Diamond Packaging has won five awards in the 25th Annual FSEA Gold Leaf Awards Competition, the industry's premier showcase for foil stamping, embossing and other specialty effects. Awards were announced last month at the FSEA IADD Joint ...
Tags: UV gloss coating, Packaging
The British Plastics Federation (BPF), the trade association for the UK Plastic Industry, has released a plan to make 100% of plastic packaging reused, recycled or recovered. The intention forms part of a document, Plastics: A Vision for ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany has succeeded in reducing the typical forward voltage by about 600mV to 2.6V (at a power density of 45A/cm2) in its indium gallium nitride (InGaN)-based green direct-emitting LEDs. With ...
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Web handling products provider Maxcess is set to showcase a range of precision roll technologies at this year’s NPE event in Orlando, US, which will be held from 7 to 11 May. At the event, the company will unveil technologies from ...
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Mercedes-Benz has premiered its new A-Class L Sedan at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition (Auto China 2018). The notchback model being presented there features a 6 cm longer wheelbase (2789 instead of 2729 mm) and is a ...
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Tomra Sorting Recycling has developed a new technology designed to separate single-layer PET trays from PET bottles. The new technology, Tomra Sharp Eye, is intended to enhance the previous capability of the company's Autosort machine to ...
Tags: Tomra, PET Trays, PET Bottles
A consortium of Ningbo Joyson Electronic (Joyson Electronics) and Asia-based private equity firm PAG have offered funding to Key Safety Systems (KSS) in acquiring the all of the global assets of Japan-based airbag-maker Takata. Takata's ...
Anheuser-Busch’s Bud Light is expanding its citrus portfolio with new lagers, which are brewed with real lime and orange peels. Bud Light Lime and Bud Light Orange are claimed to offer a clean and crisp taste with natural citrus ...
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Electric car-maker Tesla Motors has missed its Model 3 targets for the first quarter of this year. Last week it produced 2,020 of Model 3, against the target 2,500 vehicles. For the next week, the company forecasts to produce 2,000 ...
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Volkswagen of America has announced full pricing of the all-new 2019 Jetta, which the company says raises the bar in the compact sedan class, with new technology features. Now based off the award-winning MQB platform, the 2019 Jetta ...
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Memjet and Canon have entered into a long-term, global agreement to cross-license their patents around key segments and applications. Terms of the agreement remain confidential. Memjet CEO Len Lauer said: "We are excited and pleased ...
BMW is set to showcase its new Mini Electric at this year’s upcoming New York International Auto Show to be held between 30 March 30 and 8 April this year. The classic Mini Electric combines the historic look of the world’s ...
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An extensive experimental database of inorganic thin-film materials that organizes a decade’s worth of research at the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is now publicly available (‘An open ...
Tags: Thin-film, PV, Thin-Film Materials
National Agricultural Development Company (NADEC) has agreed to acquire 100% of Al Safi Danone (ASD) for an undisclosed price to consolidate its position in Saudi Arabian dairy market. ASD is a joint venture between the Saudi Arabia-based ...
DS Smith Plastics, Extruded Products proposed a customisable tray made from AkyLux polypropylene sheets, offering a lightweight, durable and reusable solution for their internal logistics. Akylux polypropylene sheets are easy to convert ...