Ikea said it will incorporate geothermal technology at its upcoming 359,000-square-foot Merriam, Kan., store, its second in the United States to use the renewable energy source to heat and cool operations. The home furnishings giant said ...
Tags: Geothermal Energy, Furniture
Over the weekend at the Liberal Democrat party conference, the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced that England will follow Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland in charging shoppers for bags. Speaking to Packaging News, Incpen ...
According to reports this morning (Saturday 14 September), Clegg will announce at this weekend's Liberal Democrat party conference that the charge has been adopted as government policy and will be introduced in 2015. Money from the charge ...
It's no surprise that time is often of the essence when it comes to designing and building a new machine. Hudson-Sharp recently validated that statement during the design of a special machine to add a closure mechanism to pre-made pouches. ...
Tags: Industrial Equipment, Components, Conveying
Packaging Company Saves Big on Vacuum System CostsCharles Landry, Maintenance Manager, Trinity Packaging Corp. Trinity Packaging Corp., a privately held family business, is seeing excellent returns on a new system developed with products ...
Tags: Packaging, Industrial Equipment, Components, Packaging Equipment
Using plasmas, sealed plastic bags can be modified at atmospheric pressure so that human cells can adhere to and reproduce on their walls. Cell culture bags of this kind are an important aid for research and clinical purposes and may ...
Worker Benjamin Tracey was attempting to clear a blockage in a newly installed form, fill and seal machine at a food manufacturer's in Halstead, Essex, when its heated jaws closed on his left index finger and a knife mechanism fired into ...
Polymers are the best invented material by mankind which eased human life to very great extent. Most of the day to day use in human society like tyres, automobiles, bags, packaging, rope and anything you name it. Rubber is one of the ...
A few months back, I read an article in Packaging Digest about consumers taking responsibility for "green actions." After citing some statistics about how a "record-high 71 percent of Americans" are "buying with an eye toward green," the ...
Young was started out working as an accountant before he turned into a successful businessman who travelled the globe to build his company (Simpac) into a significant UK player in the sourcing and supply of bags – from paper potato ...
The Pancake Parlour restaurants in Melbourne in partnership with Cardia Bioplastics will implement a ‘go green strategy’ to cut down the carbon footprint using Cardia’s environmentally friendly customer carrier bags. As ...
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) recently announced the release of a policy on bans and fees for recyclable paper and plastic bags approved during its July Board Meeting. The policy is in response to increased efforts ...
Tags: Recycling Industries
Trinity Packaging Corp. is a privately held family business. Founded in 1917 as a paper bag converter, Trinity Packaging installed its first plastics extruder in 1979. Since then it has expanded its focus to include the flexible films ...
Kush Bottles, a distributor of medical grade containers, has launched a new line of child-resistant, made in US containers to securely store medication safely. Meeting the standards of child-resistant packaging, the new Kush containers ...
US-based pharmaceutical grade containers distributor Kush Bottles has launched a new line of BPA-free child-resistant containers. Claimed to the better choice for an easy, convenient and secure way to store medication safely, the new Kush ...