From 1 July 2016, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) will implement changes to regulations for container weight verifications in the shipping industry, requiring shippers to provide a verified gross mass (VGM) for containers. ...
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Australian government agency Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for submissions on a proposal to consider changing the standards that regulate the issue of chemical migration from packaging into food. Assessing change ...
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Automation consultancy GB Innomech has developed a new high speed automated product packaging system for global automotive supplier. The high speed customized packaging system will be used by SG Technologies to more than double the ...
Xidian University in China has used pulsed metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) to increase indium gallium nitride (InGaN) room-temperature channel mobility to 1681cm2/V-s, which is claimed to be a record [Yachao Zhang et al, ...
The vast tracts of mangrove forest in the Beibu Gulf of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have been almost erased by the immense construction of marine reclamation lands and industrial plants. The sharp decline of the mangroves and marine ...
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Custom packaging helps brands and businesses to enhance their brand value, increase sales, minimize returns, optimize costs and achieve 100% customer satisfaction. This is exactly what DCGpac has been helping businesses with. The company ...
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Technolgy giant Google has patented a flypaper-like coating to protect pedestrians in self-driving car accidents. The patent includes an adhesive layer placed on the vehicle's front end, allowing pedestrians to simply stick to in case of ...
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A new highly efficient power amplifier (PA) based on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) CMOS could help to make possible next-generation cell phones, low-cost collision-avoidance radar for cars and lightweight microsatellites for communications, ...
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Technology company Ecolab has launched Synergex, a mixed peracid sanitizer and disinfectant, for food and beverage processors to ensure food quality. It also allows them to improve productivity, enhance workplace hygiene and safety, and ...
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Packaging manufacturer Parkside has unveiled a protective packaging solution, Rockpocket, designed for the transport of high value, delicate items in a compact format. Developed by the Advanced Packaging Expert (APEX) innovation team ...
US-based trade organisation the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and technology company Battelle have partnered to provide a secure, web-based software tool called EMAlert, which allows food manufacturers to review and understand ...
Tags: GMA, Battelle, EMAlert, Food manufactures
Sonoco has expanded its products suite with the launch of three solutions at the Spring Adhesives and Sealant Council (ASC) Expo, in New Orleans, North America. Sonoco will present the RiteSize Caulk Cartridge, RainGuard weather-resistant ...
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Responses to last week’s Australian Federal Court’s decision to impose a $300, 000 penalty on Free Range Egg Farms (FREF) has attracted a strong reaction in food industry and food compliance circles. In a decision handed down ...
Hape ambassadors donated 100 sets of 30th anniversary building blocks to 40 families with autistic children in Beijing. Hape has begun its donation ceremonies in Nepal and China as part of the firm's 30th anniversary year-long We Care We ...
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Packsize International, the provider of On Demand Packaging for businesses with corrugated packaging needs, has opened a subsidiary operation in Australia. Sean Ledbury has joined as general manager of Packsize Propriety Limited, and ...
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