Unilever reported that more than 50 percent of all its factories have achieved the goal of sending no waste to landfill in 2012. This goal was achieved while the company reported annual sales of €51 billion - up from €40 ...
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Weighing in at just 32g, the bottle – which is currently undergoing trials with a number of Nampak’s customers – represents a 20% material saving on the standard four-pint version found in most supermarkets today (which ...
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Coke has been joined by Schweppes, Lion Nathan, and the Australian Food and Grocery Council in the Federal Court trying to stop the NT scheme. “Coca Cola is now notorious in Australia for being the driving force behind misleading ...
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The news came from the Environment Agency, which revealed yesterday that five companies, who were not named, had “been identified as not meeting their obligations” under the PRN and PERN systems. “The relevant agencies are ...
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The industry's lightest 64-oz hot-fill polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle establishes a new standard for the size category. The unique stock container for juices and teas from Amcor Rigid Plastics delivers major sustainability ...
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Global plastic packaging materials manufacturer and marketer, Berry Plastics has unveiled the new stretchable 3546A single-coated woven tape. The latest product joins the company's offering of woven, flexible film and transfer adhesives ...
Berry Plastics Group, a provider of value-added plastic consumer packaging and engineered materials, has launched 3546A single-coated woven tape, designed for use in the manufacture of pulse oximeters and other medical devices. 3546A ...
US-based Modern Plastics has announced that a spinal implant device using Evonik's VESTAKEEP PEEK (polyetheretherketone) has obtained 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The implant device, which exhibits ...
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The modular concept of the new Dielectric Analyzer DEA 288 Epsilon by NETZSCH Analyzing & Testing allows for the study of the curing behavior of thermosetting resins and composites. It can be successfully used not only in the laboratory ...
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Guardian Industries DiamondGuard glass was recently installed on the102nd story of the Empire State Building in New York City as part of an extensive renovation to update this venerable landmark. The Empire State Building features two ...
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SRF Limited reported Q3 results fiscal year 2013 -Q3 revenue at Rs. 889 crore, a fall of 6% year-on-year -Q3 PAT, a reduction of Rs. 21 crore year-on-year -Exchange Currency Fluctuation loss of Rs. 20 crore during Q3 -Board approved ...
Visi-Flash was the trade name used by R. E. Dietz Company for their line of battery powered transistorized barricade warning lights. In 1958, Dietz was the first company to offer battery powered barricade lights. These lights are commonly ...
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Nampak Plastics, a leading producer of plastic milk bottles, has claimed to have developed the world’s lightest ever four-pint high density polyethylene (HDPE) bottle. The bottle, which is currently being trailed with a number of ...
. There’s been nothing before it, at least in this country, so this $60,000 fast four-door sedan is an unknown quantity. Opel Performance Centre (OPC), based in Russelsheim, Germany, is the sports-engineering division of GM’s ...
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The Mazda 3 has been Australia’s number one selling car for the past two years. Sometimes, mere popularity doesn’t guarantee an excellent product but thankfully that isn’t the case with the Mazda 3. Despite being four ...