In the early 80s, a young Ogilvy & Mather art director, John Curran, was feeling a long way from home. He’d been in Australia for many months, but his girlfriend had just arrived with a lot of his memories in her suitcase. He ...
Wilson Sporting Goods Co., a division of Amer Sports Corporation, and Louisville Slugger, a division of Hillerich & Bradsby, Co., (H&B), announced that Wilson has acquired global brand, sales and innovation rights to Louisville Slugger from ...
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Feetz, which specializes in customizable footwear using 3D printing, closed on a $1.25 million seed round. The capital infusion will be used to launch the Feetz platform directly to customers later this year via the first ...
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The result of stable production processes and exacting quality requirements: The "coupling legend", ZF's AS Tronic, the automatic transmission system for heavy commercial vehicles, has achieved a landmark figure over the past few days. One ...
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Following the acquisition in December of the semiconductor & nanotechnology business of Oerlikon's Advanced Technologies Segment, Evatec Ltd of Flums, Switzerland (which makes thin-film deposition and etch processing equipment for ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has expanded its $1.5m commitment to provide LED lighting for new homes built in the USA by Habitat for Humanity (a non-profit Christian housing organization founded in 1976 that ...
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In booth #1225 at the Optical Fiber Conference conference & exposition (OFC 2015) in Los Angeles (24-26 March), GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for ...
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Global consultancy firm Anthesis LRS is leading a project in partnership with Nestlé UK and Ireland and Coca-Cola Enterprises to assess the feasibility of including flexible laminated packaging in household recycling schemes and ...
Plastic foodservice and custom thermoformed packaging solutions provider Fabri-Kal is investing $50m in developing a new manufacturing facility in Burley, Idaho. As a part of the investment, the company will construct a new 100,000ft2 ...
Endangered Species Chocolate (ESC) has added three new 60% cocoa bars to broaden its Natural Bar product range. The new products include dark chocolate with lemon poppy seed, dark chocolate with blackberry sage and dark chocolate with ...
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Meijer announced that it's continuing to up its fashion game with the spring launch of a Skechers concept shop inside the Knapp's Corner Meijer in Grand Rapids, MI, roughly one year after the retailer unveiled a fresh approach to lure ...
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Gildan has signed on as the title sponsor of Esprit de She The Spirit of Her Race Series, the premiere athletic event series for women run by Life Time Fitness. Since its inception in 2013, more than 25,000 women ranging in age from 5 to ...
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The world's largest textile and garment manufacturing technology show, ITMA 2015 is expected to draw over 100,000 visitors from around the world. To encourage early registration, the organisers are offering special rates to visitors ...
US based apparel marketer, Iconix Brand Group said it has acquired the remaining 50 per cent of Iconix China from its joint venture partner, Novel Fashion Brands Limited. Novel Fashion Brands was owned by the Chou family and the deal ...
At the 30th IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC 2015) in Charlotte, NC, USA (15-19 March), Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA (which designs and provides gallium nitride-based power conversion ...
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