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This Week Sees The Official Launch of a Highly Innovative Initiative

Mar 11, 2013

This week sees the official launch of a highly innovative initiative supported by Ecover and Closed Loop Recycling, which sees waste plastic being collected from the seas around the UK by EU fishermen and sent to the UK for recycling at ...

Tags: Project, Plastic Packaging, Oceans

The Horse Meat Scandal Has Dominated The Media in Recent Weeks

Mar 4, 2013

The horse meat scandal has dominated the media in recent weeks. From sensationalist tabloid headlines to Twitter gags, discussion on the topic has been widespread. It all started in January after traces of horse meat were found in ...

Tags: Packs, printed ingredients, packaging industry

MEPS Predicted That That The Global Stainless Steel Production Might Hit New Record Highs

Feb 6, 2013

UK-based MEPS predicted that that the global stainless steel production might hit new record highs in 2012. According to the forecast made by MEPS, the global stainless steel production would reach 34.6 million tons in 2012, rising by ...

Tags: stainless steel output, stainless steel, steel output

Of World's Three Largest Toy Companies, Only Two Have Women on Their Board of Directors

Jan 21, 2013

Of the world’s three largest toy companies, only two have women on their Board of Directors and one has none. In the US, Hasbro has Lisa Gersh and Tracy Leinbach while Mattel has Frances Ferguson, Andrea Rich and Kathy White Lloyd, ...

Tags: toy companies, toy, toy industry

European Parliament Has Rejected The Controversial Acta

Dec 28, 2012

The European Parliament has rejected the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta), blocking its route to becoming law in European Union member states. The vote is the first time the body has exercised its Lisbon Treaty ...

Tags: European Parliament, ACTA, Lisbon Treaty, IP

EEP Aims to Reduce The Energy Consumption of Products

Dec 25, 2012

The European Commission Energy Efficiency Plan (EEP) aims to reduce the energy consumption of products which directly use or are related to the use of energy, from refrigerators and televisions to air conditioning units and more recently, ...

Tags: Xylem, New Mei, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery

Incandescent Light Bulbs That Meet The New Standards

Dec 21, 2012

Australia In February 2007, Australia enacted a law that will, in effect, by legislating efficiency standards, disallow most sales of incandescent light bulbs by 2010. The Australian Federal Government announced minimum energy performance ...

Tags: incandescent light, incandescent bulb

An Urgent EU Action Plan for The Steel Industry

Dec 20, 2012

The Commission should ensure that EU state aid rules take account of steel industry needs, keep an eye on threatened plants and deliver its promised action plan to help the sector as soon as possible, Parliament in a resolution voted on ...

Tags: steel industry needs, EU, action plan, EU state aid

TUV SUD Is Announced to Be Accredited by NVLAP for Energy Efficient Lighting Program

Dec 14, 2012

In February 2012, TÜV SÜD is officially announced to be accredited by NVLAP for Energy Efficient Lighting Program. Under this accreditation, TÜV SÜD is recognized by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the ENERGY ...

Tags: SüD, LED, lighting, NVLAP's, accreditation

The Output of World's Crude Stainless Steel Would Increase by 0.8% Year on Year

Nov 28, 2012

The world’s crude stainless steel output would increase by 0.8% year on year to reach 34 million tons in 2012, according to the estimates made by the UK-based MEPS. In 2012, the crude stainless steel products produced by China would ...

Tags: crude stainless steel, crude stainless steel production

LED and IC Markets Are Attributed to The Large Number of Manufacturing Plants

Oct 8, 2012

The growth of the Light Emitting Diode (LED) and LED driver Integrated Circuit (IC) markets in the Asia-Pacific region is attributed to the large number of manufacturing plants in the region's countries, including China, Taiwan and Korea. ...

Tags: LED

MEPs Called for Consumers on The Use of Nanomaterials in Consumer Products

Jul 30, 2012

The European Parliament, the parliamentary institution of European Union, has recently called for the provision of information to consumers on the use of nanomaterials in consumer products: all ingredients present in the form of ...

Tags: market view, plastics

The ACTA Has Been Rejected by The European Parliament and Cannot Become Law in The EU

Jul 5, 2012

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement(ACTA)has been rejected by the European Parliament and cannot become law in the EU. This was the first time that Parliament exercised its Lisbon Treaty power to reject an international trade ...

Tags: Agreement, Vote, Policy, the EU Treaties, Bill

European Parliament Wants Cars to Alert Emergency Services in Case of a Crash

Jul 4, 2012

By 2015, the European Parliament wants all new cars to automatically alert emergency services in case of a crash, a service known as eCall. The Parliament adopted a resolution to this effect in a show of hands on Tuesday, and urged the ...

Tags: EU, eCall, automatically alert emergency services, services

The Daily Rate of Global Crude Steel Production Rose Slightly in February 2012

Mar 24, 2012

According to a Reuters calculation based on data released by World Steel Association, the daily rate of global crude steel production rose slightly in February 2012 from a month earlier, helped by a seasonal demand pickup in top producer ...

Tags: Industry Trends, fastener

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