Enterprise Connect services have been extended to the (freight) transport and logistics sector to assist more small and medium businesses develop the skills, knowledge and capability to realise their growth potential. Businesses in the ...
A £1.75m grant to fund textiles research at the University of Leeds will help to create new healthcare products which will benefit millions of people. The grant from the Clothworkers' Foundation has funded new research ...
U.S. Representatives David Price, D-N.C., and Howard Coble, R-N.C., have reintroduced in the House of Representatives the American Textile Technology Innovation and Research for Exportation (ATTIRE) Act (H.R. 937). The bipartisan bill ...
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Patents management company MPEG LA announced agreements with Google, granting the Internet giant a license to techniques that may be essential to the VP8 video codec that the Internet giant backs. VP8 is a video compression technology ...
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Lemartec Engineering and Construction Corporation has completed the design and kicked off construction in February of Miami Executive Aviation's (MEA) new state-of-the-art business aviation hangar facility at Opa-Locka Executive Airport ...
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It doesn't, at first, sound like it, but the title of this post is a mind numbingly stupid (yes, another pun) pun. I'll explain it later. Around 2010, I wrote a novel entitled "Vengeance is Mine!" Toward the end, a Mexican drug cartel ...
Tags: Smart Programming, Robots, mobile robot
Gov. Bobby Jindal, South Louisiana Methanol CEO Barry Williamson and Todd Corp. Group CEO Jon Young announced that South Louisiana Methanol LP will invest $1.3 billion in a new methanol production facility on the banks of the Mississippi ...
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany has a number of stock option programs in place that grant employees the right to purchase the firm’s shares under certain conditions. Under the terms of the stock ...
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App Factory, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SK Planet, today announced at South by Southwest the launch of Jukebox Hero, an innovative new mobile app that transforms the personal music library on a user's mobile device into an ...
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Seeking to ensure compliance of safety norms at workplace, the readymade garment (RMG) industry of Pakistan is looking to associate with some reliable global firm engaging in issuance of safety certifications, which can perform audit of ...
Tags: PRGMEA, Safety Audit, Garment Units
The UK’s biggest independent toy chain's owner Gary Grant (middle) and his directors – and sons – Stuart (right) and Duncan (left), explain how the retailer is offering the traditional toy shop ideal on a national scale. ...
The toy industry should shout louder about new product launches in order to reap greater rewards, says Gary Grant. The owner of the UK's biggest independent toy chain The Entertainer says it works more closely with suppliers and licensors ...
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Handling original equipment manufacturing (OEM) contracts in China can be a bit of a minefield, especially for the new-to-China business. Stories of molds and design IP being ripped off and then sold by your own supplier are legendary. Here ...
Tags: Focus Vision, China, Common Issues, OEM
Structured Materials Industries Inc (SMI) of Piscataway, NJ, USA, which provides chemical vapor deposition (CVD) systems, components, materials, and process development services, has been awarded a $150,000 Small Business Innovation ...
Tags: SMI MOCVD, construction material, Zinc oxide, Electrical, Electronics
The UK toy trade wants its annual awards ceremony overhauled. ToyNews received feedback from 30 toy firms, many of which called for better recognition for smaller brands, as well as a tweaked format and product reviews process. ...