PPG Industries has announced plans to expand its investments in global communities where the company operates with the launch of a $10 million initiative called "Colorful Communities." The program, which will focus on renewal projects ...
Tags: Architectural Coatings, PPG
Ma Yingying says women are increasingly making their mark in Chinese business. The 33-year-old chief executive officer and founder of Lux Shine Media Company, which stages modernized performances of Peking Opera, says there is now a ...
Tags: opinion, Chinese business, leadership
Euratex, the European textile trade body recently organised a roundtable which discussed and shared views on the challenges and opportunities for creating and running a manufacturing SME in Europe. The round table organised by Euratex ...
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Coatings in global aerospace industry are expected to increase with a CAGR of 3.6% by 2020. The major drivers for coatings is increasing air passenger traffic rate, which increases aircraft deliveries and thereby increases the demand for ...
Tags: Aerospace Industry, Coatings
Researchers from Switzerland have found that microscopic hay particles play a key role in the formation of holes in cheeses like Emmentaler and Appenzeller. Agroscope Institute for Food Sciences research team has found that tiny hay ...
Tags: Swiss Cheese, Cheese
Belgium based carpet weaving machines producer Van de Wiele signed an agreement to purchase French company Superba along with its US subsidiary. According to a Van de Wiele press release, Superba a manufacturer of heat setting machines ...
Tags: Carpet Weaving Machines, heat setting machines, carpet yarns
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) continue to face a myriad of challenges in the current business environment, and this is unlikely to change in the near future. Disruptive technologies and innovation are accelerating the need for ...
Boxboards and linerboards firm Metsa Board is testing foam forming technology at its Kyro mill in Finland, to produce lightweight paperboards. The foam forming process involves aerating the water-fiber suspension with a stream of tiny ...
Lavazza will introduce its first Slow Food-accredited coffee in UK next week, marking its debut in the segment. Marking the 14th edition of The World's 50 Best Restaurants, where Lavazza is a sponsor for the fourth year, Etigua will be ...
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Spanish design company Forward Thinking Architecture has developed an automated offshore floating farming alternative to increase food production. The multi-layered Smart Floating Farms (SFF) project combines solar energy, ...
Spain-based Polysistec has launched a new complete process for polyamide (PA) preparation and dyeing. The new innovative system substantially reduces common problems that arise with PA fabrics, such as unleveling, differences of ...
Tags: Polysistec, dyeing, polyamide preparation
One of Sweden’s largest public-private partnerships, Sweden textile water initiative will expand to new countries in Asia and Africa after a successful pilot project in India. Through the initiative, 28 Swedish textile and leather ...
Tags: textile, leather, sustainable production
Researchers in the US have found scientific reasons behind the common complaint that airline food tastes bad. In a study conducted by Cornell University, researchers found that a plane's noise was the biggest factor impacting the taste of ...
Tags: Airline Foods, Tasting Factors
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) system maker Park Systems Corp of Suwon, South Korea has launched NX-Hivac, which is claimed to be the only high-vacuum AFM system on the market that meets the current and future needs for failure analysis in ...
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General Motors (GM) is pumping in $1.2bn to revamp its pickup truck plant at Fort Wayne, Indiana, with the work on its upgrade expected to commence in June. The modification of the plant involves putting in place new pre-treat, ...
Tags: General Motors, pickup truck