Russian firm Kazanskiy Zavod Sovremennoy Upakovki (KZSU) has launched new plant for the production of AD*STAR block bottom sacks. Located in the Himgrad technology zone in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia, the plant has capacity to produce ...
Tags: KZSU, polypropylene, plastics recycling line
The corrugated trays allow fruit and vegetables to extend shelf life when compared with reusable plastic crates (RPCs), according to a research by Italy's University of Bologna. The research found that corrugated trays reduce the risk of ...
Tags: Plastic Crates, Fruits
Ghent University/IMEC in Belgium and X-Celeprint in Ireland/USA claim "the first III-V optoelectronic components transfer printed on and coupled to a silicon photonic integrated circuit" [Andreas De Groote et al, Optics Express, vol24, ...
Production of the new GLC Coupe has started at Daimler's Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen, Germany. It is the second new model to be launched at the facility this year, expanding its production portfolio to ten models with the GLC ...
Industrial cooling solutions provider Aqua Cooling has developed and installed a new future-proof chiller system for Anson Packaging’s manufacturing plant near Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Anson Packaging is a UK provider of ...
Tags: chiller system, refrigerant, glycol-free
The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) is set to launch a Common Footprint Quality (CFQ) standard for the UK’s fresh produce industry that will ensure safe and high performance corrugated packaging for fruit and vegetables. ...
Tags: CPI, CFQ, produce supply
How do you determine the quality of lighting? You can't squeeze a bulb to gauge ripeness, nor can you take it for a test drive. You can, however, utilize the following criteria to help you differentiate between low and high-quality ...
Tags: High Quality Lighting, LED
House of Jane announces the first fully compliant packaging for bottled beverages in the medical cannabis market. The fastest growing cannabis coffee and tea company in California is setting the standard for responsible packaging and ...
Tags: Beverage Packaging, Packaging
For first-quarter 2016, NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, USA (a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of hybrid photonic integrated optoelectronic modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks) has reported ...
Tags: NeoPhotonics, PICs
Plessey of Plymouth, UK has been awarded the Manufacturing Business Award 2016 for large businesses by the Plymouth Herald. Now in their sixth year, the awards celebrate the city's most dynamic companies. Presented at a gala dinner at the ...
Daimler has partnered with Stuttgart Municipality of Germany and logistics company Hermes for long term testing under day-to-day city traffic. The electric trucks were produced under Fuso brand and they will be tested for one year. For ...
Tags: Electric Trucks, Daimler
Tekni-Plex has completed acquisition of Sancap Liner Technology, a manufacturer of cap and closure sealing materials to the global market. Sancap is a producer of heat-seal, pressure-sensitive and gasket-sealing liners for ...
Global technology and specialty materials firm Celanese has introduced a new adhesive packing and thermal lamination solution, Ateva ExtruBond ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA). The various grades of new flexible packaging and thermal ...
Tags: Celanese, Adhesive packing, Ateva EVA
Anchor Packaging, in partnership with Metaphase, has launched Safe Pinch, a new line of tamper-evident food containers to meet the growing demand for to-go packaging. Jointly developed over a 2-year period, the Safe Pinch packaging is ...
Tags: Anchor Packaging, Metaphase, Safe Pinch, Tamper-Evident Food Containers
Esko has completely updated its software solutions and relaunched under the umbrella brand name “Esko Software Platform”. It's the next version of the well-known portfolio of integrated software solutions for design, prepress, ...