Royal Philips Electronics has been awarded a multi-year contract in partnership with French professional lighting company Step to light up the subway system in Paris with LED lighting solutions. The switch to LED will reduce the ...
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Covéa Insurance has extended its risk management partnership with RiskSTOP, an independent risk control service provider, for an additional three years. As part of the extension, RiskSTOP will continue to conduct site surveys and ...
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Russia sees a dramatic 42% increase in FTTH subscriptions, Europe reports “steady” 15% growth, where Lithuania and Sweden lead the way. European fiber to the home (FTTH) deployment continues to grow steadily, but the ...
Chairish is a new website that is an online consignment marketplace for furniture, art and other home accents. SAN FRANCISCO — Chairish an online consignment marketplace featuring primarily upscale furniture, art, lighting and other ...
PneumRx has treated the first US patient in a FDA-approved RENEW clinical study of its RePneu lung volume reduction coil (LVRC), designed to treat severe emphysema. Made from shape-memory Nitinol, the CE-marked minimally invasive medical ...
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French auto parts manufacturer Valeo Group announced the financial returns in 2012 recently. In 2012, Valeo Group sales reached EURO 11.76 billion (15.4 billion US Dollars), up 8.2% year on year, in which the original equipment sales were ...
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Borealis reported Monday a 72% jump in fourth-quarter net profit to Eur100 million ($133 million) from Eur58 million a year earlier, but gave a downbeat view on the 2013 outlook for its European polyolefins business. Sales grew to ...
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AS smartphone giants Apple and Samsung battle for the wallets of tech-savvy youngsters, a growing number of manufacturers is trying to lure a fast-growing new market: their grandparents. Handset makers at the world's biggest mobile fair ...
Turnover in the French furniture sector has shown decline by 3% to €9.54bn last year, after two years of growth. In this vein, 2012 has developed along similar lines as the crisis year of 2009. The furniture trade association FNAEM, ...
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Paris, Bergamo and Madrid were the three cities lighting designer Luc Lafortune visited during his recent cycle of conferences. His Art and Poetry in Stage Lighting events were highly successful among professionals and amateurs alike. Luc ...
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French brands Mavic and Time announced Tuesday that they would collaborate on development of new clipless pedal technologies. The companies said they would work together to develop and market road and mountain bike pedals made in France ...
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Alcatel-Lucent's board has appointed Michel Combes as the company's new CEO, following Ben Verwaayen's recent resignation. It only took the Alcatel-Lucent's board two weeks to appoint a new CEO after Verwaayen's plan to step down became ...
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A feeling of optimism prevailed as Première Vision Pluriel closed its doors this past 14 February. By bringing together 58,000 textile industry professionals (+ 5.8% over February 2012) and 1,742 international exhibitors, its shows ...
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On February 25, the new contemporary Wendy's logo will begin appearing in Wendy's advertising, on product packaging, crew uniforms, new restaurant signage, menuboards and digital assets. The evolved logo is contemporary and iconic, as it ...
Sequel Naturals has initiated a voluntary recall of its natural health product, Vega One French Vanilla, after testing conducted by Health Canada identified the presence of bacteria in the product. The products associated with the recall ...
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