American Power Source Inc.,which makes clothing for US Air Force personnel,has announced that it would layoff 50 workers at its Fayette and Columbus,Mississippi factories. The company said the layoff is due to loss of orders to Federal ...
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Dickies, a leading workwear manufacturer in the European workwear market since 1922 has adopted Invista's Cordura Classic fabric in their Grafter Duo-Tone trousers. First adopted in their Eisenhower collection, Dickies has continued to ...
Tags: workwear, Trousers, fabrics, Multi-Pocket trousers
H. B. Fuller Company has finalized the purchase of Engent, Inc., a provider of manufacturing, research and development services to the electronics industry. The Engent business adds state-of-the-art development capabilities, testing ...
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The US National Science Foundation(NSF)has awarded quantum cascade laser(QCL)pioneer Daylight Solutions just over$420,000 to help commercialize a new kind of microscope that promises to reduce cancer diagnosis times drastically. The Phase ...
The American Institute of Architects(AIA)Academy of Architecture for Health(AAH)has selected the recipients of the AIA National Healthcare Design Awards program.The AIA Healthcare Awards program showcases the best of healthcare building ...
H.B. Fuller Company has finalized the purchase of Engent, Inc., a provider of manufacturing, research and development services to the electronics industry. The Engent business adds state-of-the-art development capabilities, testing ...
Tags: Adhesives and Sealants&bull, H.B.Fuller, Construction, Decoration
Free-space laser comms to boost Marines'bandwidth 11 Sep 2012 US Navy awards$7M contract for ITT Exelis and Novasol to build a line-of-sight system to handle escalating data needs. Intelligence,surveillance and reconnaissance:data crunch ...
Tags: ExelisNovasol(aka Innovative Technical Solutions), Lights, Lighting
Bill Moggridge, the British industrial designer credited with inventing the modern laptop, has died from cancer at the age of 69. In 1979 Moggridge designed the Grid Compass, the first computer to attach a keyboard to a folding screen. ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton,CO,USA,which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on copper indium gallium diselenide(CIGS)using flexible substrate materials,is collaborating with Silent Falcon UAS Technologies and ...
US retailer Kroger has raised its full-year earnings guidance after booking an increase in first-half profits. In the six months to the end of June, earnings climbed to US$718.4m from $713.1m a year earlier, the company reported today (7 ...
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Techshot Lighting LLC, a rugged and energy-efficient lighting systems manufacturer for temporary military shelters, has completed an order placed by the U.S. Army valued at about $235,000 for lighting system. Most of the 750 units sold ...
Tags: LED lighting
Earlier this summer, I had the opportunity to gain a vantage point on the pace of change we're seeing in IT. To really get a grasp on it, though, I had to go back to Roman times. What I came away with was a confirmation that we are now ...
Tags: cloud computering, IT innovation, computer technology, IT Pace of Change
The U.K.'s Home Office will decide by Oct. 16 whether to block the extradition to the U.S. of Gary McKinnon, who has admitted to hacking into U.S. government computers, McKinnon's attorney said on Thursday. McKinnon, 46, of north London, ...
Tags: U.K.'s Home Office, NASA Hacker Extradition, cyberwarfare, USA
CAST Lighting announces receipt of the 2012 ASIS Accolades Award given to the security industry`s most innovative products.The award-winning product,the CAST LED Perimeter Light,was also awarded the lighting industry`s"Most Innovative ...
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Canadian firm Meaglow has made a breakthrough on a low temperature Migration Enhanced Afterglow film growth technique to produce a thick InGaN layer with strong yellow emission, for increasing the efficiency and lowering production costs of ...