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  EPA: Mercury: Consumer Products
While some manufacturers have reduced or eliminated their use of mercury in products, there are still many existing items in the marketplace that contain mercury.
Other products that may contain mercury include laboratory solutions; manometers, barometers, and other gauges; thermostat probes; and high-pressure sodium lamps, metal halide lamps, neon lamps and mercury vapor lamps.
Mercury in Products - In recent years, there has been a growing focus on the need to decrease the use of mercury in household and commercial products and to prevent the mercury in existing products from entering the waste stream.
www.epa.gov /mercury/consumer.htm   (899 words)

  
 FCIC - Recalls
Products with small parts intended for children under 3 years old are prohibited due to a choking hazard.
The products being recalled are displayed in a clear plastic cup with the products name displayed on the side of the lid and the side of the cup.
Customers who have this product in their possession should stop using it immediately and contact their physician if they have experienced any problems that may be related to taking this product.
www.pueblo.gsa.gov /recallsdesc.htm   (6621 words)

  
 Subject Top Page: Consumer Products Program
The Consumer Products Program is an important part of ARB's overall effort to reduce the amount of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are emitted from the use of consumer products in homes and institutions.
"Consumer product" means a chemically formulated product used by household and institutional consumers, including, but not limited to, detergents; cleaning compounds; polishes; floor finishes; cosmetics; personal care products; home, lawn, and garden products; disinfectants; sanitizers; aerosol paints; and automotive specialty products; but does not include other paint products, furniture coatings, or architectural coatings.
VOCs that are emitted into the air from consumer products and other sources (motor vehicles, stationary sources, etc.) react with other pollutants under sunlight to form ground-level ozone and particulate matter (PM 10), the main ingredients in smog.
www.arb.ca.gov /consprod/consprod.htm   (540 words)

  
 Consumer Products section :: Business Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Korsak Chairasmisak, picture, chief executive officer of CP 7-Eleven, disclosed on Thursday that the company had generated about 24.98 billion baht of revenue in the second quarter of this year, or an increase of six percent compared to the same period last year.
Thai Union Frozen Products Pcl, the world's second-biggest tuna canner, said first-quarter profit fell 8.3 percent to its lowest in seven quarters as its costs rose faster than sales.
Consumer confidence in poultry meat has fallen sharply in several European Union countries after the lethal H5N1 strain of the disease was detected in wild birds on their territories.
www.biz-day.com /consumer_products   (516 words)

  
 Defra, UK - Environmental Protection - Consumer Products and the Environment
Work on products is part of our wider activity on sustainable consumption and production, for more details see: Sustainable consumption and production.
Advisory Committee on Consumer Products and the Environment (ACCPE) - advises the Government on ways of implementing integrated measures for reducing the environmental impacts of products.
International Taskforce on Sustainable Products - a UK initiative responding to calls from governments all over the world for more international co-operation to ensure we get products which are consistent with our policies for sustainable consumption and production, looking ahead at least 10-20 years.
www.defra.gov.uk /environment/consumerprod/index.htm   (691 words)

  
 Cool Hunting: Consumer Products
These new products, named Kukai, are available for purchase at tio2paint.com where there's more information available about how they work.
Their aim is "to generate an assortment of projects from conceptual to marketable, our mantra being the pursuit of raw creativity." It's all in their effort to break the mediocrity of commercial art forms.
Check out the site for some more of their products, these Coast-it's are totally cute-- "bar napkins no longer will be the host of great ideas".
www.coolhunting.com /archives/consumer_products   (1027 words)

  
 CPSC Home Page
Report an incident with a product that caused an injury.
CPSC promotes safety by participating in, and preparing information about, voluntary standards activities for a wide range of consumer products.
View and order CPSC publications on a wide variety of consumer safety issues.
www.cpsc.gov   (94 words)

  
 UGS: About Us: Customer Case Studies and Videos: By Industry: Consumer Products
Competing in an industry where product style is critical and rapid product innovation essential, Rowenta's goal was to re-use components in order to bring new products to market in significantly less time.
Internal suppliers of Samsung's production machinery upgraded to NX and saved months of development time and more than $1 million in the first year.
From shape creation to manufacturing geometry, SurfaceInk found NX to be "the perfect product lifecycle solution" for every stage in the development of a video game accessory.
www.ugs.com /about_us/success/industry/consumer_products.shtml   (749 words)

  
 GlaxoSmithKline: Consumer Healthcare   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In one year GSK Consumer Healthcare produces - among many others - nine billion tablets to relieve stomach upsets, six billion tablets for pain relief tablets and 600 million tubes of toothpaste.
With four dedicated consumer healthcare RandD centres and consumer healthcare regulatory affairs, the business takes scientific innovation as seriously as marketing excellence and offers leading-edge capability in both.
Some of these products may not be available in your country.
www.gsk.com /products/consumerhealthcare.jsp   (242 words)

  
 CITGO.com, Consumer Products
CITGO produces top industry fuels ranging from different gasoline grades for everyday use and racing gasoline for high-performance engines to quality diesel fuel and motor distillate fuels such as jet fuel and kerosene.
You'll find them everywhere you look--high-quality CITGO lubricants that protect everything from cars and trucks to tractors and trains to lawnmowers and leaf blowers.
Use our lubricants product catalogs to find the right one for you.
www.citgo.com /Products.jsp   (137 words)

  
 Alcoa Consumer Products
Alcoa Consumer Products is a global leader in the consumer packaged goods industry, supplying high quality and trusted foil, film and paper products to the retail and foodservice sectors.
Within Alcoa Consumer Products, there are four businesses that globally manufacture and market branded and private label products.
Using an additive developed by Canada-based Environmental Products, Presto tested the new bags extensively to ensure that the environmental benefits were true and that the product would meet customer expectations.
www.alcoa.com /alcoa_consumer_products/en/home.asp   (354 words)

  
 Agilent | Consumer Products
Developing new or improved products quickly and maintaining or improving batch-to-batch quality and consistency are two cornerstones of your business.
Competitive pressures never stop and your customers expect your products to look, taste, and smell exactly the same every time they buy it.
Whether you are involved in new product development or quality assurance and control, Agilent Technologies provides chemical analysis systems, solutions, supplies and support that can help you maintain—-even widen--your market edge.
www.chem.agilent.com /Scripts/ids.asp?lpage=472   (160 words)

  
 Corporate Counsel Center - Consumer Products
Consumer Electronics Association Provides information on the consumer electronics industry.
Product Safety From Consumer.gov. Features product safety information regarding automobiles, children, cosmetics, household products, and more.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Features recall notices.
corporate.findlaw.com /industry/consumer/index.html   (438 words)

  
 Consumer Products
The brand has steadily found its way into more and more households as consumers search for options that allow them to reduce added sugar in their diets without sacrificing great taste.
RoC® RETINOL CORREXION™, the number one anti-wrinkle cream in France, was launched in markets throughout Europe and in the U.S. Emphasizing science and clinical testing to support product benefits, RoC products have gained important recognition well beyond the markets of Europe where the products were sold when the brand was acquired in 1993.
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Company, division of Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc., acquired the AMBI® Brand line of high-quality skin care products that address the unique needs of women of color.
www.jnj.com /2004AnnualReport/features/consumer   (1295 words)

  
 Consumer Products Market | West Business Services
The Consumer Products market is highly competitive, making it necessary to win new accounts and increase your current customer base.
Through reorganization and consolidation, many manufacturers and conventional sales organizations are finding it increasingly difficult to effectively sell to the Consumer Products market.
Capitalize on revenue that exists in the Consumer Products market where your field sales are not focused.
www.westbusinessservices.com /consumerproductsmarket.asp   (359 words)

  
 Loctite Consumer Retail Products, including super glues, adhesives and sealants: Loctite Consumer Retail Products Home
Henkel Consumer Adhesives, Inc., announces the launch of Loctite® Sumo™ Glue, an innovative new polyurethane technology that sets three times faster than traditional polyurethane glue, offers superior bond strength, and is less foaming.
One of the most common requests from polyurethane glue users is for a product with a faster set time.
Loctite Sumo Glue dries translucent/white, and fully cures in 24 hours, after which the product can be sanded, painted and stained to disguise glue lines.
www.loctiteproducts.com   (865 words)

  
 MG217 Psoriasis Treatment from Triton Consumer Products (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-2.cs.princeton.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
MG217 Psoriasis Treatment Products go a long way in controlling the itching and scaling of Psoriasis and associated skin conditions.
Triton Consumer Products is a leading marketer of over-the-counter psoriasis products under the MG217® brand and other specialty items including Skeeter Stik® Insect Bite Relief and Retre•Gel® Cold Sore treatment.
Triton products are primarily marketed in drug stores and mass merchandisers.
www.mg217.com.cob-web.org:8888   (147 words)

  
 Consumer Products Applications | Oracle Applications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
To meet all your business challenges, Oracle for Consumer Products delivers a powerful combination of technology and comprehensive, preintegrated business applications, including key functionality built specifically for the consumer products industry.
Bring the right mix of profitable products to market as quickly as possible.
And run Oracle for Consumer Products on Oracle technology to speed implementation, optimize performance, streamline support–and maximize ROI.
www.oracle.com /industries/consumer/index.html   (204 words)

  
 Adobe - Showcase : Showcase Finder : Consumer Products - All Project Types
Their challenge to demonstrate difficult hybrid technology in an understandable way was made simple by taking advantage of Flash technology.
With Flash Professional, Interone was able to provide BMW’s website visitors the brand attributes that BMW has come to be synonymous with, such as the joy of driving and the driving experience.
Mindseye was approached by the Acushnet Company to build an application that would enable their consumers and trade accounts to build personalized FootJoy golf shoes.
www.adobe.com /cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&industryid=4&lo...   (809 words)

  
 Plastics News - Consumer products
EDT) -- The American Chemistry Council and several retail and manufacturing groups have asked the Superior Court of California to set aside an ordinance that bans products containing bisphenol A that are intended for children under 3 years old.
EDT) -- 3M Co. recently completed the purchase of Nylonge Corp., a maker of household cleaning products in Elyria, Ohio.
EDT) -- The Center for Health, Environment and Justice — which has helped pressure several major retailers and manufacturers into pledging to phase out PVC — has selected Target Corp. and its 1,300 stores as its next undertaking.
www.plasticsnews.com /Consumer   (484 words)

  
 Stanley Works - Consumer Products
A world leader in the design, development and delivery of tools, Stanley brings to market the strongest and most innovative tools available.
With thousands of products on the market and hundreds introduced each year, Stanley develops the tools consumers need to get the job done.
Carpenter’s hand tools, electronic tools, masonry tools, residential entry door hardware, consumer residential hardware, consumer mechanics tools, pneumatic precision assembly tools and systems.
www.stanleyworks.com /bu_consumer.asp   (68 words)

  
 Adaptec - Consumer Products   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Today, Adaptec continues the tradition of making complex technologies simple and easy to use.
Adaptec consumer storage solutions provide the easiest way to add high-capacity storage to your desktop or notebook computer.
Transform your PC into a complete digital entertainment system.
www.adaptec.com /en-US/_common/br_consumer   (63 words)

  
 Pulse Consumer Products
Pulse provides a rapidly expanding range of high-performance solutions as follows: Low-profile, Resonant SMT, Active Power Correction Coil, Line Filters, and Inverter Transformers.
All products are lead-free and RoHS compliant, designed for appropriate safety agency approvals.
For further information, call the Consumer Division Sales Office in Italy or e-mail consumerdivision@pulseeng.com.
www.pulseeng.com /products/default.aspx?Product_Group=Consumer   (189 words)

  
 ARRIS : Consumer Products : FAQs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
DOCSIS stands for 'Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification' and is the industry's new specification for cable-based Internet access services.
Because it is a standard, companies such as ARRIS are able to offer DOCSIS cable modem products that are fully interoperable with any cable company who has implemented a DOCSIS cable network.
Prior to DOCSIS, cable companies were limited in that they had to purchase all cable Internet access hardware from the same company.
www.arrisi.com /consumer_products/faqs/index.asp   (1155 words)

  
 Consumer Guide: Expert Product Reviews and Prices
Since 1967, Consumer Guide experts have provided comprehensive reviews of leading products for millions of satisfied customers.
From laptops to lawn mowers, you'll find it here.
Copyright © 2006 Publications International, Ltd. Consumer Guide ® is a registered trademark of Publications International, Ltd.
products.howstuffworks.com   (54 words)

  
 Product Reviews and Reports - Consumer Search.com - Reviewing the Reviewers (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
We found a lot of lousy reviews for toaster ovens.
Most of these come from owners complaining of short product life, uneven heating, burning bread and unevenly browned toast.
ConsumerSearch is not sponsored by any source reviewed, and we accept no consideration or payment for including, excluding, or ranking any reviews, products or services in our reports.
www.consumersearch.com.cob-web.org:8888   (259 words)

  
 Articles About Consumer Products — HBS Working Knowledge
Articles About Consumer Products — HBS Working Knowledge
For many companies, distribution channels serve neither customers nor channel partners well.
The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)
hbswk.hbs.edu /industries/consumerproducts.html   (202 words)

  
 ConsumerReports.org - Consumer Reports: Ratings, Buying Guides & Product Reviews (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Online bargains, Hidden airline fees, Hotel fees, Tents.
MP3 players: iPods rule, but consider other brands
Does this $200 monitor live up to its "zero interference" claim?
www.consumerreports.org.cob-web.org:8888   (157 words)

  
 Philips Consumer Products - Country Selection
For more information on Consumer Products in your area, please select your country for local product catalogue and pricing.
Remember my country selection for future visits to Philips.com
Philips is one of the world's top three consumer electronics companies, with a range of products based on the company’s world-leading digital technology competencies, and designed to enhance consumers’ everyday lives - at home, at work or on the move.
www.consumer.philips.com /consumer/consumer_landing_page.jsp?language=...   (68 words)

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