NatureWorks and Metalvuoto have launched Ingeo Propylester, a new high barrier flexible film that can be used in food packaging. The new Ingeo-based flexible substrate can be used for longer shelf life foods that are packaged in flat, ...
Tags: NatureWorks, Metalvuoto, Film, Ingeo Propylester, Food packaging
International Paper has signed an agreement to purchase newsprint mill in Madrid, Spain, from Swedish company Holmen Paper, for €150m. As per the deal, International Paper will acquire the Madrid newsprint Mill, as well as ...
The Min7 portable speaker is different to most. It's made of wood, but instead of plumping for one type of wood, its makers have used wood splicing technology. This means they used some teak, oak and walnut, of the kind you'd use for ...
Tags: Min7, Wooden speaker, Furniture
Created by Steve Robinson, Jobstacles promises a 'hilarious take on the job interview scenario'. Having launched to Kickstarter last week, the title is already on track to securing its $7.5k goal. Robinson takes us through how he made it... ...
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Gloria Jean’s is now selling a “one cup filter” coffee maker in its Australian cafes. The filter allows consumers to make their own filtered coffee at home. It uses silver foil filters instead of the usual paper ones. ...
Tags: Gloria Jean, One Cup Filter, Coffee, Cafe
International Paper, a US based pulp and paper company, has signed an agreement to divest its corrugated packaging business to Xiamen Bridge Hexing Equity Investment Partnership Enterprise, for approximately $150m. Under the terms of the ...
Müller and Kern Investment Consulting Management (KICM) have launched a new multi-format, high-performance inserter system. Available from this fall, the new inserter system will be exclusively produced and distributed by ...
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US-based Victory Packaging is set to open a new warehouse and distribution center in Chicago in April to expand its packaging-related operations in the region. The new 275,000ft2 facility will be located in Aurora, a suburb of Chicago, ...
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The universities of Virginia and of Texas in the USA have been developing avalanche photodiodes (APDs) based on aluminium indium arsenide antimonide (AlInAsSb) alloys. Two papers from the group detail the implementation of a staircase ...
At the Pittcon conference in Atlanta (6-10 March), laser-based trace gas analyzer manufacturer Tiger Optics LLC of Warrington, PA, USA exhibited the new ALOHA+ H2O analyzer, which refines the detection of moisture in ammonia to levels down ...
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Sappi North America, a producer and supplier of diversified paper and packaging products, has announced the expansion of its LusterCote packaging line. The addition of new heavyweight options provides press operators, brand owners and ...
Sonoco, one of the global diversified packaging companies, has expanded its fiber certification program into Brazil and Mexico, as of mid-February 2016. Although most of the raw material used in our mills is 100 percent recycled fiber, ...
Fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), in partnership with foodservice packaging specialist International Paper Foodservice Europe, has developed a plastic-free paperboard food bucket in the UK and Ireland. Designed to replaces ...
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Food and beverage manufacturers have been invited to participate in a 10-year state government roadmap designed to boost manufacturing in Queensland. Announced by Queensland’s Natural Resources and Mines Minister Dr Anthony ...
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India based tea retail chain, Chai Point, in partnership with two companies, have introduced 100% biodegradable food boxes to replace the traditional plastic boxes and containers used for food deliveries. The firm said it has started ...