Ethiopia based Awassa Textile will undertake an expansion project under which it will double its production through an investment of Birr 168 million. According to a leading Ethiopian daily, to undertake the expansion, Awassa Textile ...
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Dutch textile and design company, Vlisco Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Government of Nigeria, to invest in the Cotton, Textiles, and Garment (CTG) sector of Nigeria, Vanguard reported. The MoU ...
As part of its US expansion strategy, catalyst specialist Umicore has entered into a long-term agreement to recycle cobalt-containing hard metals scrap from Global Tungsten and Powders Corp (GTP) to produce cobalt fine powders. GTP is a ...
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Dematic has launched its modular goods-to-person storage and retrieval system to Australian distribution centres that the company says can deliver a picking rate improvement of 500% compared to a traditional environment. The new modular ...
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India-based ShriVallabh Pittie (SVP) Group is setting up a US$ 550 million spinning mill in Kombolcha town, located in the Debub Wollo Zone of Ethiopia’s Amhara Region, Ethiopian News Agency reported. The textile mill, to come up ...
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Ethiopia exported US$ 84 million worth of textiles and apparel during the first nine months of the ongoing fiscal year 2013-14 that began on July 8, 2013, according to the Textile Industry Development Institute (TIDI). The exports were ...
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Bisphenol A impairs the function of proteins that C. This finding has been reported by researchers from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University of Wuppertal. The substance, short BPA, is contained in many plastic products and is ...
Tags: Bisphenol A, short BPA, plastic products, hazardous, human health
Wesfarmers-owned Blackwoods, Australia's largest supplier of industrial, and safety workplace goods, will build a new distribution centre in Greystanes, Sydney. The largest business of the Wesfarmers Industrial and Safety Division, ...
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Dutch fashion fabric producer Vlisco Group is to partner with Cotton Made in Africa (CmiA) and will be the initiative’s first partner to both produce and market its products to local consumers in Africa. Initially this will be a ...
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India Ratings’ outlook for cotton textiles remains negative to stable for 2013 on account of subdued demand, although margins are expected to benefit from softening raw material prices. The outlook for synthetic textiles remains ...
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The Brabham family has a won a three-year legal battle to protect their name from use by third parties without proper authorisation. The court battle started in 2009 when Franz Hilmer lodged an entry for the 2010 F1 season using the name ...
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Evidencing the meaningful implementation of its well established National Emiratization Policy, Dubai Aluminium has successfully achieved its goal for the year by securing recruiting 120 UAE Nationals during ...
BIG W’s state-of-the-art distribution centre at Hoxton Park, Sydney BIG W’s new 89,000sqm distribution centre at Hoxton Park in Sydney was the big winner at the recent Australian Supply Chain & Logistics Awards. The retail ...