The results of the quarterly Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) Survey on the Business Outlook (EO-123) indicate improvement, albeit marginal, from the previous report, and imply that the manufacturing sector is ...
Tags: MAPI Survey, Business Condition
Spring signals the return of warmer weather, blooming flowers and trees, baseball, and more. And for many of you, it's also when your state or federal tax refund will arrive. Truth be told, you're better off not getting a tax refund. That ...
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Global adhesives provider HB Fuller has launched two new adhesives - 'SFA8605 Solvent Free Laminating Adhesive' and 'SB7200/XAS2283 Solvent-Based Laminating Adhesive' for food packaging applications. Designed to safely increase efficiency ...
Mattel is giving the 65 year-old Scrabble brand a new look and feel for 2013. Following extensive consumer insights, the firm will launch a high impact multi-layered marketing campaign with a new creative. The promotion demonstrates ...
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The Manchester-based polythene packaging manufacturer, which turns over £20m, was chosen following a client recommendation. Duo will provide all of the printing brand's European outbound mail order packaging of their custom-made ...
Spector Textile Products, a well established textile manufacturer in Lawrence, Massachusetts has taken the turn towards green production practices with the installation of a 365 kilowatt solar power system for their manufacturing facility. ...
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India Market Days is a project approved by Ministry of Textiles and is funded under the Market Access Initiative (MAI) Scheme of Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India for inviting overseas buyers and buying agents under ...
For the 14th consecutive year, customers of Cintas Corporation won Image of the Year (IOY) awards during a banquet held by the North American Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors (NAUMD) in Orlando, Fla. Selected from an ...
Northern Ireland has introduced a 5p levy on the sale of all plastic shopping bags in the region in order to stop their usage. The tax, which will apply to all single use bags including plastic, paper and other natural materials, is ...
Tags: Plastic Bag Tax, Packaging
Participation in the Intertextile Beijing Apparel Fabrics 2013, China’s annual textile trade show, has helped Taiwanese textile companies’ bag overseas spot orders worth US$ 480,000 or NT$ 14.35 million, according to the Taiwan ...
Tags: Intertextile, Apparel Fabrics, Textile Firms
The levy on plastic carrier bags means that retailers must charge consumers and the proceeds of the tax will be forwarded to the Department of the Environment. The department is targeting an 80% reduction in the use of carrier bags as a ...
Tags: Bag, plastic carrier bags, Packaging, Printing
France-based Ulma Packaging has unveiled FR 305 - a new horizontal flow wrapper in UK for fruit and vegetable fresh produce, bakery, confectionery, snacks and general food markets. The FR 305 has been built around an advanced PC processor ...
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Doritos, a brand owned by PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division, has introduced Doritos Locos Tacos (DLT) Tortilla Chips in two varieties: 'DLT Nacho Cheese and Crunchy Taco Flavored Chips', 'DLT Cool Ranch and Crunchy Taco Flavored Chips'. The ...
Velcro Industries has partnered with Hill's Pet Nutrition to integrate PRESS-LOK closure technology into Hill's pet food packaging created by Canada-based PEEL Plastics Products. Hill's US marketing director Christopher Rector said the ...
Tags: Velcro Industries, Pet Food Packaging, Press-Lok Closure Technology
The purpose of a dance costume is to enhance the dancer’s body and the concept of the Choreographer (Dance Catalog 219). “Costumes are clothes and they are art. They make the invisible ideas visible” (Nadel 241). Dance ...
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