Under the theme “Innovation, Sustainability and Color," PPG Industries recently hosted its Asia Pacific Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility Forum and a celebration of the company’s 130th anniversary in Shanghai. ...
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The price spread between Asian paraxylene and isomer-grade mixed xylenes shrank $9/mt day on day to a one-year low of $175/mt on a CFR basis Wednesday as PX prices turned top heavy while MX remained bullish, Platts data showed. Asian ...
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The small northeastern Minnesota town of Hibbing has produced some notable stars, including rocker Bob Dylan and the MLB home run king of the pre-steroid era, Roger Maris. It's also home to Greyhound Bus Lines. Today, another Hibbing ...
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Holcim Philippines Inc. will reopen this month its grinding cement plant in Mabini, Batangas that will boost the company s production by 1 million metric tons per year. Holcim Philippines chief executive Ed Sahagun said in a news briefing ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Consolidated Glass Holdings Inc., a manufacturer, fabricator, and distributor of high-performance glass and glazing products, has announced the formation of a new Eastern Division for Architectural Glass Fabrication and Specialty Products. ...
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The premium of styrene over benzene in the Northwest European market rose to a nine-month high of $448/mt Thursday as spot price trends between the feedstock and its derivative diverged, Platts data showed. The premium, assessed Thursday, ...
Tags: Styrene Premium, Chemicals
Posted by Jack Mans, Plant Operations Editor -- Packaging Digest, 5/11/2013 12:32:28 PM Although it won't be obvious to patients, a family of giant robots behind the scenes now counts and processes their medications. With a new automated ...
Tags: UCSF Robotic Pharmacy, Packaging
Posted by Jack Mans, Plant Operations Editor -- Packaging Digest, 5/7/2013 1:59:57 PM The Reusable Packaging Assoc. is accepting submissions for its second annual Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award. The award is designed to recognize ...
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Posted by Jack Mans, Plant Operations Editor -- Packaging Digest, 5/7/2013 2:08:06 PM Smurfit Kappa bag-in-box will showcase its complete range of new and modern flexible packaging, the Pouch-Up?, at the London International Wine Fair ...
Posted by Jack Mans, Plant Operations Editor -- Packaging Digest, 4/23/2013 5:04:22 PM The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved updated labeling for Purdue Pharma L.P.'s reformulated OxyContin (oxycodone hydrochloride ...
Posted by Jack Mans, Plant Operations Editor -- Packaging Digest, 4/23/2013 4:30:09 PM Unisource Worldwide is engaged in exclusive talks with International Paper regarding a proposed transaction in which IP's xpedx distribution business ...
Posted by Jack Mans, Plant Operations Editor -- Packaging Digest, 4/16/2013 3:38:26 PM Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to kill deadly pathogenic bacteria, including listeria, in food ...
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Posted by Jack Mans, Plant Operations Editor -- Packaging Digest, 4/16/2013 4:06:47 PM The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it is extending the deadline for comments on a 300-page traceability report created by the ...
Tags: FDA, IFT Traceability, Packaging
Continuing to expand its offerings of based LEDs for industrial controls and retrofit panel mount applications, LEDtronics introduces 22mm and 30mm direct incandescent-replacement RPLH Series Panel LED Pilot Lamps and Holders. The RPLH ...
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Solid State Technology is proud to announce that Yoon-Woo Lee will be speaking at The ConFab 2013. The event will be held June 23-26, 2013 at The Encore at The Wynn in Las Vegas. Lee is the Executive Advisor of Samsung Electronics. ...