Russian steelmaker NLMK has announced that it has held a ceremony on July 23 to mark the opening of NLMK Kaluga, its next-generation EAF mill located in the Kaluga region near Moscow. The launch of NLMK Kaluga will help tackle the ...
NLMK, one of the world’s largest steel producers has announced to initiate its operation of new EAF mill in Kaluga, Moscow. The Kaluga work site will help to produce high quality long products with raw material and ferrous scrap ...
How do you use packaging to communicate your sustainable strategy to customers? Come and find out. On July 17, 2013, Jim Hanna, director, environmental impact, Starbucks Coffee Co., will speak at the Packaging Digest Global Food & ...
Tags: Packaging, Sustainability, Gateway
Most of the products we use today, particularly components of large products, are made using a process called injection molding. It requires the use of mold cavities into which materials in molten state are poured and solidified to form ...
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IFCO Systems, a global leader in reusable plastic containers (RPCs) for fresh products, recently released a study confirming RPCs as a sustainable packaging option. The report shows the IFCO solution generates 82% less solid waste, consumes ...
Tags: Reusable Plastic Containers, Containers, Industrial Equipment, Components
ViscoTec realized major modifications for the cleaning and maintenance process(EasyClean)within a new generation of the RD dispenser series.These dosing pumps had been enhanced on the basis of the excentric screw pump principle and can ...
Waste management company Eco Baltia has opened a new €5.3m recycled PET production plant in Jelgava, Latvia. The new 8,500tpa plant has been established through the company's recycling subsidiary Eko Baltija, plasticsnews.com ...
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), in conjunction with the soft drinks industry, trade associations and WRAP, has launched Soft Drinks Sustainability Roadmap (SDSR). The initiative was launched by Food ...
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US-headquartered confectionery giant Mars has broken ground on a $82m production line for Twix chocolate bars in Egypt, in order to cater to the Middle East and African markets. The new manufacturing facility is located at the company's ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Chocolate
Wirtschaftsbetrieb Ludwigshafen (WBL), the public works department of the city of Ludwigshafen, has approved the use of organic waste bags made of BASF’s compostable plastic ecovio FS for disposal in the organic waste bins in the ...
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QuadTech, a Qucontrols manufacturer and flexo packaging press manufacturer in Czech Republic, Soma Engineering have signed an agreement to include in-line, automated, continuous inspection systems on Soma central impression (CI) flexo ...
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Aon, the UK's largest insurance broker and provider of risk management services, has selected Azzurri Communications to help manage its telecommunications services. The firm will use Azzurri's Intelligent Telecoms Expense Management ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
The Bader International Study Centre (Queen's University, Canada), located in Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, invited Greg to help launch their "Green Castle Initiative". This initiative commits the Bader International Study Centre to ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
In 2012, 91 percent (29 million tons) of the corrugated packaging used in the U.S. was successfully recovered for recycling, maintaining its top position as the most-recycled packaging material. Recovery for recycling has increased ...
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According to estimates by the Indian Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), the urban population of India produces between 0.2 and 0.6 kg of waste per head each day. Over the year municipal waste from the country´s 1.2 billion ...