Boxed beverages, like juice-boxes, have been around since the mid-60s. Children have been drinking juice out of cardboard squares lined with plastic or aluminum for years. This hybrid, multi-layer construction makes recycli ng the ...
Elizabeth Arden selected Airopack as the environmentally friendly, safe, all-plastic, pressurized dispenser that uses 42 percent less energy and emits 74 percent less CO2 than a regular aerosol can to dispense the new Ceramide Self-Foaming ...
I joined GreenBlue last fall as the new executive director and Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) director. Now that a year has passed, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on some key industry milestones in 2013 and talk ...
For flexible packaging applications, choose from a range of stock pouch fitments/weld spouts. The company's engineering staff can help design a custom product to fit your needs, and rapid in-house prototyping allows for quick response time. ...
Tags: flexible packaging, Packaging, Printing
Asked where the focus for developments is on blister packaging lines, Bernd Webel, sales director with? Romaco, is unequivocal in his response: "Romaco Noack focuses on the constant improvement of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) ...
Tags: Blister Packaging, Innovation
The LCA model enables the companies to track their products from raw material through to consumer use and disposal, and detects areas of major environmental impacts and then help reduce those impacts. "To achieve the ultimate goal of ...
Tags: Lifecycle Assessment, Unilever, UPM
The new range includes boxes that can carry between two and eight cupcakes and the box designs are unique to the the Rutland-based company behind the range, Bakerlot. The boxes feature window biodegradable patches made from Polylactic ...
Due to high global oversupply and stock, the aluminum prices fell by 1.4% to US$1,748/ton on November 27th, the the lowest since July 2009. Decline in aluminum prices may cause the Jamaican major aluminum producers Rusal and Alcoa to ...
Tags: Jamaican, Economy Damaged, Aluminum Prices
Even the post-turkey coma couldn't keep a good shopper down as millions of people across the country lined the sidewalks late Thursday night and by midnight on Black Friday to stock up on discounted toys, laptops, tablets, apparel, and ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories, Retail Sales
Following an inquiry, a new report published by the Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group warns that a lack of quality in the waste supply chain is limiting the UK's export options and potentially holding back investment in ...
It’s reported that the Russian steel pipe producer TMK’s net profits dropped by 13% from a quarter ago to US$35 million in the third quarter of this year, according to the international financial reporting standards (IFRS). ...
A lack of certainty in renewable energy policy and expertise of renewable energy projects are holding institutional investors back according to a new EY survey released today. Of the 75 North American and European major pension and ...
Tags: renewable, energy, policy, uncertainty, expertise, institutional, investor
Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), with between 10 to 249 persons employed, are a driver of the European economy, creating jobs and contributing to economic growth. In 2011, of the 22 million enterprises in the EU28’s ...
Tags: enterprise, non-financial, EU28, SMEs
In November 2013 economic expectations for Central and Eastern Europe including Turkey (CEE) have improved by 7.0 points. Thus, the ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for the CEE region now stands at a level of 41.6 points. ...
The recycling specialist will increase capacity at its Dagenham plant from 35,000 to 55,000 tonnes per annum to meet demands of the dairy industry as it works towards higher recycled content targets, while also diverting a further 30,000 ...