Phil Raymond, the popular founder of Parts for Trucks, passed away Aug. 1 in Halifax. “Phil is remembered as a person who had a deep faith in the ability of an individual to overcome obstacles,” his family said in an ...
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Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Denim, a division of International Textile Group (ITG), has announced it will expand production capacity by 25 percent at its White Oak mill to answer increasing demand for Made in USA selvage denim. The company ...
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Del-Nat Tire Corp. has announced a new company stockholder, Mark Welden, principal owner of Greer Tire in Milwaukee. Welden becomes the 81st stockholder in Del-Nat, a major tire distributor that operates as a cooperative with a network of ...
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A team of six recent college graduates has come up with an innovative way to prevent functional finish chemistries from entering the environment by using tons of US Army textiles destined for landfills to make high end bags. Led by the ...
Tags: Military Textiles, High-End Bags
In late June, the price of gold has fallen below 1,200 U.S. dollars per ounce; however, it rebounded slightly recently. At present, financial market fluctuates by the influence of domestic and international economic situation. Under this ...
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The coal-fired capacity utilizing selective catalytic reduction for NOx control will nearly double in the period 2012 to 2017. This is the prediction of the McIlvaine Company in its continually updated, NOx Control World Markets. Total ...
Edward Snowden says he leaked information to show the extent to which citizens were spied on in the US. Picture: AP / The Guardian Source: AP The US Justice Department has charged former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden ...
Microsoft has reversed the DRM [digital rights management] policy for its upcoming new console, the Xbox One, only a week after it was announced. The policy, made public on 10 June 2013 at the Electronics Entertainment Expo [E3] in LA, ...
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CSA Group announced the recipients of the 2013 Award of Merit, which honours individuals who have "demonstrated leadership in developing voluntary standards and who, through technical, administrative or special standards activities, have ...
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FedEx is planning to withdraw over 80 aircraft and buy a smaller number of more modern, fuel efficient models as part of its reorganisation and environmental drive. It is reported that 10 aircraft will be retired immediately and 70+ more ...
Sherwood Ross, better known in the industry as Jerry Ross, passed away Tuesday at the age of 92. Ross was an engineer and former president of Ross Bicycles, one of the top U.S. bike manufacturers from the 1950s to late 1980s. Through the ...
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New officers and board members of the International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW) and the World Food Logistics Organization (WFLO), an education and research foundation affiliated with IARW, were elected at the 122nd ...
Heartened by a brief mention of liquefied natural gas exports by President Barack Obama, the new head of the US trade group for shale gas producers said Thursday he thought Obama should hasten a permitting process that has issued only two ...
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After 10 years, developers of Camino, a Mac-only browser built atop Mozilla's Gecko engine, called it quits yesterday. "Camino is no longer being developed, and we encourage all users to upgrade to a more modern browser," stated a message ...
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At the Global Department Store Summit in Paris (GDSS), The Intercontinental Group of Department Stores (IGDS) announced that Selfridges has once again been recognised as the Best Department Store in the World for an unprecedented second ...