Flexible packaging such as plastic bags, confectionery wrappers, frozen food bags and pouches makes up nearly a third (32%) of consumer plastic packaging in the UK, however virtually all of this 556,000 tonnes produced annually ends up in ...
Researchers from Canada’s Université Laval’s faculty of science and engineering and center for optics, photonics, and lasers have developed smart textiles that can monitor and transmit the wearers’ biomedical ...
The two-year REFLEX project, funded by the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, aims to create a circular economy for flexible packaging – from confectionery wrappers to detergent pouches – by involving the whole supply ...
Japanese retail packaging is as culturally unique to Japan as its language, traditional dress and customs, and it took four days at Tokyo Pack 2014 to begin to make sense of characteristic traits in pack construction and consumer ...
Tags: retail packaging, Packaging
Are you sick and tired of spending big bucks on chemical cleaners chockfull of scary ingredients? If so, it may seem that your only option is to go out and purchase organic versions with even scarier price tags. However, there are ...
Global reusable packaging solutions provider Ifco Systems has entered into a partnership with Sealed Air to ensure that all IFCO reusable plastic containers washed with the latter’s product, Diversey (detergents and disinfectants) ...
Tags: IFCO, Food Safety, Printing
Rigid plastic producers Amcor Rigid Plastics will soon operate an on-site production facility within Method’s manufacturing facility in Chicago to produce 100% PCR polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. Method produces ...
Tags: Amcor, Pet Production Facility, Packaging
The Pakistan textile exporting industry has received a bonanza from the government in the form of a duty drawback on customs duty paid on import of raw materials used in manufacture of textile products meant for export. Through a ...
Tags: Pakistan Textile, Import, Textile
China Daily Chemical Industry Export Trend Analysis HS Code Product Name 3401 Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, molded ...
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Hohenstein Institute America will present several new fabric testing procedures and certifications relevant to manufacturers of outdoor and athletic apparel and gear. Hohenstein experts will be available to discuss these innovations at ...
China Quality Certification Center (CQC) has carried out New Standards and Certification Rules for Water Conservation Certification of Liquid Detergent for Fabric , CQC32-353224-2013.The details are as follows. Application category: CQC ...
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Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies Ltd. (JM Davy), a global provider of advanced process technologies and Rennovia, Inc., a development stage company focused on the production of commodity and speciality chemicals from renewable feedstocks, ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Chemicals, Adipic Acid
Inspecting containers, various equipment and infrastructures has long been one of the most time and manpower consuming task to ensure security and safety. However, with the latest innovations in the industry and arrival of new techniques ...
Caustic soda or sodium hydroxide or lye is that chemical from which it is impossible to get rid of. May be only heard the name in your chemistry classes during experiments with bases, but just have a look on the labels of cleaning agents ...
Tags: Caustic soda, chlorine production, needs more precautions
Solvay plans to increase its annual production capacity of natural soda ash at its Green River plant in Wyoming by 150,000 metric tons as of early next year, to meet growing demand of its U.S. export markets. "This capacity expansion ...