Landing better-than-expected orders at the Taiwan International Machine Tool Show 2014,held Nov. 5-9 in Taichung, central Taiwan, Taiwan's leading machine-tool builders are upbeat about business in Q1, 2015. Chairman D.H. Yang of the ...
The United States Department of Labour (DoL) has found widespread violations by employers in paying wages to workers in the Southern California garment industry. In fiscal year 2014, DoL’s Wage and Hour Division conducted 221 ...
Tags: unpaid wage, minimum wage, Apparel
Speakers at the recently held International Cotton Advisory Committee's (ICAC) 73rd Plenary Meeting were of the opinion that, instrument testing of cotton lint will help farmers realise better prices and that it was imperative. This ...
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The inaugural edition of International Textile Fair (ITF) held in Dubai on the 3rd and 4th of November, showcasing pre-collection spring/summer 2015 and autumn/winter highlights, proved to be a successful event. The global event was an ...
267 exhibitors from globally renowned textile technology and equipment providers from 22 countries participated at the recently concluded KTM 2014 in Turkey. Of the 267 exhibitors, Germany with 49 and Italy with 47 exhibitors led the ...
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Bosch Packaging Technology’s two-in-one biscuit packaging system has been given the German Packaging Award (Deutscher Verpackungspreis) in the packaging machines category. The new packaging system enables switch from slug to pile ...
Tags: Bosch Packaging Technology, biscuit packaging system, Agriculture
Aschenbrenner printing house in Austria has invested in the first Polar BC 330 to be used in the country. The new equipment enabled the company to increase the production speed of its perfect-bound brochures. The eco-conscious ...
Tags: Polar BC 330, cutting process, Agriculture
There were 230 entries submitted into this year’s German Packaging Award. NMP Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of KHS, wowed the judges by putting together two of its prototypes. NMP’s Direct Print and Nature MultiPack ...
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Gidue, an Italian manufacturer of printing and converting solutions for the labels and packaging industry, has installed a flexo press at the facility of India-based converter Speclabels. The 370mm, 8 colours wide printer is an MX, ...
Tags: label industry, flexo press, Agriculture
Taiwan's machine-tool makers show guarded optimism about their 2015 outlook, with over NT$10 billion (US$333.3 million) of combined orders booked and yet jittery about several potentially risky factors. According to the Taiwan ...
Taiwanese machine-tool makers Fair Friend Enterprise Group, Goodway Machine Corp., and Hiwin Technologies Corp. have decided to acquire Japanese machine-tool makers in a move widely seen as an attempt to convert the threat of the weak yen ...
Tags: Triggers, Machine Tool
Pressure washers are amazingly handy tools. They work by forcing water at extremely high pressure across the surface that you need to deep clean, a technique that's eco-friendly, fast, and suitable for many outdoor maintenance jobs. It ...
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Sweden-based renewable packaging material provider BillerudKorsnäs will invest around $35.28m (SEK260m) to increase its production capacity and improve the quality of sack paper produced at its Skärblacka facility. The company ...
X-ray and fat measurement technology manufacturer Eagle Product Inspection has launched FA3/C, a new product inspection solution which ensures enhancement of the quality and safety of products. This new technology analyzes 100% of ...
Tags: fat measurement technology, product throughput, Agriculture
India-based extrusion machine manufacturer Rajoo Engineers will be working with Netherlands-based Meaf Machines to produce sheet and thermoforming equipment. Meaf will provide product design, technical know-how and critical components to ...
Tags: thermoforming equipment, blown film lines, Agriculture