Food packaging and processing company Tetra Pak has received Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody (CoC) certification for all of its converting plants and market companies, making it eligible to supply FSC labelled packages ...
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Fully renewable food carton packaging on trial in Finland Global packaging company Tetra Pak has launched new carton packaging made entirely from plant-based materials, with the first product to use the packaging available in retail shops ...
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The share of cotton from more sustainable sources used by furniture and home furnishings retailer, Ikea in its products reached 76 per cent and is on track to reach its goal of 100 per cent by August 2015. Sweden based Ikea Group released ...
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China will step up reforms and innovation to speed up agricultural modernization in 2015, according to a key policy document released by the Party and government on Sunday. As the Chinese economy, under the "new normal," shifts from ...
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XCMG cooperates with KAMAZ, the biggest truck manufacturer in Russia, in the field of special vehicles such as truck mounted cranes, forestry cranes, and hook arm for sanitation trucks. As the biggest construction machinery manufacturer ...
December is normally associated with celebrating achievements and chalking out action plans for the year ahead. But for Andrew Mackenzie, the chief executive officer of mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd, December was the culmination of an ...
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Copper Fox Distillery is set to open new malting, production, aging, and tasting facility in the City of Williamsburg, Virginia. The company plans to invest around $2m in the proposed facility, which will create around 28 new jobs in the ...
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Indonesia’s ability to export sustainable forestry products has just been given an adrenalin boost. All products recognised by the Indonesian Forestry Certification Cooperation (IFCC) will receive automatic accreditation from the ...
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According to report from Japan News Network, the price of rice fell sharply in 2014 and it gets farmers into trouble. Niigata, Japan's most famous rice growing areas, produced 660,000 tons rice last year. The price of rice produced in ...
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Registration is open for UV/EB courses offered through the Radiation Curing Program (RCP) and filling up fast. Although the professional development courses have rolling registration, the three advanced courses are also offered for graduate ...
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Alliance Tire Group (ATG) has named James (Jim) Clark president of Alliance Tire Americas Inc. Clark will take the helm at Alliance’s headquarters in Wakefield, Mass., on Oct. 15. "Jim’s combination of management experience ...
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Pulp and paper manufacturer Virdia will build a $60m biochemical processing plant in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, which will convert sugarcane bagasse, or sugarcane waste, into industrial sugars and biofuels. Virdia will use 80,000 tons ...
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US-based printing and specialty papers manufacturer NewPage Corporation has introduced a high gloss cast coated alternative label paper called Reflections designed for high-end wet glue and pressure sensitive applications. Food and ...
Italian paper machinery manufacturer Toscotec will supply a tissue production line to Taiwan-based paper manufacturing company Yuen Foong Yu (YFY). The machine will be installed at the company's mill located in Qingshui District in ...
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WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced seven undergraduate and graduate student winners for phase 1 of the National Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS) Campus Challenge, recognizing exemplary research ...
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