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Vitamin Blue Announces Future Plans to Expand Operations in the Worldwide Standup Paddle (SUP) Market 0

COSTA MESA, CA — (Marketwire) — 02/12/13 — Vitamin Blue, Inc. (OTCQB: VTMB) a developer, producer and distributor of water boardsports apparel, accessories and related products, today announced that it has future plans to expand its operations and to focus efforts on exploiting a new high growth water boardsport market segment, the SUP (standup paddle) market. SUP is considered to be the fastest growing sport in the world. The company has been involved in this new segment since its reintrodu

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Gildan Activewear Announces Strong First Quarter Results and Reconfirms Full Year Guidance 0

MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 02/06/13 — Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX: GIL)(NYSE: GIL) today announced record results for the first quarter of a fiscal year, which were slightly in excess of the guidance range which it had previously provided, and reconfirmed its earnings guidance for fiscal 2013 which it had initiated on November 29, 2012. The Company also provided guidance for sales and earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2013.First Quarter ResultsGildan today reported net earnin

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Gildan Activewear Will Hold its Fiscal 2013 First Quarter Conference Call at 5:00 PM ET on February 6, 2013 and its Annual Meeting of Shareholders at 10:00 AM ET on February 7, 2013 0

MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 01/22/13 — Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX: GIL)(NYSE: GIL) will report its fiscal 2013 first quarter results on Wednesday, February 6, 2013. A press release will be issued after market close and a conference call is scheduled for that same day at 5:00 PM ET to discuss the Company-s results and business outlook. The Company will hold its annual meeting of shareholders at the Centre Mont-Royal, in Montreal, Quebec the following morning, on Thursday, February 7,

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Biomedical Structures Ramps Up Biomedical Textile Development With Facility Expansion, New Vice President of R&D 0

Expanded Engineering Center, Cleanroom Space and Weaving Capacity Support Medical Textile Manufacturing

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Vitamin Blue Sales Increase 25% Year Over Year 0

COSTA MESA, CA — (Marketwire) — 01/07/13 — Vitamin Blue, Inc. (OTCQB: VTMB) announced today that its year over year sales have increased by more than 25%. This was in line with Company goals of growing sales while minimizing cost of sales. The increase in sales revenue sets up for a healthy 2013 for the company."We are very excited about our yearly growth numbers as it is a validation in our commitment to look for very cost effective ways to grow sales and profits," said Frank Orne

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Bob Skinner Named Managing Director of Smart Shirts Ltd Hong Kong 0

NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwire) — 10/10/12 — Robert C. Skinner, Jr. has been named managing director of Smart Shirts Ltd headquartered in Hong Kong, according to Lei Xu, the chairman of Smart Shirts, a leading global original design manufacturer of apparel products. Skinner, currently chief executive officer of Smart Shirts- US-based Smart Apparel, will be relocating from New York City to Hong Kong in January 2013."We are very pleased to have someone with Bob-s deep industry knowledge and r

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Pinkwood Ltd. Announces the Purchase of A New, Fully Integrated, High Capacity I-Joist Manufacturing Plant 0

CALGARY, ALBERTA — (Marketwire) — 09/11/12 — Editor-s Note: There is a photo associated with this release.announced plans to open a new I-Joist manufacturing plant in Calgary, with production scheduled to commence on March 4th, 2013.The plant will produce I-joists protected with "", a proprietary pink coating, which provides resistance to mould, moisture and fire, using technology developed and perfected in Pinkwood-s pilot facility in Calgary over the past two years. The new plant

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Gildan-s President and Chief Executive Officer Initiates 10b5-1 Plan 0

MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 08/29/12 — Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX: GIL)(NYSE: TSX) today announced that Glenn J. Chamandy, President and CEO, has entered into a pre-arranged share disposition plan, under which he has authorized and directed a U.S. financial institution to sell up to 2.75 million of his total of 9.8 million common shares of Gildan, over a maximum 24-month period beginning on December 17, 2012. Accordingly, no disposition of shares will take place before the Company ha

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Visual Magnetics Adds Sonoma Graphic Products as New Direct Sales Channel 0

MENDON, MA — (Marketwire) — 08/13/12 — ® (), developer of the revolutionary that matches magnetic-receptive technologies with high-quality print media, today announced that the company has added , owned by Frank Sumner and Gerry Fults, as a new direct sales channel. Sonoma Graphic Products is the largest distributor of wide-format graphic media and equipment in the Northwest.As a direct sales channel, Sonoma Graphic Products will provide certified sales personnel, solution provider supp

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Ortho Mattress Carries Consumer Reports- Top-Ranked Mattress, Plus Own Factory-Direct Models 0

LOS ANGELES, CA — (Marketwire) — 07/09/12 — In the just-released Consumer Reports mattress ratings, three of the top five brands selected by survey respondents favored factory-direct mattress companies, which is great news for Ortho Mattress (), the leading manufacturer and retailer of factory-direct mattresses in California."The latest Consumer Reports mattress rankings further validate our approach to making and selling to our customers," said Ortho Mattress CEO Ken Karmin. &quot

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