Biodegradable plastics manufacturer in the US Casey Container has received a new Letter of Interest from a German investment fund increasing the funding amount to$10m. Casey Container CEO Martin Nason said the increase of fund is the ...
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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
Amcor Rigid Plastics has supplied hot fill polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles to Old South Foods, a bottler and co-packer of restaurant foods to replace its 16oz barbecue sauce decanter from glass. According to Amcor, the ...
A set of official teaser images of the all-new Skoda Octavia has given us our first look at the interior of the third-generation mid-sizer ahead of its 2013 debut. The single interior image uncovers a corner of the new Skoda Octavia's ...
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Taipei,Dec.7,2012(CENS)--After being deferred for over one year,a high value-added petrochemical investment project of Formosa Plastics Group(FPG)is finally ready for implementation,as the Petitions and Appeals Committee of the Executive ...
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Whole Foods Market’s Rocky Mountain Region is planning to switch to 100% recycled paperboard deli boxes with a coating made from 40% calcium carbonate. The company is gearing up to launch two sizes of paperboard deli containers with ...
Tags: Recycled Paperboard Deli Boxes, calcium carbonate, plastics
Taipei, Dec. 5, 2012 (CENS)--The four major member firms of Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) racked up total revenue of NT$137.677 billion in November, up 3.2% year-on-year, announced the group yesterday (Dec. 4). The group noted that the ...
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German-based CDA, a specialist for complex multi-μ-functional solutions on plastics, and Hacker Automation have entered into a collaboration agreement in the fields of lab-on-a-chip and embedded diagnostic systems. Hacker Automation is ...
Tags: diagnostic systems, micro-optical, spectroscopic, printed electronic
Taipei, Dec.5, 2012 (CENS)--Being optimistic about steel markets in Southeast Asia and to tap preferential tariffs in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Formosa Plastics Group's (FPG) is investing to build a steel mill in Ha ...
Tags: steel, ASEAN, FPG, steel mill, preferential tariffs
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has acquired Michigan-based Twin Bay Medical, who manufacturers BarbLock products including flexible tube retainers, and single-use components for biopharmaceuticals manufacturing. The acquisition enables ...
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New Zealand-based Caffe Prima has chosen to use Econic coffee bags, which were specifically developed by converter, Convex Plastics using NatureFlex renewable and compostable films in their construction. Caffe Prima was on look out for ...
Austria-based chemical and plastics solutions provider Borealis is set to launch two new peelable compounds, Borpeel WD955CF and Steripeel WE950CF, for transparent lidding film and peel against itself applications. According to Borealis, ...
Austrian provider of chemical and plastics solutions Borealis has announced the launch of a new polypropylene (PP) grade, Bormod BH381MO to support manufacturers of industrial packaging pails in meeting their growing sustainability goals. ...
Tags: Pail Producers, Pp Grade, chemical and plastics solutions
Tru-Vision Plastics, a custom converter based in Texas, has invested in new equipment and moved from its existing 24,000ft2 facility to a new 80,000ft2 one. Tru-Vision president and CEO Ted Dean said the growth has been steady rather than ...
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Plastic packaging company Quinn Plastics & Packaging said it has acquired a Kiefel KMD 85 thermoformer in an effort to become a major player in rigid food packaging. The machine is the first major investment by the company into packaging ...
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