Further to Josh Brooks’ comments in The Answer To The Litter Problem Is Simple: Stop Littering (Packaging News, Monday, January 20) we at LINPAC Packaging would like to add our own views on the issues surrounding litter and the ...
Many of today's hottest fashions come from an unexpected source: yesterday's plastics. New recycling technologies have enabled designers to incorporate fabrics and materials made with used plastic packaging into on-trend clothing and ...
Europe inched a step closer towards enforcing a single, universal mobile phone charger yesterday when a provisional deal was made between members of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. The details of the deal ...
Printers have come a long way since 1984 when Hewlett Packard introduced the ThinkJet, the firm's first personal inkjet printer grinding at a snail's pace of two pages a minute and priced at a whopping $495. Nowadays you can have full ...
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The amount of money the Palmerston North City Council is making out of recycled glass looks likely to double since new glass collection trucks went on the road in January. The drivers of the trucks sort glass into colours at the kerb, ...
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Imagine that you have to build a diorama of a famous Civil War battle for a project at school, but instead of hand-made, you just go to a print shop, enter the measurements you want the model components to be, and print all the soldiers, ...
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Marking and coding products provider Matthews Marking Systems has launched two fast dry solvent-based inks for its Viacode L-Series thermal ink jet (TIJ) printer. The new inks, LS-6020 and LS-6021, are said to be designed to use TIJ ...
Nylstar, one of the leading suppliers of nylon 6.6 and worldwide known by its brand Meryl, announces an investment of more than 1.200.000€ that enables the company to significantly increase its production capacity from 15.000 to 17.000 ...
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Mannington Commercial has been awarded Gold and Silver honors for product design in the 2013 Nightingale Awards. Sponsored by Contract Magazine, The Center for Health Design and Healthcare Design 2013, the awards showcase the best in ...
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Sears Canada Inc. has been named the 2013 ENERGY STAR Retailer of the Year by Natural Resources Canada. This is the 6(th) year in a row that Sears received this prestigious award from the Government of Canada for empowering customers to ...
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Zep Inc. (NYSE:ZEP), a leading consumable chemical packaged goods company that manufactures a wide variety of high-performance maintenance and cleaning chemicals, today launched Zep Energy, a new business division within its North American ...
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US-based Health Systems International has completed the acquisition of The Reclaim Group (TRG) effective October 15, 2013. The agreement marks the ninth tuck-in acquisition Health Systems International has completed in a five year period, ...
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While 7 out of 10 Americans say they always or almost always recycle, only 1 in 5 consistently recycles bathroom items, according to a report commissioned by the Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies. To help make a difference, ...
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Staples Print Solutions, a printing division of Staples Advantage, has installed two HP Indigo WS6600 digital presses at manufacturing plants in Wichita, Kansas and Fresno, California, for offering new digital label and packaging. In ...
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The study, Checking out Food Waste, used data from three supermarkets accounting for 65% of the UK market. The research looked at weight and financial value by product category and product type. Fruit topped the list with 40% followed by ...
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