US-based Berry Plastics together with Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced that the company will reopen its Madisonville, Kentucky, manufacturing facility to increase its production capacity. Berry Plastics chairman and CEO Jon Rich ...
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Dow Performance Packaging has bagged the Ringier Technology Innovation Award for its Robond L-95D water-based laminating adhesive at Shanghai. According to the firm, the adhesive has been developed for use with film substrates that are ...
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Molded fiber packaging is increasingly being pursued by several firms as a means of improving sustainability initiatives. Philips Consumer Lifestyle has reportedly adopted the usage of newspaper material for better economy, according to ...
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Clariant has been developing color and additive products for plastics like polylactic acid (PLA) made from corn, sugar, starch and other natural raw materials, in order to help customers meet their sustainability goals. Clariant supplies ...
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A provider of chemical and plastics solutions Borealis, and Nexeo Solutions, a plastics distribution company, announced that they have inked a distribution agreement to offer Bormed products, specially dedicated to healthcare applications ...
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Sustainable bioplastics manufacturer Cereplast has signed a distribution agreement with Albis Plastic in Germany to supply Cereplast bioplastic resins to the UK and Ireland. The company said it has shipped the first purchase order to ...
Universal Plastics, a thermoformer maker based in the US, has been purchased by Sunil and Jay Kumar from its owning family, and the Kumars would reportedly be on-site managers for the new firm. Sunil Kumar previously worked as president ...
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US-based injection molding and plasics packaging firm Berry Plastics has completed the acquisition of Frans Nooren Beheer companies, which include STOPAQ, an anti-corrosive coatings and sealants firm, for undisclosed amount. Earlier in ...
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US-based Spartech, a producer of plastic sheet, compounds and packaging solutions, has launched Visual Plastics, its portfolio of products serving the sign, display, graphic arts and architectural design market at the 2012 IAPD Convention & ...
A new oxodegradable polymer, a kind of plastic that can decompose in a couple of months when exposed to sunlight, has been developed by the scientists from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga in Mumbai, India. The polymer was ...
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Reifenhauser has announced its intention to split itself into two entities, one to handle cast film and another for extruders and wood-composite plastics. Reifenhauser Cast Sheet Coating, the cast film unit, would be headed by Jochen ...
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,21 commodities increased in prices, 29 fell and 50 remained unchanged on 04/12/2012.The largest rises were Soybean meal (1.08%),PET (0.98%),LLDPE (0.78%),while the largest ...
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Los Angeles City Council and an alliance of plastic bag makers are at loggerheads over banning one-time use of plastic bags in the city. The American Progressive Bag Alliance also is lobbying city lawmakers to try to head off the plans to ...
Specialty glass maker Corning Inc (GLW.N) has won U.S. approval to buy a division of Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX.N) that makes specialized labware, but must help Sigma-Aldrich Co (SIAL.O) enter that market, the Federal Trade Commission said ...
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Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, near Beverly Hills, has upgraded more than 78,000 square feet of its guest room windows with Solar Gard® Armorcoat® Stainless Steel window film. The application provides significant energy savings and UV ...
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