Vehicle sales in China showed unexpectedly robust growth in September as Japanese producers continued to recover from anti-Japanese sentiment last year, which was tied to a territorial dispute between the two countries. Vehicle sales ...
Tags: Automobile, Passenger Car
GE Lighting, the lighting business of GE, and The Change Initiative, a one stop destination specializing in solutions that reduce human impacts on the environment and promote sustainable development, announced a joint venture initiative to ...
Tags: GE Lighting, LED Lighting
Under the theme “Innovation, Sustainability and Color," PPG Industries recently hosted its Asia Pacific Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility Forum and a celebration of the company’s 130th anniversary in Shanghai. ...
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BASF was awarded the Pierre Potier prize 2013 within the “Innovative Processes” category for its automotive paint application process called Integrated Process II (IP II). This process for waterborne paint application to car ...
Tags: Pierre Potier Award, Construction
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps has increased efforts to promote cotton picker machine in recent years in order to promote the sustainable development of the cotton industry. Taking benefit of the national subsidy policy, ...
Tags: Cotton, cotton industry
The combination of strong design competence and cutting-edge cellulose-based technologies can result in new commercially successful brands. The aim is for fibre from wood-based biomass to replace both cotton production, which burdens the ...
Tags: Textile
Russia's President Vladimir Putin warned world leaders at the G20 Summit that economic risks remained. "Our main task is returning the global economy towards steady and balanced growth. This task has unfortunately not been resolved. ...
Tags: Economic Crisis, economy
The 33rd Texworld exhibition and the 5th Apparelsourcing Paris close their doors, having celebrated a resounding success. The two exhibitions counted 840 and 198 exhibitors respectively. The new hall 4 and reorganisation of the sectors ...
Tags: Apparel
Linde AG has been listed again in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. The analysts at RobecoSAM have thereby acknowledged the continuous improvement in the sustainability performance of the technology group. RobecoSAM is an ...
Tags: Textile
Solvay recently has been listed as a member of the European Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI Europe). DJSI is the front-ranking, non-financial global index of the most efficient companies in the area of social and environmental ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
The joint R&D Centre of Geely Group and Volvo Cars has begun operations in Lindholmen Science Park, Gothenburg, Sweden, following a decision made earlier in 2013. This new center will develop a modular architecture and components for the ...
Tags: Geely Group, Volvo Cars
A workshop on Revisit the Roadmap for Jute was organized by the International Jute Study Group (IJSG) at IJSG Secretariat, Bangladesh on septemebr 2, 2013. A Road Map for Jute was commissioned by the International Trade Centre, ITC ...
BASF is evaluating its office buildings worldwide in terms of sustainability. This year, the company has already assessed economic, environmental and social criteria of seven buildings in Europe, Asia, North and South America. The ...
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ISF China, held by Shanghai International Sourcing Promotion Center and approved by State Council in 2006, is a national-level fair co-organized by Ministry of Commerce and Shanghai Municipal People’s Government. It is held once a ...
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BASF is evaluating its office buildings worldwide in terms of sustainability. This year, the company has already assessed economic, environmental and social criteria of seven buildings in Europe, Asia, North and South America. The ...
Tags: BASF, office buildings