In 2013, Member States have been evaluating 47 registered substances under the substance evaluation process and they have also prepared a draft decision in case further information is needed in order to assess the safety of the substance. ...
Tags: ECHA, Draft Decisions
The European Commission announced the adoption of new rules on public support for projects in the field of environmental protection and energy. The guidelines will support EU member states in reaching their 2020 climate targets, while ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The EC is proposing stricter laws for organic foods The European Commission (EC) has proposed a new Regulation or organic products and labelling of organic products, saying that consumer and producer concerns are at the heart of the new ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, organic foods
In a move that did not entirely come as a surprise, India's Election Commission earlier this week asked the incumbent government to defer a hike in the wellhead price of natural gas that was due to be implemented on April 1. But analysts ...
Tags: Natural Gas, gas pricing, OIL's production
The European Commission is funding a new research project to develop hybrid inorganic and organic lighting modules. The modules are being specifically developed for the professional and architectural lighting sectors, as these have been ...
Tags: European Commission, organic lighting modules, modules
As announced in the press release of 04 October 2013, Recticel decided to adopt the new IFRS 11 Reporting Standard as of 01 January 2013. Consequently, the joint ventures, which were previously integrated by application of the proportionate ...
Tags: Recticel Sales, Textile
The European Commission is funding a new research project to develop large-scale solid state lighting modules. The modules are being specifically developed for the professional and architectural lighting sectors, as these have been early ...
Tags: Lighting Modules
Equine Canada is introducing the country's horse industry to the world. The group received $483,650 in funding through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's AgriMarketing Program to develop key export markets with long-term potential for the ...
The European Commission is to report by 2017 if governments should be required to notify it of planned gas, oil and coal extraction projects and small renewable energy projects under amended EU rules adopted late Thursday by EU ministers ...
Government incentives for a pair of proposed nuclear reactors could cost U.K. taxpayers as much as £17.62 billion, thus exceeding the reactors' projected cost. The EC figure is a preliminary estimate included in an initial report to ...
Tags: nuclear generation
Axalta Coating Systems will begin the next phase of construction to significantly expand its waterborne production capacity at the company's operations in Guarulhos, Brazil. The 2014 construction represents the third year of a $32 million ...
Tags: Coating, waterborne coatings, automotive paint, VOC Regulation
Oryon Technologies, Inc. an innovator of next-generation flexible lighting technology marketed as ELastoLite, has entered into a multi-faceted strategic transaction with Netherlands-based EFL Tech that combines their worldwide EL business ...
Pfeiffer Vacuum introduces the world s first ATEX certified Roots pumps with a magnetic coupling to the vacuum market. The tried and tested Roots pumps principle was further developed for this certification and named OktaLine ATEX. Vacuum ...
Tags: ATEX, high-maintenance, class T3, pumps
The Commission has adopted a proposal to give an extra transition period of six months during which payments which differ from the SEPA format can still be accepted so as to minimise any possible risk of disruption to payments for consumers ...
Tags: Service
In automation and robotics, many applications are characterized by high energy and high torque at the same time. Spatial restrictions also mean that drives must be short, have a long service life and be maintenance-free. The newly ...
Tags: EC-i, DC motors, modular system, maintenance-free