Posted by Rick Lingle,Technical Editor--Packaging Digest,12/19/2012 4:26:01 PM Canadian Plastics Industry Association(CPIA)released a new report that the amount of post-consumer plastic recycled in Canada has increased in 2011.An ...
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GlaxoSmithKline has launched a new program to reduce the environmental impact of GSK respiratory inhalers sent to landfills. The program, Complete the Cycle Recycle, is designed to help people to deposit their empty inhalers at ...
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Created by Victor Vetterlien the Bite Me is an edible desk lamp? Yes the lamp itself is made of biodegradable plastic created from vegetable glycerin and agar, a gelatin made from sea algae. The LED light-source is attached to a clear ...
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US-based HDI Plastics has signed an agreement with the Eastland Economic Development to construct a $4m plastics recycling facility in 2013 in Eastland, Texas. Eastland Economic Development executive director Jerry Conner said the company ...
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BASF has opened its first production plant for dispersions in South Africa located at Umbogintwini Industrial Complex in Durban.With this new production facility BASF will serve its customers in the fast growing South African and ...
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The 'Rollercoaster' luminaire demonstrates rapid development with organic light emitting diodes Osram presents a luminaire in the form of the Rollercoaster designer luminaire featuring industry-mature, transparent OLEDs for the first ...
IDG News Service-Researchers at Rice University in Houston have developed a prototype spray-on battery that could allow engineers to rethink the way portable electronics are designed. The rechargeable battery boasts similar electrical ...
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U.S. Army research and development centers are collaborating to design new ammunition packaging that could yield significant cost savings and improve battlefield capability, officials say. Two organizations within the U.S. Army Research, ...
For second consecutive year,Dow is recognized in annual ranking for global leadership in innovation performance. The Dow Chemical Company was named to the Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators list for the second,consecutive year in ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently has awarded three new DOT numbers to auto glass-related product manufacturers, two based in the United States and one in China. DOT No. 989 was awarded to Palram Americas Inc. in ...
Tags: New DOT Numbers, Auto Glass, Total Plastics Inc., Decoration
Diodes, in general, are made of very thin layers of semiconductor material; one layer will have an excess of electrons, while the next will have a deficit of electrons. This difference causes electrons to move from one layer to another, ...
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Private equity firm Graham Partners announce that it acquired Wisconsin-based Scandia Plastics, a manufacturer of blow molded bottles, containers, and light industrial parts, for an undisclosed sum. According to Graham Partners, in ...
Taipei, Dec. 14, 2012 (CENS)--Formosa Plastics U.S.A. will invest US$1.7 billion (NT$49.38 billion) to expand its capacities and switch to shale gas as the raw material for its naphtha crackers, which will enable it to cut production cost ...
Tags: raw material, naphtha crackers, Formosa Plastics, oil shale resources
A string of retail giants have announced that shoppers can bring back thin plastic packaging such as bread bags for recycling at their stores as a result of an agreement with the On Pack Recycling Label (OPRL) scheme The On-Pack Recycling ...
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UBM Canon leading brands MD+DI, MPMN, Qmed, Plastics Today, Packaging Digest, PMPN,and Design News are excited to continue their "MedTech Trends in 2013" Webcast Series. The second in the series, sponsored by Pall, will focus specifically ...