Typologies of Workplace Industrial Relations: Review, Critique and Reformulation (Working Paper)
Eco Friendly Mag (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
EU Paper Industry Has Cut Carbon Pollution by 42% - Exceeded Kyoto Goals The US paper industry is one of the three non-fossil-energy industries that will be affected under the Clean Energy Jobs & American Power Act; the climate bill being attempted in the Senate; to regulate the industries that emit over 25,000 tons/yr [...]
nanoarchitecture.net (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Researchers at Uppsala University have developed an ultra-fast, paper-based battery. It consists of a novel polypyrrole-cellulose composite electrode material that is mechanically robust, lightweight, and flexible. “One way to improve the performance of nonmetal-based energy storage devices would be to use composite electrode materials of conductive polymers, deposited as thin layers on a suitable...
ForestTalk (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
If so, soon you may have your answer! 24 willow saplings from derived from clones of trees in Fredericton, New Brunswick and Truro, Nova Scotia are now in space!! The saplings were launched into space last Monday via NASA's space transport shuttle - Atlantis. They are on their way to the international space station. Rodney Savidge , a professor in the faculty of forestry and environmental management...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
MACON, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KaMin LLC announces that it will revise its energy surcharge program, effective January 1, 2010, or as contracts allow. This surcharge applies to all slurry, spray-dried hydrous, and calcined kaolin grades sold to the paper industry globally. “We are fortunate that natural gas prices have been unusually low in 2009, and the Energy Information Administration anticipates...
Thomas Net (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
With measuring frequency up to 1 kHz and resolution up to 0.1 mm, ParCon Line Sensor enables web edges in packaging, textile, or paper industry to be measured precisely and positioned exactly. Additionally, object widths can be determined, regardless of objects' position within measuring field. Measuring 34 x 16.5 x 67 mm, sensor contains sender, receiver, optics for creating parallel beam, and evaluation...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
HERNDON, Va., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems Inc (VT Systems), today announced that it has teamed with Informa Telecoms & Media to issue a research paper and industry survey examining how emerging technologies are enabling mobile operators to cost-effectively reach remote and rural markets. The independent research was commissioned by iDirect and conducted...
India Press Release (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC) have signed a Preferred Integrator Agreement covering specific control system solutions in the metal sector and the paper industry.
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
House Democrats might use a swig of "black liquor" to help health-care reform go down.
New Frontiers (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
My wife has introduced some wonderful things into my life, not the least of which is realizing the incredible versatility of the paper towel. Like many of you, I was brought up under the tyranny of the home-utility paper industry. That is to say, we used paper towels, but also napkins and facial tissue. We may [...]
The Business Journal of Milwaukee (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The U.S. International Trade Commission said Friday there is enough evidence to support charges that unfair trade practices in regards to coated paper imported from China and Indonesia are injuring the domestic paper industry.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Appleton Coated LLC, NewPage Corporation, and Sappi Fine Paper North America - together with the United Steelworkers (USW) -- applauded the US International Trade Commission (ITC) for its preliminary determination and unanimous vote today to proceed w...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Appleton Coated LLC, NewPage Corporation, and Sappi Fine Paper North America - together with the United Steelworkers (USW) -- applauded the US International Trade Commission (ITC) for its preliminary determination and unanimous vote today to proceed with a full investigation of coated paper imports from China and Indonesia.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to the Paper Industry Association Council, a record-high 57.4 percent of the paper used in the U.S. in 2008 was recovered for recycling. And, while this figure represents progress, the paper industry has upped the ante by setting a goal of 60 percent for 2012. This objective is just one of many initiatives the country celebrates on America Recycles Day on...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
NORCROSS, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RockTenn Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jim Rubright was named the first ever Global CEO of the Year at the 2009 Pulp & Paper International (PPI) Awards held October 28, 2009 in Munich, Germany. The PPI Awards honor the leadership, vision, innovation and strategic accomplishments of companies, mills and individuals within the global pulp and paper industry....
ForestTalk (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP) and AbitibiBowater have agreed to suspend negotiations for a new collective agreement in order to secure commitments from government that pensioners will be protected in the restructuring of the company. "The union will not bargain a new agreement for our members until we know that the pensioners are protected," said CEP President Dave...
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