PPG Industries has posted a new video about specifying glass to accommodate wind and snow loads to the PPG Glass Education Center, a comprehensive website that helps architects, specifiers, students and construction industry professionals ...
Tags: architects, specifiers, students, Construction
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently recognized the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League for the team’s achievements in reducing food waste. The Stars participated in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge, which ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (US DOE) have resolved alleged violations of hazardous waste requirements at the Hanford Site near Richland, Washington. By ensuring that hazardous waste ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized Odebrecht USA, in Coral Gables, Fla. as the WaterWise “Small Business Partner of the Year.” Nationally, 14 WasteWise participants, that include research ...
Falling LNG costs and rising domestic gas prices in China have made opportunistic purchases increasingly attractive for non-traditional LNG buyers, which are now putting pressure on state-owned terminal operators to gain access to their ...
Tags: LNG prices, LNG market
Net profits surged 17 per cent from a year ago period at Swedish apparel retailer H&M Group for the full fiscal year ended November 30, 2014. The Group’s profit after tax increased to SEK 19,976 million or corresponding to SEK 12.07 ...
Tags: apparel retailer, network expansion, Apparel
A Pakistani yarn merchants' body has demanded that the Pakistan government impose 15 per cent regulatory duty on cotton yarn imports from India on back of surge in imports. Addressing the media, senior office bearers at Pakistan Yarn ...
Tags: cotton yarn, raw materials, Textile
Japanese barcode printing, labelling, and RFID solution major SATO took a majority stake in Russia-based label manufacturer Okil-Holding, JSC, a move which will strengthen its position in the BRIC region. Acquiring approximately 75% of ...
Capital Brewery is delaying its expansion project in Sauk City, in the US state of Wisconsin for at least three to six months. This comes after Capital Brewery operations director Brian Destree has decided to step down as the person in ...
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Hiwin Technologies Corp., a major Taiwan-based manufacturer of linear guide ways and ball screws, reported revenue of NT$15.08 billion (US$471.25 million) throughout 2014, rising 21.3% from 2013's NT$12.44 billion (US$388.81 million) to ...
Australian vegetable growers have said they support the Australian Greens’ Party Leader Christine Milne’s push for clearer Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL) on food, claiming that the current system needs refining if consumers ...
Tags: food industry, Agriculture
The age-old parental advice to “eat your fruits and vegetables” has taken hold. From 2003 to 2013, global consumption of fresh foods — fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, and eggs — grew by 20 per cent to ...
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A probiotic treatment for peanut allergy has been successfully trialled by Australian researchers at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. The researchers said their findings showed that there was potential for a long term cure ...
Dessert brand Sara Lee has launched a new range of single serve desserts in Australia. The Sara Lee Singles range includes three varieties: New York Baked Cheesecake, Raspberry and Chocolate Fudge, and Creme Brulee. Each dessert comes in ...
Tags: family dessert, Agriculture
The latest figures from the British Coatings Federation show that for the second consecutive year, paint sales have outperformed GDP, with an increase of 5 percent in volume during 2014, against economic growth of 3 percent. ...