Numerous reports industry associations agree that use of smart indicators will increase. There are a number of different indicators with different benefits for food producers, consumers and retailers. Temperature recorders Temperature ...
Tags: Food Packaging, Packaging
Food Packaging requires protection, tampering resistance, and special physical, chemical, or biological needs. It also shows the product that is labeled to show any nutrition information on the food being consumed. It is ...
Tags: Food packaging, Food Safety
Previously unknown Mac OS X spyware, signed with a valid Apple Developer ID, has turned up on the laptop of an activist from Angola at a human rights conference in Norway. Security researcher and privacy activist Jacob Appelbaum found the ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
In their earliest medieval incarnation, chandeliers were little more than two wooden cross beams with stakes on the ends for mounting candles. As they evolved, chandeliers became grandiose and opulent works of art displayed by the wealthy ...
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Price isn't the best indicator of a gas grill's performance but cheap and flimsy parts, especially when they come with short warranties, are a tip-off that the grill is not long for this world. On average, Americans pay just over $325 for a ...
Tags: Gas Grill, Consumer Electronics
The Ifo World Economic Climate Indicator continued to rise, even if only slightly. Both assessments of the current economic situation and the six-month economic outlook improved slightly compared to the previous quarter. There are a growing ...
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A correction from an unsustainably high level of production on the volatile multifamily side was largely responsible for a 16.5 percent dip in nationwide housing starts to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 853,000 units in April, ...
Textile sector production in Spain has shown a marginal decline of 0.3 percent year-on-year in March 2013, according to data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE). However, the decline in textile production in March was ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Textile
EU chemicals production in February dropped 2.3% year on year while the overall EU chemicals industry confidence indicator continued to deteriorate in April, mainly due to lower order-book assessments, industry body Cefic said Thursday. ...
Tags: Chemical Output, Chemical
Reminders that many of the products we use aren’t manufactured in the U.S. are everywhere. Just look at the tag inside your work gloves, or the nameplate on your woodworking hardware. There’s a good chance that both of them are ...
Tags: Woodworking Machines, Machinery
Lewabrane membrane elements for water treatment using reverse osmosis now comply with the ‘NSF/ANSI Standard 61’ for health-related implications of drinking water system components. The U.S. National Sanitation Foundation (NSF ...
The Northwest European styrene monomer benchmark has climber $137.50/mt or 8.9% from a year-to-date low of $1,537.50/mt on April 22 to $1,675/mt FOB ARA Tuesday, Platts data showed. The rally was due to a combination of increasing demand ...
Tags: NWE Styrene, styrene monomer
Global shipments for motion control products fell by 7.7% in first quarter 2013, according to new statistics released by the Motion Control Association (MCA), the industry’s trade group. “Despite the low numbers in first ...
IRL has published new edition of “A Profile of the Central European Paint Industry.” This report has been developed and expanded upon from IRL’s previous studies and forms part of a series of ten reports assessing the ...
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Sigma's IICON is a cable that turns the company's battery packs — intended to power bike lights — into portable USB charging stations that can be used to power any electronic gadget, including cell phones, cameras or GPS units. ...
Tags: Bike Light Battery, Charge Gadgets