Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/5/2012 3:45:13 AM U.S. demand for post-consumer recycled plastic is forecast to rise 6.5 percent per year to 3.5 billion pounds in 2016. Gains will be driven by a ...
Tags: plastic recycling, PET, HDPE, beverage bottles, thermoformed containers
Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/5/2012 3:03:55 AM The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice has announced that Ohio-based Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., the ...
Tags: glass container, pollution control equipment, NOx, SO2
Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/5/2012 2:29:57 PM The World Packaging Organization (WPO) signed a cooperative agreement at the end of November 2012 with Ipack-Ima Spa to support and promote the exhibitions ...
Tags: WPO, Ipack-Ima Spa, packaging culture
Posted by Jenni Spinner, Senior Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/4/2012 7:00:00 AM The Label and Packaging Materials division of Avery Dennison Corp. today launched a global Designer Showcase that features insights, examples and personal ...
Jack Mans -- Packaging Digest, 12/4/2012 10:16:30 AM Lenze Americas has expanded support to material handling operations ith its fully integrated energy efficient solution package comprised of DSD software, MF(multiple frequency) gear motor ...
Tags: DSD, Gear Boxes, Motec Inverter Drive, MF Three-Phase AC Geared Motors
Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 11/26/2012 10:04:01 AM As packaging professionals well know, the words "high-end packaging" and "short-run" typically do not appear in the same sentence. To achieve the highly ...
Tags: short-run packaging, high-end packaging, digital die-cutting
Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/3/2012 9:53:42 AM Endangered Species Chocolate, which donates 10 percent of its net profits to species and habitat conservation efforts, expects more than a 230 percent boost ...
Tags: Pack 401, Bosch machines, chocolate bars
Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/3/2012 1:05:15 AM Z-View is an open carton design that allows consumers to focus on the product instead of the packaging. Features include proper nesting for ...
Posted by Jenni Spinner, Senior Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/7/2012 9:18:30 AM Integrated Reclose and Integrated Tape offer solutions for resealable flowpacks. The resealable elements are integrated directly into supplied packaging ...
Tags: flowpacks, tape systems, integrated reclose, integrated tape
The Australian reported that construction of a new rail line through Western Australia's resource rich Pilbara region could drive down iron ore prices and force out of business the very mines the network would unlock, an exhaustive analysis ...
Tags: Pilbara, iron ore, BHP Billiton
Accent Resources' pit optimization study has indicated that its Norseman Gold project hosts mineable inventory of 0.85 million tonnes at 1.62 grams per tonne gold for a contained resource of 41,800 ounces. This represents a significant ...
Bloomberg reported that Chinese imports of bauxite fell 31% from a year earlier last month after Indonesia curbed mineral exports restricting seaborne shipments of the ore used to make aluminum. Total deliveries to China slid to 2.14 ...
Tags: Clarkson Plc, raw material, ore
PTI reported that BHEL is working with the government on plans to identify a technology partner for manufacture of defense equipment including making bigger guns for the Navy. BHEL, which is all set to become a Maharatna company, is ...
Tags: BHEL, Maharatna company, gun
AAP reported that iron ore miner Fortescue Metals has sought to reassure shareholders that the economic credentials of its biggest customer, China, remain sound following the country's recent leadership transition. Mr Nev Power CEO of ...
Tags: iron ore, Fortescue Metals, iron ore miner
ET reported that state owned aluminium producer Nalco has funded many educational institutions as part of its corporate social responsibility but no financial assistance has been given to any private university. Mr Dinsha Patel mines ...