Bioplastics are emerging as viable alternatives to petroleum-based polymers. This quiet revolution goes well beyond the standard drivers for sustainably sourced and/or compostable materials. I attended the 2013 BioPlastek conference in San ...
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Scientists in Kenya are now studying the link between growing genetically engineered cotton varieties and the growth of aphids, Standard Digital reported. Farmers prefer growing Bt cotton, as it wards of caterpillars and other ...
The race now on for recognition in water technology industry at next month's event in Amsterdam The day after the winner of last time's Aquatech innovation award was announced questions were asked in the Dutch parliament as to why the ...
AkzoNobel Powder Coatings has opened a new service center in Tempe, AZ. “The service center, located at 1150 West Geneva Drive, is strategically located to serve our growing customer base with rapid response and local same day ...
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Agricultural product exports from Liaoning province were $3.31 billion in the first eight months of 2013, up 10 percent year-on-year, according to the local government. In the past eight months, the total export trade volume of marine ...
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Titan International Inc. has closed the acquisition of a majority interest in Voltyre-Prom from Cordiant for $94 million. Titan will assume the company's debts as part of the deal. The acquisition of the Russian company, a leading ...
Hornsby Tire Distributors, an independent regional wholesale tire distributor headquartered in Dothan, Ala., has hired Scott Sulsberger as director of sales and marketing. Sulsberger, a 13-year tire industry veteran, comes to Hornsby Tire ...
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The world of manufacturing is changing. Globalization and technological changes is modifying the order in the manufacturing world. Manufacturing industries not only help in modernizing, but also performs as the backbone of our industrial ...
Fasteners are a kind of magical device which are, though small, highly useful and a must in any kind of big or small industry. Fastener is actually a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together. Fasteners ...
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The area of plantation for cotton in Australia, in the 2013-14 harvest season, is forecast to fall by 2 percent to around 434,000 hectares, according to the Australian Crop Report—September 2013 edition, released by the Australian ...
People from rural Gazipur and remote North Bengal, Bangladesh’s poorest region, are now being employed in the readymade garments sector after completing a 3-month skills training programme. The project is a partnership between East ...
Land O'Lakes, a farmer-owned food and agricultural cooperative, has added Teriyaki to its line of Sauté Express Sauté Starters. Sauté Express Sauté Starters are an all-in-one combination of seasoned butter and ...
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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, ...
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Milmeq, a New Zealand-based food processing systems provider, has secured a A$18m ($21m) contract from Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) to provide processing equipment for its new facility at Livingstone Valley in the Northern ...
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Terra Tech, a US-based agricultural company and a wholly-owned subsidiary GrowOp Technology, has expanded its Edible Garden's product line of sustainable and locally grown produce to BJ's Wholesale stores. The company will begin roll out ...
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