The first ever ‘Dhaka Apparel Summit 2014’, organized by the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), will be held from December 7-9, 2014, at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), Dhaka. ...
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Melbourne-based OCA which provides print management, warehousing and logistics services has installed a third big offset press at its Print Bound subsidiary. The acquisition of the Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 six colour LED UV press ...
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The Sierra Club is joining Ford Motor Company and SunPower’s Drive Green for Life program to help more Americans move toward emissions-free driving. Drive Green for Life offers Ford customers who own electrified plug-in vehicles, ...
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Growth will be driven by consumer and producer preferences for stand-up pouches over more traditional rigid packaging. The adoption of pouches with higher value features in developed markets — such as the US, Canada, Western Europe, ...
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Swiss u-blox has revealed that that its Cat. 4 TOBY-L200 4G LTE module has achieved "network compatible" status for North Americas largest LTE network. In the u-blox tradition of miniaturization and reliability, TOBY-L200 is the world's ...
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Dealer Tire LLC announced it has a new investment partner, Lindsay Goldberg LLC, and will purchase the interests of its current partner, TA Associates. The company says it has secured a significant financial investment from Lindsay ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules integrated into off-grid applications and its EnerPlex series of consumer products, ...
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In July 2014 Huhtamaki announced that as a result of its growing strategic focus on food packaging it had started to evaluate options regarding its films business. The annual net sales of the films segment were €187m in 2013 and the ...
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Over half (53%) of life sciences and healthcare manufacturers prioritise quality assurance over cost in selecting their supply chain partner, and the industry is on the fence (48% vs. 52%) about whether the pharmaceutical industry will soon ...
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Hanesbrands Vietnam, a subsidiary of the US-based manufacturer and marketer of everyday basic apparel Hanesbrands Inc, has opened a new garment factory in Kim Dong district of northern Vietnamese province of Hung Yen, last week. The new ...
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Finland-based packaging company Huhtamaki will be selling its films business to German private equity company Deutsche Beteiligungs for $175m (€141m). Huhtamaki is known for supplying paper cups to McDonald's. The company stated ...
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Independent retailers across the UK will be hoping to entice Christmas consumers with a shopping challenge over the next month, as the Celebrate an Independent Christmas campaign returns, hoping to boost consumer awareness of local ...
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Love's Travel Stops and Country Stores opened its first compressed natural gas (CNG) location in Ohio. The facility in Burbank, Ohio is the company's 10th CNG location in the U.S. Motorists and fleets in Burbank, Ohio, now have the option ...
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Warren, the UK's leading independent cartonboard and graphical board and paper stockist, has announced that its new converting facility is now fully operational and at full capacity, with the potential to increase its capacity further with ...
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Participants in the first DSP Group 20 behavioral coaching workshop are (front row, left to right): Dennis McCarron, facilitator; Ari Manetas, Claudine Manetas, Norm Gaither, DSP founder and owner; Shane Adams, Jeff Webster, Wes Hargrove; ...
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