Laura is celebrating her 5th birthday and, as the family gathers around the table to cut the cake, they are not thinking about the many facets of production that turned myriad raw materials into a safe, delicious birthday cake. But long ...
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Microstructures of alternative TCE materials: e, Scanning electron microscopy image of a Cu grid with a line width of 200 nm (ref. 41). f, Scanning electron microscopy image of an Ag nanowire network (mass density 93 mg m−2)77. g, ...
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Huntsman Corporation recently announced plans to launch a global transformational change program across its Advanced Materials division, as part of an on-going strategic plan designed to improve the company's manufacturing efficiencies, ...
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The export of local ceramic tableware, now hit hard by the eurozone crisis, is likely to experience a boom from May 2013, as the proposed European Commission's (EC) anti-dumping duties on Chinese products will be implemented from that ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use, Ceramic Tableware, Ceramic, Tableware
Envirobead Autoclave Deodorants offer an economical, efficient and effective way of neutralising the unpleasant odours associated with the disposal of routine laboratory waste in autoclaves. The odours are eliminated, not simply masked, ...
Professor Yue Kuo of the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University has fabricated a new type of LED, capable of producing a wide spectrum light while operating for long periods of time at atmospheric ...
Tags: LED, LED industry, Fluorescent lights
Switzerland-based food group Huegli reported a 2% drop in sales for 2012, but added that it has recovered from a "slump" in the third-quarter of the year. Huegli said today (29 January) that net sales for the 12 months to the end of ...
Furniture importers that have held off increasing prices in recent years may be forced to raise them in 2013 because of various factors, especially rising labor costs in Asia. Governments in Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam - all major ...
Unilever will cut up to 125 jobs in the US after announcing plans to close close its Atlanta-based spreads factory. The group said late last week that it will close the plant by 30 June this year. "The action is being taken to address ...
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Filler ingredient from Poland is the source of horse DNA found in beef burgers on sale in the UK and Ireland, according to Irish agriculture officials. Fresh tests on the suspected Polish ingredient have shown up to 20% horse DNA content ...
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Finnish stainless steel producer Outokumpu is seeking to capture 25% of the US stainless steel market in the next two years, rising from its current market share of 14%, according to the saying of Michael Wallis, CEO of Outokumpu Stainless ...
On Tuesday, US trade representative Ron Kirk announced his resignation and plans to step down in February. No successor was immediately named although a couple international economic policy aides are said to be frontrunners. "From ...
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On January 28, Hubei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Co. (WISCO) announced that it has set up a trading office in the Russian capital Moscow after receiving approval from Russia’s justice ministry. ...
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The new 300,000 sq ft Diamond Pet Foods facility in Ripon, CA went online in May 2012 with more than 500 high efficiency, Class II Div 2 LED fixtures by Dialight, provider of industrial and hazardous location LED lighting. Through combined ...
Mizhen Fluff Textile Co. Ltd. has put its green cashmere processing plant into operation after seven months of construction in Shan Ba Industrial Park, Hangjinhouqi City, Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region in China. Mezhen has ...