BP announced that it has agreed to sell all its interests in purified terephthalic acid (PTA) production in Malaysia to Reliance Global Holdings Pte. Ltd. (Reliance). The agreement concerns BP’s 100 per cent equity in BP Chemicals ...
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TetraPak has unveiled new technologies at Anuga FoodTec 2012, an international food technology fair currently being held in Cologne, Germany. The firm said its iLine XT works as an integrator across the floor, as palletisers, pallet ...
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Unilever, a consumer goods manufacturer, has come up with a new set of challenges, which seeks answers from the world's innovation community to help the business deliver on its sustainable growth agenda. The company's challenges ranged ...
The 3rd annual RISE 2012 Conference held October 23-25,2012 at the Hilton Baltimore in Baltimore,Maryland,brought together the global nonwovens/engineered materials value chain for two days of thought-provoking,boundary expanding ...
Marks & Spencer hit the news recently when it declared itself completely carbon neutral. Ben Cronin asks M&S head of energy management Mervyn Bowden what role low-energy lighting played in achieving its goal How much have you had to ...
Luxlive Show features full seminar program and busy show floor Luxlive closed last week to good reviews from both attendees and visitors alike.The show featured more than 50 hours of free sessions in 4 themed areas and these were well ...
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The markets for heated garments and clothing which offers protection against insects are set to grow, according to Issue No 42 of Performance Apparel Markets from the business information company Textiles Intelligence. Heated garments are ...
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When Bastian Solutions was incorporated on October 31 1952, the company’s products consisted of conventional casters and shelving. Fast forward 60 years and the global material handling systems integrator is enjoying a record-setting ...
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DuPont has opened a new Innovation Center in Troy,Michigan,US to increase the collaboration between its automotive customers and its 9,500 scientists and engineers worldwide. Located inside DuPont's Automotive Development Center,the new ...
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GSA Tests Occupant-Specific Lighting Controls The US General Services Administration released two reports as part of the Green Proving Ground program, unveiling technologies that reduce energy use in federal buildings and have significant ...
BASF’s Dialog Forum Nano is presenting its final report for the dialog phase 2011/2012 today, November 22, in Berlin. The aim of the regular dialog with representatives from research institutes, labor unions, commerce, industry, ...
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Tony Prestedge is COO at Nationwide.He joined the building society halfway through a GBP1bn IT transformation which he then took charge of.He talks to Computer Weekly about the progress being made,the benefits already being seen and what ...
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Unilife has developed two new technologies for delivering injectable therapies to targeted regions of the eye. The new technologies include Unilife Depot-Ject platform which allows clinicians to implant a solid or oil based drug into the ...
German carmaker Volkswagen is planning to invest about EUR50.2bn in its global automotive division and development of new technologies through 2015 in a bid to meet the challenges of the uncertain European market. Volkswagen Board of ...
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GE Healthcare has completed the acquisition of a Brazilian interventional X-ray equipment manufacturer, XPRO. As part of the acquisition, XPRO will be integrated into GE Healthcare's Detection & Guidance Solutions (DGS) business. DGS ...
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