On October 4, 2015, Ministers of the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries announced conclusion of their negotiations. The summary of the TPP Agreement is as follows: Disclaimer: The Following Summary of the Trans-Pacific ...
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Clariant, a specialty chemicals company, has announced that its healthcare packaging manufacturing facility in Belen, New Mexico, has achieved ISO 15378:2011 certification for products manufactured for healthcare applications, including ...
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Nobel Prize laureate Professor Robert H. Grubbs, Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, was the honored speaker at the Axalta Distinguished Lectures Series sponsored by Axalta Coating Systems ...
MGS Machine introduces the Pulse, a new high-speed friction feeder, at Pack Expo Las Vegas. Featuring five patent-pending design innovations, the Pulse eases maintenance with fast and easy removal of wear parts. With no tools required, ...
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Temperature controlled packaging supplier Pelican BioThermal, has launched its new single use shipper system Chronos Express. The new product is the latest addition to the range of temperature-controlled packaging services of Pelican ...
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The Pro Mach End of Line Group, showcases at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2015, September 28-30, a host of stand-alone and integrated systems from such brands as Brenton, Currie by Brenton, DEKKA, Edson, IPak, Orion, and Wexxar/BEL. The Pro Mach ...
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The global protective packaging market was worth $22.25 billion in 2014 and is projected to reach $29.30 billion in 2020, according to a new report. Online shopping, rising income levels, and urbanisation are among the reasons cited for ...
Vietnamese apparel and footwear industry is looking for opportunities to re-enter Eastern Europe through the Czech Republic, the country's newspapers have reported. Representatives of Hanoi apparel and footwear businesses met Czech ...
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Italian packaging machinery company SIPA has launched two single-stage PET injection stretch blow moulders for small production runs. Sales manager Pietro Marcati said the ECS SP80 and ECS SP50 “fill the last gap” in the ...
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Vietnam and EU have agreed in principle on a trade and investment agreement, the most ambitious and comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) that the EU has ever concluded with a developing country, the European Commission said on its ...
Pharmaceutical packaging maker Gerresheimer is buying plastic vials and oral drug closures maker Centor US Holding for $725m, under an agreement signed with Nemera Development. The transaction, involving an all-cash acquisition that is ...
Equipment manufacturer NJM Packaging has revamped its Beltorque capper, to be launched at Pack Expo/Pharma Expo in Las Vegas, US, in September. Capable of capping up to 300 bottles a minute, the capper has a new servo-driven, ...
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The shelf life of foods depends how they are processed, stored and packaged. Failure to meet specific conditions of any links may lead to fatal disaster threatening wellbeing of the customer and brand equity. Quality assurance of pillowcase ...
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Australian thermal coal shippers such as BHP Billiton, Glencore, Peabody Energy and Rio Tinto may potentially have to wait until June 2017 for China to eliminate its 6% tariff on imports of Australian thermal coal, the Australian government ...
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Italian packaging applications firm Marchesini Group has purchased some technologies of Bologna-based Multipack specializing in end-of-line packaging systems for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and foodstuff. Marchesini, which has been using ...