New technologies and novel green ingredients are the focal themes of the European edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit (21-23rd November, 2012) The impact of new technologies on the sustainable development of the cosmetics ...
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Metabolix, a bioscience company, has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Antibioticos S.A. for Mirel biopolymer resin production at its manufacturing facility in Leon, Spain. As per the terms of the LOI, Metabolix will conduct a series ...
What is the interplay between sustainability and industry's ever-greater environmental responsibility?What steps should firms take in response to the new geo-economic realignment of the planet?What strategic choices must be adopted given ...
Tags: man-made fibres, sustainability, sales, competitiveness
Dutch food ingredients firm CSM expects to make a major progress on the sale of its bakery unit by early 2013. The company is currently undertaking preparatory work to divest the unit. CSM's bakery unit, which supplies ready-made muffins ...
Tags: ready-made muffins and croissants, bread and pastry mixes
The third world textiles conference ‘Smartex-2013’ will take place from 14th to 16th May, 2013, at Sharm Elsheakh, Egypt. The forthcoming event will bring several textile experts together from various manufacturing companies, ...
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The third world textiles conference ‘Smartex-2013’ will take place from 14th to 16th May, 2013, at Sharm Elsheakh, Egypt. The forthcoming event will bring several textile experts together from various manufacturing companies, ...
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BASF is optimizing its organizational structure to better serve its customer industries and enhance its operational and technology excellence. The changes reflect the company's "We create chemistry" strategy which outlines how BASF aims ...
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Driven by the major acquisition of a wastewater pumps business and organic growth, order intake increased significantly by nominal 11% to CHF 2 025 million in the first half of 2012. Adjusted for currency effects as well as acquisitions and ...
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Production efficiency was the focus of this year’s Technology Days event, organized in March by injection molding machinery producer Arburg GmbH + Co. KG in Lossburg. Arburg defines production efficiency as an overarching “meta ...
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Sustainable packaging upstart Ecovative Design LLC has received tremendous attention over the past year for its disruptive technology introduction of protective packaging materials grown from agricultural byproducts bound together by ...
Dow Chemical today announced a joint venture to produce ethanol and plastics from sugar cane, A step toward sourcing renewable feedstocks for chemicals. The joint venture between Dow Chemical and Japanese industrial conglomerate Mitsui will ...
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