by just 2 per cent over 2013 to $9.5 billion. Operating earnings for 2014 amounted to $1.6 billion, a slight increase compared with 2013, while ...
Tags: end-market demand, hygiene, Apparel
US based apparel marketer Gap Inc said it will close its Piperlime brand, including the online platform and the only store in New York, by the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2015. The Piperlime brand is by far the smallest of the ...
In America, the FDA’s current position is that BPA is safe at the current levels occurring in foods. In 2014, FDA experts from across the agency, specialising in toxicology, analytical chemistry, endocrinology, epidemiology, and other ...
Tags: toxicology, analytical chemistry, endocrinology, Agriculture
The Welsh government has confirmed it will implement the UK government’s proposed regulation for standardised packaging of all cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco products. Last week, the UK government confirmed its plans to ...
Tags: Cigarette Packaging Legislation, tobacco products, Agriculture
Lentuo International ("Lentuo" or the "Company"), a leading non-state-owned automobile retailer headquartered in Beijing, today announced that it has begun a strategic expansion into the electric vehicle ("EV") and plug-in hybrid EV ("PEV") ...
Tags: electric vehicle, plug-in hybrid EV, Auto
Ford has issued two safety recalls due to issues with door handle and safety belt fastener in North America. Around 205,000 units of 2010-2013 manufactured Ford Taurus, Lincoln MKS and Ford Police Interceptor sedans have issues with ...
Tags: Safety Recalls, safety belt fasteners, Auto
2XU has added professional athlete and World Champion Triathlete Craig “Crowie” Alexander and his triathlon coaching company Sansego to its growing portfolio of rand ambassadors. Crowie will train, compete and recover in 2XU ...
Tags: wetsuits, compression wear, cycle, Sporting Goods
The European Union (EU) is likely to dismiss Germany-based SolarWorld AG's request for a renewed anti-circumvention investigation and instead will review the minimum price and annual quota set in 2013 on imports of PV modules from China, ...
Tags: PV modules, minimum price, Lights
Stryker Corp. is still on the prowl for acquisitions, although it isn’t naming names, the company’s CEO told analysts this week. Kalamazoo, MI–based Stryker Corp. has been eyeing British company Smith & Nephew Plc and ...
Arjowiggins Healthcare Arjowiggins Healthcare increases the number of manufacturing campaigns for its polymer-reinforced breathable webs to meet booming market demand. Sterimed, a division of Arjowiggins Healthcare, is happy to announce ...
Tags: puncture-prone medical devices, polymer-reinforced materials, Health
3M has reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.81 per share, an increase of 11.7 percent versus the fourth quarter of 2013. Sales grew 2.0 percent year-on-year to $7.7 billion. Organic local-currency sales grew 6.3 percent with acquisitions ...
Tags: income margins, shareholders, Construction
BASF is expanding its production footprint in Asia Pacific with the start-up of its first production plant for polymer dispersions in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia. This production plant is built at the existing BASF production site, located in ...