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VICTORIA, BC and PORTLAND, OR, March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - CRAiLAR Technologies Inc. (CRAiLAR) (TSXV: CL) (OTCBB: CRLRF) will hold a conference call on Thursday, March 14, at 2:00 pm PDT, 5:00 pm EDT. Ken Barker, chief executive officer and Ted Sanders, chief financial officer will host the call and provide an update on recent corporate developments followed by a question and answer session. Event Details -- To participate via telephone, please dial 888-481-2877,...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A University of Alberta group has unleashed a single-seat hydrogen cell car that will compete against teams in the Shell Eco-marathon challenge this spring in Houston, Texas. Mechanical engineering student Matt Sponiar established the team in 2010 to build a sustainable automobile. The group made a debut at the Shell Eco-marathon last year, competing against 150 universities and high schools, taking second place in the Urban Concept...
BAODING, China, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Orient Paper, Inc. (NYSE MKT: ONP) ("Orient Paper" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of diversified paper products in North China, announced today that it is preparing for the upcoming comprehensive environmental protection inspection, which is part of a large-scale special pollution inspection conducted by the local Xushui County government, in response to a series of environmental pollution incidents and public...
BAODING, China, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Orient Paper, Inc. (NYSE MKT: ONP) ("Orient Paper" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of diversified paper products in northern China, announced today that the Company will file its annual report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission and will announce, through a press release, its audited financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012 and audited financial results for the year...
Selecting SiteHawk’s Professional SDS Software and SDS Authoring Services allows Chemplex to leverage the full complement of safety data sheet compliance, environmental reporting, and expert SDS authoring services. Nashville, TN (PRWEB) January 30, 2013 SiteHawk, the leading innovator in cloud-based SDS and chemical data management solutions, announced today that Chemplex Advanced Materials LLC, has selected SiteHawk as its chemical management services provider. Since 1995 Chemplex...
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Jewelry is in the very DNA of Anish Godha, 23 and Varun Godha, 28. The recent entrepreneurial graduates of Stanford and Cornell are finally providing public access to their family's 122 years of jewelry design and manufacturing with the launch of Diamondere.com, an affordable made-to-order fine jewelry e-commerce platform. In the past, their family focused exclusively on signature jewelry for the royals, dignitaries, and celebrities,...
By Lorraine DePasque for the American Gem Trade Association DALLAS, Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Whether she's playing the wife of an American war hero on Showtime's Homeland, or wearing some of America's finest gemstone jewelry, Morena Baccarin does it beautifully. The Brazilian-born actress, who stars as Jessica Brody on the award-winning drama, is also a celebrity muse for the winning jewelry designs of the 2013 AGTA Spectrum Awards(TM). (Photo:...
VICTORIA, BC and PORTLAND, OR, Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - CRAiLAR Technologies Inc. ("CL" or the "Company") (TSXV: CL) (OTCBB: CRLRF) confirmed this week that it has commenced running production grade fiber at its new Pamplico, S.C. manufacturing facility. This followed minor delays at the facility to ensure safety and compliance within the water and fire protection systems in the building, along with customization to communications software that ensures the safe operation of...
The leading independent SDS Management vendor adds 153 new customers to its customer family, while preparing to launch a new version of the flagship SiteHawk SDS Management platform. Nashville, TN (PRWEB) January 15, 2013 SiteHawk, the leading innovator in cloud-based SDS and chemical data management solutions, today announced that it closed out a record year in 2012. 2012 was a breakout year defined by a series of product enhancements that allowed for extraordinary customer growth across...
118 year-old multi-national company will use CRAiLAR fiber for innovation in sustainable apparel, focus on Japanese consumer VICTORIA, BC AND PORTLAND, OR, Jan. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - CRAiLAR Technologies Inc. ("CL" or the "Company") (TSXV: CL) (OTCBB: CRLRF), which produces and markets CRAiLAR®, a natural fiber made from flax and other bast fibers, has signed a fiber supply agreement with Japan-based Kowa Company. Kowa Company was founded in 1894 as a cotton wholesaler, and...
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Kevlar, a trademark of para-aramid synthetic fiber, is related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora. DuPont developed Kevlar in 1965 and was first commercially used in the 1970s as a replacement for steel in racing tires. Its normal form is as a rope or a sheet of fabric that can be used as an ingredient in composite material components. Kevlar is used in bicycle tires, racing sails, and body armor due to its high tensile strength-to-weight ratio. Twaron, produced in 1978, is a...
Kevlar, a trademark of para-aramid synthetic fiber, is related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora. DuPont developed Kevlar in 1965 and was first commercially used in the 1970s as a replacement for steel in racing tires. Its normal form is as a rope or a sheet of fabric that can be used as an ingredient in composite material components. Kevlar is used in bicycle tires, racing sails, and body armor due to its high tensile strength-to-weight ratio. Twaron, produced in 1978, is a...
Slate is a fine-grained, homogeneous, sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed (foliated) in layers (bedded deposits). Slate can be made into roofing shingles ('roofing slates' in the United Kingdom), because it has two lines of breakability: cleavage and grain. This makes it possible to split slate into thin sheets. Slate is mainly composed of quartz and muscovite (a mica), often along with biotite, chlorite, and hematite, or, less frequently,...
