The Canadian Trucking Alliance is asking the federal government to invalidate contract clauses compensating shippers from liability in case of incidents involving dangerous goods such as crude oil. CTA's president and CEO, David Bradley, ...
Tags: Transportation, logistics, Trucking
US-based research and development biotechnology firm Boston Strategics has entered into a new drug development partnership with Fujifilm Pharmaceuticals USA (FPHU), a global pharmaceutical development center of Japan's Fujifilm Corporation. ...
Tags: Oncology Drugs, Fujifilm Pharma
Recycling of beverage cartons increased by 3% to 40% in the European Union in 2012 compared to 2011, according to the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE). The total recovery rate including recycling and energy ...
Tags: Cartons Recycling, Packaging
Aruba Networks has signed a one-year memorandum of understanding with Aramex which will see the logistics and transportation solutions provider using a variety of Aruba’s technologies. It will use Aruba’s secure WLAN ...
The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) recommends that all provinces follow Ontario and Quebec’s lead in requiring a truck speed limit of no more than 105 kilometres an hour. The recommendation comes in a white paper, a report stating ...
Technip was awarded by Sasol the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for a gas-to-liquids (GTL) (1) plant to be built in Louisiana, USA. The GTL facility will have a capacity of more than 96,000 barrels per standard day. As the ...
With the transportation of dangerous goods on the radar of federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt following a devastating train wreck in Lac Megantic earlier this year, the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is looking at its own ...
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The American Home Furnishings Alliance is launching a new web site today to correspond with tonight's airing of "Toxic Hot Seat," an HBO documentary about the use of fire-retardant chemicals in furniture. The documentary shows the ...
Tags: AHFA, website, address, furniture, flammability
Nestlé has joined forces with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and seven consumer firms to develop bioplastics, derived from plant materials. The Bioplastics Feedstock Alliance (BFA) includes consumer goods firms such as Coca-Cola, ...
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UK-based drug discovery and development firm Summit has formed a strategic alliance with the University of Oxford in order to further strengthen its utrophin modulator program for the treatment of the fatal muscle wasting disease duchenne ...
Bike computer maker Sigma has received an award from the group that supports use of the ANT+ wireless protocol. The ANT+ Alliance awarded Sigman the 2013 ANT+ Brand Leader Award. The judging panel that honored Sigma with the award cited ...
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Mohawk Group announced November as the company’s sustainability month. In observance of its inaugural sustainability month and ongoing sustainability practices, a number of key environmental initiatives are being unveiled throughout ...
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Bloomsburg Carpet, a maker of woven broadloom carpet, is pleased to introduce two new patterns through its alliance with Tuva Looms: Metal Edge and Structure. Both products are made with Zeftron nylon, a fully renewable nylon six fiber that ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany says that, at its MOCVD Seminar at the 10th China International Forum on Solid State Lighting (China SSL 2013) in Beijing (10-12 November) - organized by the China Solid State ...
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Dialog Semiconductor plc (FWB: DLG), a provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC, solid state lighting and short-range wireless technologies, today announced a strategic collaboration with Sengled, a global leading provider of ...
Tags: Dialog Semiconductor, Lighting