American flexible packaging supplier Prolamina Corporation has secured the latest pouch-manufacturing equipment, a custom-built Totani BH80, to increase production speed. This new addition will make Prolamina's Wisconsin facility the ...
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At SEMICON West 2014 in San Francisco (8-10 July), CyberOptics Corp of Minneapolis, MN, USA (which provides inspection and sensing systems for electronics assembly and semiconductor process equipment) showcased its most efficient and ...
At the SEMICON West 2014 trade show in San Francisco (8-10 July), process control and yield management solutions provider KLA-Tencor Corp of Milpitas, CA, USA launched four new systems - the 2920 Series, Puma 9850, Surfscan SP5 and eDR-7110 ...
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Tire pricing in the aftermarket is stabilizing. So says industry analyst Nick Mitchell. July marked the third consecutive month of firmer retail pricing for consumer tires, according to Mitchell, senior vice president of research for ...
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WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced seven undergraduate and graduate student winners for phase 1 of the National Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS) Campus Challenge, recognizing exemplary research ...
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Agr International is taking its latest products for quality management and process control for the packaging industry to Pack Expo. Why should you pay attention? Because standing still is not an option for producers, converters and ...
Online sales of non-food products in the UK grew 10.6% in June versus a year earlier, according to the latest BRC-KPMG UK Online Retail Sales Monitor. Although this is the lowest online growth recorded since July 2013, online sales in ...
Tags: Online Sales, Furniture, Furnishing
Furniture was the best-performing product category in July, reporting its highest growth since January (excluding Easter distortions), according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. Although GfK’s Climate for Major Purchase ...
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Lead times and pricing trends are expected to remain stable in the interconnect, passive and electromechanical (IP&E) component market, according to Avnet Electronics Marketing’s Market and Technology Trends report. However, Avnet ...
Tags: IP&E, Electrical, Electronics
Dealers at the Georgia Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association meeting will learn how to manage payroll to maximize profitability on Saturday, July 19, 2014. “Payroll, the killer of companies” will be presented by Norm Gaither, ...
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Two medical device sales representatives have admitted to defrauding New Jersey hospitals and medical facilities out of more than $800,000, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced this week. The two former Integra LifeSciences Corp. ...
(New York, N.Y.) With support of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "citizen science" grants, two New York community groups have begun their final weeks of summer water pollution monitoring. The Bronx River Alliance and the Sparkill Creek ...
(New York, N.Y.) With support of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "citizen science" grants, two New Jersey community groups have begun their final weeks of summer water pollution monitoring. The New York/New Jersey Baykeeper and Friends ...
According to the BRC-KPMG Online Retail Sales Monitor, in July, non-food online sales growth was 14.9% over the previous year, roughly in line with the 12-month average of 14.7%. This long-term average represents a clear acceleration over ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
The Tire Industry Association (TIA) announced that it is pleased with a recent report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on the service life of tires. TIA says that "Tire Aging: A Summary of NHTSA's Work" ...
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