Flexible packaging such as plastic bags, confectionery wrappers, frozen food bags and pouches makes up nearly a third (32%) of consumer plastic packaging in the UK, however virtually all of this 556,000 tonnes produced annually ends up in ...
A study has revealed that 58 per cent of people would rather ditch alcohol for a week than lose mobile internet. The figures come courtesy of Boston Consulting Group, which also highlighted that just under half of respondents surveyed ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Internet
According to an agreement that will be signed next month in Cairo, three African economic groups will be merged into a free trade area. It will take more than 20 members market together that for 58% of economic activity across the ...
The two-year REFLEX project, funded by the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, aims to create a circular economy for flexible packaging – from confectionery wrappers to detergent pouches – by involving the whole supply ...
Few companies in the UK have come together to start work on a two-year project called 'Reflex,' with the hope of significantly improving the recyclability of flexible packaging and diverting more of it away from the landfill. The project ...
Tags: flexible packaging, landfill, Packaging
Women are an integral part of the transport and logistics industry (T&L) and have a great deal to offer organisations big and small, in multiple industry sectors and across all levels of management. A new paper prepared by Women In Supply ...
RF power transistors supplier Freescale Semiconductor of Austin, TX, USA has introduced what are claimed to be the industry’s highest thermal and wideband performance GaN device with a 125W continuous wave (CW) gallium nitride on ...
Tags: Power Transistor, Electrical
The Renault-Nissan Alliance has sold its 200,000th electric vehicle and has a leading 58% market share for zero-emission cars. Together, Renault and Nissan EVs have driven approximately 4 billion zero-emission kilometers - enough to ...
Tags: zero-emission, electric vehicle, Auto
Cardia Bioplastics Limited (ASX: CNN) has signed a terms sheet with privately held Stellar Films Group (Stellar Films) under which a merger of the businesses of the two groups is proposed. What is the goal? The idea is to create a ...
Tags: Bioplastics, Films, Packaging
The merger, should it proceed, is intended to create a leader in sustainable packaging. The proposed merger is subject to completion of satisfactory due diligence by both parties, execution of a sale agreement, shareholder and regulatory ...
British food and drinks companies are losing over £11.2bn to fraud and error annually which is equal to over 85% of their total profits. The food and drink industry can boost its profitability by £4.48bn, or more than 34% ...
Tags: Food Firms, Fraud, Agriculture
Compostable resins, films, bags and custom finished products providers Cardia Bioplastics has announced a merger with Australian privately held Stellar Films Group to create a leader in sustainable packaging. Cardia Bioplastics will ...
Tags: sustainable packaging, Compostable resins, Agriculture
"Tianmao got the turnover of 29434741 yuan in 44 seconds, and in two minutes a day the turnover was above 1 billion yuan. 4 minutes,it breaks through 1.6 billion yuan. 5 minutes,it breaks through 2 billion yuan. 7 minutes 58 seconds, ...
Tags: Tianmao, double eleven, Office
A miniaturized heart-failure monitor recently acquired by St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, MN) from an Atlanta-based startup named CardioMEMS reduced 30-day hospital readmission rates for patients over 65, according to an analysis of the ...
Tags: Heart Sensor, Readmission Rate
Apparel retailer and NYSE listed, Kate Spade & Company reported a surge of 30% in fiscal third quarter ending October 4, 2014 revenues, from a year ago quarter. Kate Spade said net sales from continuing operations for the third quarter of ...
Tags: net sales, Apparel retailer