In a major setback to efforts to ban plastic bags, Arizona lawmakers have made it illegal for cities to impose bag bans through a recent legislation. Arizona Retailers Association and the Arizona Food Marketing Alliance, which ...
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In a move to check pollution, the European Parliament (EP) has voted in favour of limiting the use of thin plastic bags in Europe. As per the new law, EU citizens will have to reduce their annual average consumption of ...
US-based Thermal Packaging Products has developed a temperature control shipping carton to retain the chillness of wine. Made with eco preferable insulated padding and materials, the carton dubbed, 'Chilled Wine Shipper,' is designed ...
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The Foodservice Packaging Association, has responded to comments and reports about the supposed ‘ban of polystyrene foam food containers’ in Oxford. Several publications have reported that Oxford has become the first city in ...
Eastman Chemical Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Taminco Corporation, has recently launched TamiSolve NxG (NxG), a novel next-generation high-performance solvent with a favorable safety, health and environmental profile compared with NMP ...
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Investment group CorpAcq has forayed into the packaging industry with the acquisition of UK-based Northern Packaging for an undisclosed amount. Based in Altrincham, Northern Packaging operates from two sites in Skelmersdale, West ...
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Floreon, a tougher and easier to process bioplastic material produced by UK-based Floreon Transforming Packaging, has been granted a patent. The bioplastic is polyester-based polymer blend with a standard bioplastic, polylactic acid ...
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Methanex, the world’s largest producer and supplier of methanol to major international markets, has increased its regional contract price for the Asia-Pacific region for March 2015 contracts. For the Asia-Pacific region, Methanex ...
Thermal Packaging Products, a unit of MP Global Products, has introduced an eco-smart foam-free thermal and protective packaging for shipment of mail-order temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products. The insulated protective mailers ...
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Methanex, the world’s largest producer and supplier of methanol to major international markets, has decreased its regional contract price for all the regions—Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America—for February 2015 ...
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Carlsberg has announced a ground-breaking agreement to develop the world’s first fully biodegradable wood-fiber bottle for beverages. Carlsberg has initiated a three-year project with packaging company ecoXpac, with the ...
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Did You Know?Linoleum was discovered in 1855 by Englishman Frederick Walton who thought of it as an alternative to the expensive India rubber.If your home space is a center to juice spills, skateboard activities, pets, damp footwear, and a ...
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Germany based, Lidl, the world's second largest discount supermarket retail chain made a commitment to eliminate all hazardous chemicals from its textile value chain by January 1, 2020. Lidl alone sells over €1 billion worth of ...
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The 18th edition of Taipei Innovative Textile Application Show (TITAS 2014), which was held from October 15 to 17, 2014 at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall, Taiwan, ended on a successful note. Organized by the Taiwan ...
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Methanex, the world’s largest producer and supplier of methanol to major international markets, has decreased its regional contract price for the Asia-Pacific and North American regions for December contracts. For the Asia-Pacific ...