Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) are a family of fluorine-containing chemicals with special properties to make materials oil, stain and water resistant. These fluoro-organic compounds are widely used as textile finishes on outdoor clothing, ...
Tags: Textile Fabric, SGS
Performance maestros Full-Race Motorsports have released details of a 298kW/474Nm version of the Ford Fusion that’s bound for this year’s SEMA show in Las Vegas. The specially tuned Ford Fusion is armed with a BorgWarner ...
Tags: Ford Fusion, SEMA Concept
Brazil heralded this week's auction of a huge oil field as a vindication of its state-dominant approach to its oil riches, but some industry experts say the country must modify its rules before new fields are sold for Brazil to achieve its ...
Tags: Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
AK Steel released its third quarter 2013 results Tuesday, indicating a $31.7 million loss, compared to a net loss of $60.9 million in Q3 2012 and a net loss of $40.4 million in Q2 2013.? Sales for the quarter reached $1.3 billion on ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energyc
According to a report released Tuesday by the Associated General Contractors of America, US construction employment rose by 20,000 in September and the industry's unemployment rate fell to a six-year low of 8.5 percent, while construction ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
"OMG, I wish I'd never heard of this job, let alone sold it!" Sound familiar? It's August and you now have to make good on all those promises you made when you got the project. The refrain from above was after a particularly trying day ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Honeywell announced its results for the third quarter of 2013: Performance Materials and Technologies -Sales were up 10% reported, but down (1%) organic, compared with the third quarter of 2012, driven by the favorable impact of the ...
Tags: Honeywell, Performance Materials
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) plays a vital role in the development and support of a competitive U.S.-African textile and apparel trade partnership, a critical step to developing a broader reciprocal commercial relationship ...
In spite of the PC market continued weakness, the world's largest chip maker Intel performance still had a better than expected in Q3 of 2013. But on Tuesday (October 15) released by Intel in the current quarter, is also the fourth quarter ...
The International Mountain Bicycling Association joined other outdoor nonprofit advocacy groups and clubs in voicing its concern about the impact the federal shutdown is having on public land access. In a letter sent to congressional ...
Tags: Transportation, bike, Mountain Bicycling
Aiming to address the issues of the textile industry of Punjab, the Regional Managing Committee of All Pakistan Textile Manufacturers Association (APTMA) has formed working sub-committees. The Committee in its very first regional ...
Tags: Textile Industry, APTMA
The US federal government has shut many services after failing to pass a spending bill, something that has implications for the highly regulated oil and gas sector. On Friday, talks between House Republicans and President Barack Obama ...
The Delaware Chancery Court has granted Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'s request for an expedited hearing of its October 4, 2013, complaint against Apollo Tyres Ltd. Cooper filed the complaint on behalf of its shareholders asking the court to ...
Characters in my Red McKenna series of novels have a special rapport with their robotic servants through a natural-language communication system. It allows them the same kind of person-to-person interaction we enjoy with other people, pets ...
Tags: Mind Meld
The PC market moved into its sixth straight quarter of declining sales, analysts reported on Wednesday, although the dip was less pronounced than one firm expected. Market research firm Gartner reported that third-quarter PC sales dipped ...