Image: AATCC The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) has announced that the association is accepting textile research proposals to be considered for funding through the AATCC Foundation Student Research Support Grant Program. Research proposals may be submitted by undergraduate and graduate students pursuing textile-related projects and must be submitted by Oct. 1, [...]

Ambienta SGR S.p.A. announced that its platform company Officine Maccaferri S.p.A has acquired CPT Group an Italian company specialized in advanced mechanized tunnelling technologies and robotic prefabrication systems for underground infrastructure. Photo courtesy of Officine Maccaferri/CPT Group. Founded over 30 years ago and based in Nova Milanese (Italy), CPT serves major global contractors in the [...]

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced several modifications to tariff rates for various countries and imported products.   The president has increased the tariff on Canadian imports from 25% to 35%, effective Aug. 1. Mexican goods will continue to be taxed at 25% after President Trump spoke with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and agreed not [...]

Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced this week that Bruce Van Note, commissioner of the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT), will retire from his position on August 15. Mills nominated Van Note as commissioner of MaineDOT in 2019. His tenure as commissioner culminates a professional transportation career of over 30 years in Maine, which also included [...]

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that tariffs outlined in Executive Order 14266 are on pause until Aug. 1, 2025, which were initially set to take effect July 9. This pause does not apply to those outlined in Executive Order 14298, Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates To Reflect Discussions With the People’s Republic of China. President Trump [...]

Image: SBTi The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) has announced that it is seeking any size corporation based in any location to help draft the Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2, a revised version of the original standard created in 2021. Since 2021, the SBTi’s Corporate Net-Zero Standard has supported more than 1,850 companies in aligning with [...]