Elmer's Products, a US-based producer of adhesives, arts and crafts has announced the available of its new glue in recycled packaging. The bottle is made from 25% post-consumer recycled materials and the label consisting of 20% recycled ...
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· Profit after tax before significant items of $322.0 million, up 5.7%; · The translation impact from the higher Australian dollar on profit after tax and before significant items was negative $20 million. On ...
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Australian Paper will start construction of its new $90 million paper recycling plant at Maryvale in Victoria later this month. “Last week's ground-breaking ceremony marks the first stage of construction and Australian Paper ...
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Amcor Australasia, a division of Amcor, has announced the opening of a new $500m recycled paper machine B9 at its Botany Paper Mill in New South Wales, Australia. The company's ninth machine to operate at the site, B9 produces more than ...
Speaking to The Australian ahead of Amcor’s official opening of its Botany paper mill in Sydney, Garrard said the mill would provide a quantum leap forward for customers by offering them “innovative packaging solutions” ...
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UK-based Nicholl Food Packaging will showcase its latest tray developments, which include an ‘eco-friendly’ hybrid format as well as further additions to its aluminum tray range at Pro2Pac 2013. Nicholl will display its ...
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The breakthrough carbon neutral bag is being offered by Stirling Fildes, an Australian-owned pharmacy labelling, printing, packaging and consumables company. Australian Paper created the carbon neutral MG bleached paper for bags last ...
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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the 2013 recipients of the Institute Honor Awards, the profession’s highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interior architecture and urban ...
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Logistics company DHL’s Supply Chain division in Japan has developed new Multipurpose Returnable Containers (MRC) that can cut down the environmental footprint during shipping of precision equipment. The containers will be used in ...
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Global consumer packaging company Huhtamaki, a subsidiary of Finland-based Huhtamäki has announced plans to invest $8.48m to expand its operations at its Hammond facility in Indiana, US. The production capabilities will be expanded ...
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Green office supplies (my Hub page on the topic) are the topic of the day on this Earth Day. I’m not a huge fan of multi-billion dollar government-run programs to subsidize things or thrust such burdens on us as consumers or business ...
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SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment will junk plastic shopping bags at all its theme parks by 2013. Park gift shops will offer paper bags, which are made from 100% recycled paper, or guests can opt to buy reusable bags. According to the ...
European corrugated giant Smurfit Kappa is set to invest £98m over three years in its Townsend Hook, Kent paper-making facility. The installation and commissioning of a five-meter, lightweight recycled container board machine is due ...
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Canadian packaging products company Atlantic Packaging has announced plans to re-open its Whitby Ontario Mill in March 2013, which is the company’s second paper mill to open in the last six years. The mill, which was formerly a ...
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US-based Thoro Packaging has announced that it is converting to carbon neutral printing with the natureOffice programme and will offer customers the option to certify all print jobs as carbon neutral. The company has partnered with ...
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