World demand for cups and lids is projected to rise 5.0 percent per year to nearly $26 billion in 2017. Advances will be driven by above average gains for food and beverage packaging cups as well as a favorable outlook for global ...
GreenBlue's Forest Products Working Group has recently released the Guidelines for Sustainable Paper Products (Guidelines). They complement the SPC's Definition of Sustainable Packaging (Definition) and advance the larger GreenBlue goal of ...
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Magnolia, the hardwood of the American South, is the inspiration for the new HDP High Definition Porcelain wood-look tile line from Florida Tile. “We created Magnolia in a new 8x36 pressed plank for a format consistent with not only ...
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"While the investment of nearly R1-billion in a third furnace is big news, it's part of a much bigger story that includes laying the groundwork for growth, without losing sight of the customer,"says Stoney Steenkamp, the Divisional Managing ...
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Milliken’s new floor covering collection, Art Media, is a library of patterns that reinterpret iconoclastic modern art techniques and media that include charcoal, chalk, graphite, action painting, drip painting, and the optical ...
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NSF Sustainability, a division of global independent public health organization NSF International, has verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) for J+J Flooring Group’s Kinetex flooring product and Invision brand modular ...
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Novelis and building construction partner Koster have announced the installation of roof for the company’s $250m aluminum recycling and casting center at its Nachterstedt plant in Germany. According to the global aluminum recycler, ...
Transaction Expands Company's Commercial and Industrial Insulation Product Portfolio.Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Thermafiber Inc., a leading manufacturer of mineral wool commercial and ...
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Corrosion control technologies provider in the US, Cortec, has introduced the latest version of its VpCI 126 Blue-patented films and bags, which contain higher content of recycled resin that provide multimetal corrosion protection. Cortec ...
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Invision’s anticipated In Theory modular collection brings great ideas for design. This three-product collection includes Big Bang, Conspiracy and String, offering both organic and geometric patterns that can stand alone or be ...
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Pressure-sensitive tapes producer Shurtape has announced the launch of its new standard-gauge tape solution HP 235 Packaging Tape, for sealing highly recycled corrugated containers, particularly 100% recycled. The 2mil, pressure-sensitive ...
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Recloseable packaging and microwaveable plastic trays were named top packaging breakthroughs that most impacted peoples’ lives over the last 25 years in an on-line survey hosted by DuPont. Together the two categories of invention ...
Recloseable packaging and microwaveable plastic trays were named top packaging breakthroughs that most impacted peoples' lives over the last 25 years in an on-line survey hosted by DuPont. Together the two categories of invention captured ...
Tags: Food Packaging, Packaging, Lives
LATICRETE SUPERCAP, LLC, manufacturer of the revolutionary self-leveling SUPERCAP System, launches a new LEED Project Certification Assistant, making the specification of “The Next Generation Slab” for projects quick and easy. ...
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Few flooring materials have stormed the industry ramparts like luxury vinyl tile. At home in commercial as well as residential settings, LVT is expanding options for designers and specifiers alike. For a firmer grasp on this fast-growing ...