US-based CorMatrix Cardiovascular has completed trial on its ECM technology that helps in closing the pericardium of patients undergoing postoperative coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and said the trial results confirm its safe use. ...
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Australian miner BHP Billiton has announced its production results for the second quarter and the half year ended December 31, 2012. In the second quarter, BHP Billiton produced 42.19 million mt of iron ore, up three percent compared to ...
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Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) has threatened to launch protests in the coming days, in view of the failure of Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) in addressing the gas loadshedding issue faced by textile producers in ...
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UK-based Spectra will provide peripheral hot foil blocking for closures as part of its new product offerings. Spectra managing director Joe Maynard said the company's new closure blocking capability provides a premium finishing touch. ...
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Kim Dotcom, the man behind the now defunct file-sharing site Megaupload, has launched a new service called Mega. Like Megaupload, which was shut down following polie raids on Dotcom's New Zealand mansion in January 2012, Mega is a web ...
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US-based RPC Bramlage-Wiko's innovative patented Gizmo closure has been selected for a new range of natural drinks launched in the US. Providing a pressurized bottle cap where all the ingredients are contained and released only when the ...
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As previously communicated, in the face of increasingly difficult domestic trading conditions for its soda ash business, Penrice Soda Holdings Limited has been conducting a strategic review of its entire chemicals business to improve its ...
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Spain-based mid-market private equity firm Mercapital has acquired 80% stake in Group Betapack, a Spanish maker of plastic caps and closures for euro 40m. The company is aiming to consolidate Betapack's position as a supplier of closures ...
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Prompt gas prices on the UK's NBP gas trading hub Wednesday hit the highest levels since December 7 as temperature forecasts were revised lower and domestic storage stocks were heavily called upon to meet demand, sources said. The ...
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The Monday evening closure of a key North Sea Brent crude platform, the Cormorant Alpha (See story, 1307 GMT), has not had any marked impact on the key Dated Brent price benchmark assessment. The outright price of the Dated Brent ...
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The Topline bagging system takes an empty bag from a preassembled bundle, fills it to its specified weight and ends the process with densification and sealing of each bag. There's tired and there's down for the count. Eugene, Oregon-based ...
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Poor weather at Qinhuangdao and other coal export ports in northeast China have impeded some coal shipments to power plants along the Asian country's coastline, but well-covered Chinese end users were refraining from panic buying in the ...
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UK confectioner Thorntons sounded a cautious note on the year ahead despite booking an increase in second-quarter sales. In the 14 weeks to 12 January, total sales grew by 5.4% to GBP88m (US$141.1m), the group reported today (16 ...
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Raleigh Canada Ltd. will end bike manufacturing and assembly at its facility here by the end of the year, the company announced Monday. Raleigh has made an assembled bikes there for about 30 years. About 100 workers will lose their jobs ...
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Unite the union has urged Asda to reinstate its contract with Welsh Country Foods (WCF). The plea comes after WCF’s owner Vion UK warned that losing the contract could force the closure of the Anglesey site with the loss of up to 350 ...
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