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  • Homeland Security bulletin warns 3-D printed gun plans may be impossible to access

    The menace of 3-D printed guns has already spread far and it will be 'impossible' to stop the manufacturing of more guns, an intelligence bulletin has revealed. The Department of Homeland Security has warned that the use and passage of 3-D printed guns are likely to spread beyond regulations and checkpoint restrictions, posing 'public safety risks' to an uncontrollable extent, Fox News ...

  • New light rocket Angara ready for launch

    Russia's first light-class modification Angara 1.2PP carrier rocket is ready for its maiden launch, its manufacturer Khrunichev Center said. The first Angara will be sent to the Plesetsk space centre in northern Russia later this month, the manufacturer said in a statement, but did not give a precise launch date. Meanwhile, the first heavy-class Angara-A5 has been completed and will soon be ...

  • China’s textile industry ‘more diversified’

    /enpproperty--> Cost rises of labor and raw materials have pushed China's textile industry to become more diversified, Karin Malmstrom, China director of Cotton Council International, the export promotion unit of the National Cotton Council of America, said during a promotion campaign on Friday. "We have noticed some changes in the industry's supply chain in China, as more ...

  • Manufacturing Processes Contribute to More Than Two-Thirds of a Running Shoe’s Carbon Impact

    A typical pair of running shoes generates 30 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to keeping a 100-watt light bulb on for one week, according to a new MIT-led lifecycle ...

  • Tanzania Bunda District Touts Cotton Contract Farming

    Bunda - BUNDA district authorities has been spreading the concept of cotton contract farming among the people, saying it is the solution to farmers' problems in growing the crop. The Bunda District Agriculture and Livestock development officer (DALDO), Chibunu Lukiko told the 'Daily News' yesterday that the solution to small yields was to engage in contract farming. "You ...


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  • Bon-Ton Stores Q1 FY’13 sales up marginally

    - Comparable store sales increased 1.2%. - Gross margin rate increased 57 basis points to 34.8%, compared with 34.3% in the first quarter of fiscal 2012. - Operating loss decreased $11.4 million to $7.1 million, compared with an operating loss of $18.5 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2012. - Adjusted EBITDA increased $10.4 million to $15.2 million, compared with $4.8 million in the first ...

  • Damco reports 6 rise in Q1 sales

    Damco, one of the world’s leading freight forwarding and logistics service providers, reports a 6% increase in Quarter 1 net revenue with a total of 773 million USD, compared to 728 million USD in 2012. EBIT ended up at 9 million USD for the first quarter, compared to 13 million USD in 2012.Airfreight volumes showed rapid growth of 15% over 2012 which was well ahead of the market, enhanced ...

  • Lectra brings 3D revolution to fashion industry

    Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials-fabrics, leather, technical textiles and composite materials-is pleased to announce the success of its early-adopter program for Modaris 3D.For the past 18 months, Lectra has been running an early-adopter program to monitor this radical new way of working with a targeted group of ...

  • Fiber giant Invista to display at Galleria Intima 2013

    INVISTA, world leader in fibers returns again to India’s biggest intimate apparel sourcing fair Galleria Intima, India’s Only Sourcing Fair for Intimate Apparel Professionals is back with its much-anticipated ‘Round Two: Goa’ at the Grand Hyatt on the 23rd and the 24th of August 2013 and will bring together some of the biggest players in the intimate apparel industry both ...

  • Buckle Inc Q1 FY’13 sales rise 2.3

    The Buckle, Inc. announced that net income for the fiscal quarter ended May 4, 2013 was $37.6 million, or $0.79 per share ($0.78 per share on a diluted basis).Net sales for the 13-week fiscal quarter ended May 4, 2013 increased 2.3 percent to $269.7 million from net sales of $263.8 million for the prior year 13-week fiscal quarter ended April 28, 2012. Comparable store net sales for the 13-week ...

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