Sacmi is set to showcase its beverage and closure solutions at this year’s Expo Pack Mexico event. The world's third biggest market for SACMI Closures&Containers solutions and a key sales area for the entire SACMI Beverage range, ...
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The Canadian government passed legislation to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products despite evidence that the policy doesn't work and is not supported by Canadians. A study by Forum Research shows Canadians believe requiring ...
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The UK Government has confirmed plans to bring together businesses and research bodies from across the world to help tackle scourge of plastic in seas and oceans. The UK is already working with the governments of Canada, India, and ...
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PolyOne, a provider of advanced technologies for packaging, has announced that its barrier additives are increasing sustainability and design freedom while extending shelf life and lightweighting options for packaging manufacturers. ...
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A survey from WePack has revealed that half of UK companies failing to prepare packaging for growth of e-commerce deliveries. The survey found that 49.7% of firms have no plans in place to change the design of their packaging to deal with ...
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Tyson Ventures, the venture capital unit of Tyson Foods, has co-lead a $2.2m seed investment in Future Meat Technologies. Based in Jerusalem, Future Meat Technologies is a food tech company that is engaged in non-GMO production of ...
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Eurofins Scientific has agreed to acquire Covance Food Solutions, the food testing and consulting business of global life sciences company LabCorp, for $670m. The global bioanalytical testing firm said that the acquisition will expand its ...
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Baidu has unveiled Apollo 2.5, the latest version of the open autonomous driving platform, which now supports autonomous driving on geo-fenced highways. At a launch event to celebrate Apollo’s one-year anniversary in Beijing, Baidu ...
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Experts at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), have recently found record levels of microplastic in arctic sea ice. However, the majority of particles were microscopically small. The ice ...
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Personal care giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) has announced new sustainability goals for 2030, which include 100% recyclable or reusable packaging. PG announced it has achieved many of its 2020 environmental sustainability goals, has plans ...
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Toyota Motor is planning to introduce 10 new electrified vehicles for the Chinese market by the end of 2020. The company is showcasing the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) versions of its Corolla and Levin passenger cars at the ...
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For fluorescence microscopy, Excelitas Technologies Corp of Waltham, MA, USA (which provides customized photonic solutions to OEMs) has added to its X-Cite product line by launching the X-Cite XYLIS light source, which offers a ...
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The shortwave infrared (SWIR) camera market will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.1% during 2018-2025 (including linear cameras growing at 8.31%), according to a report from market research firm Esticast Research & ...
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CRYSTAL, a mineral salt deodorant, has completed an extensive re-packaging and branding program. The initiative, undertaken to broaden awareness and appeal among both new and longtime consumers, has been recognized with a prestigious ...
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An extensive experimental database of inorganic thin-film materials that organizes a decade’s worth of research at the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is now publicly available (‘An open ...
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