Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Thursday that the US imported a total of 2,761,000 net tons (nt) of steel in September, including 2,117,000 nt of finished steel (each down 4.1 ...
Tags: Steel Imports, Mineral
100th offshore ship design from ULSTEIN Friday ULSTEIN's latest design contract for Vroon Offshore Services pushes the total number of offshore ship designs sold past the 100 mark. This milestone has been achieved in 14 years, with 74 of ...
Tags: ship, Transportation
The annual report from two of Europe's key associations, the Bicycle Industry and Market Profile (BIMP), is now available on the associations' websites. This report—the fifth annual version compiling data for 2012—is a ...
Tags: Transportation, bike, Bicycle
Intelligence agencies across Europe have been developing their own mass internet and phone surveillance capabilities in partnership with the UK's GCHQ electronic intelligence agency. That is the latest claim to arise from the cache of US ...
Tags: Phone, smartphone
A manufacturer of inherenty flame-resistant (FR) fabrics and a division of the Netherlands-based Royal Ten Cate NV — has added two new fabrics to its TenCate Tecasafe? Plus collection. The first addition is a laminated protective ...
Tags: FR industrial outdoor clothing, protective fabric, Textile
The Netherlands-based Royal Philips and medical device company Infraredx have announced a non-exclusive resale agreement for Infraredx's TVC imaging system. Under the terms of the agreement, Philips will sell Infraredx's TVC imaging ...
Privalia, a Spanish online apparel firm, has signed a partnership agreement for creation of a chair at the ISEM Fashion Business School-University of Navarra, the first business school specializing in apparel and fashion companies that ...
Tags: Online Apparel, Privalia
In 2012, forests and other wooded land occupied around 40% of the total area of the EU, cropland a quarter and grassland a further fifth, while artificial areas, such as buildings, road and rail networks accounted for 5%. These data are ...
Tags: LUCAS data
Hertz is giving people around the world another reason to travel to Europe with a fresh list of performance models added to its premium rental car range. Offering customers “the driving experience of a lifetime”, Hertz ...
Tags: Ferrari, McLaren, Rental Car
One of the core values at NAME IT is ‘Be Green’. Therefore, the brand is proud to announce the launch of a new concept that brings eco-friendly reuse and recycling of textiles into focus. “As a part of the textile ...
Tags: ragged clothes, Apparel
The expansion into the SURF segment as a lead contractor is something we do with great confidence. DeepOcean has a proven track-record of delivering subsea installation projects including the installation of structures, cables, umbilicals ...
Tags: Transportation, Service
Apple has announced the iPad Air featuring a 9.7-inch Retina display. Weighed one pound, iPad Air is 20% thinner and 28% lighter than the fourth-generation iPad, and with a narrower bezel the borders of iPad Air are thinner. Apple has ...
Hydrex announces fast underwater bow thruster blade replacement in Rotterdam. In September Hydrex has carried out bow thruster blade replacements on a 366-meter container ship in Rotterdam. The speedy repair was done during unloading. Our ...
Tags: Transportation, logistics, service
McCormick, a US-based spices and seasonings manufacturer, has unveiled several initiatives in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) markets, as part of its Comprehensive Continuous Improvement program (CCI). The company stated that it ...
Tags: McCormick, Cutting Initiatives
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Bangladesh will launch a new programme to improve working conditions in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh, on Tuesday 22 October in Dhaka. The ...
Tags: garment sector, ILO