A new set of rules for organic farming has been endorsed by the European Council (EC) with an aim to provide uniform quality organic food items to consumers across the continent. The EC says that the new rules will simplify and harmonise ...
Tags: organic food, Organic Farming
Sun Chemical has introduced two new UV/EB inks for primary and secondary food packaging applications. The new inks, which are compliant with current global standards, can also meet Nestlé food packaging requirements and Swiss ...
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Sun Chemical has introduced new range of digital coatings for the label, narrow web and packaging markets. The company is exhibiting the new SunEvo digital coatings at this year’s Labelexpo Europe event in Brussels, Belgium. ...
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Sofradir of Palaiseau near Paris, France – a subsidiary of Safran and Thales that makes cooled infrared (IR) detectors for military, space, scientific and industrial applications – is developing its first very-large-format ...
Toshiba Machine has expanded Chinese production of its EC-SXII Series, the global standard in injection molding machines. The company is adding the EC280SXII and the EC350SXII as two additional models to its production lineup at its China ...
The European Commission is taking legal action against seven member states, including the UK, for failing to properly regulate car emissions, after the Volkswagen emissions scandal. The Commission opened infringement procedures against ...
Tags: Car Emissions, EU vehicle
This change impacts the previously announced timetable only in relation to the third quarter 2014 interim dividend; the 2014 interim dividend timetable in relation to the first and second quarters is not affected. The dates impacted are the ...
Tags: the London Stock Exchange, the Euronext Amsterdam, dividend timeatble
CKF has launched a new bowl design called EC 808 that can be used with tomatoes, berries, cherries, grapes or take out salads. The product was created to satisfy client demand for a larger format compostable bowl that can be top sealed. ...
Tags: rPET packaging, foam packaging
India’s flexible packaging materials and solution company Uflex has developed 9.5 micron specialty ALOx polyester film, Flexaloxprotcettm F-PGX. Said to be the thinnest PET ALOx specialty film available globally, Flexaloxprotcettm ...
Tags: Packaging, Alox Polyester Film
The European Commission (EC) has approved the joint acquisition of Slaney Foods JV and Slaney Proteins by ABP Group and Fane Valley. The proposal for acquisition of the stake has been cleared unconditionally by Europe’s competition ...
Tags: EC, joint acquisition, ABP, Fane Valley
The European Commission (EC) has launched a public consultation on tax rules for alcoholic beverages. The consultation, which will run for three months, will evaluate whether some of the rules on excise duty on beer, wine and other ...
Tags: EC, alcoholic beverages, public consultation on tax rules
The European Commission (EC) keeps conducting investigations on certain Chinese PV imports to the EU, and announced to withdraw five more Chinese PV makers from the Minimum Import Price (MIP) agreement, or the "price undertaking." Ningbo ...
Tags: PV makers, Minimum Import Price
The European Commission is referring Luxembourg to the Court of Justice of the EU over the failure to notify the transposition of the Directive on classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) of substances and mixtures (Directive ...
The pan-European REFERENCE research project - created to leverage disruptive radio-frequency silicon-on-insulator (RF-SOI) technology in developing industrial solutions for the performance, cost and integration needs of RF front-end modules ...
Tags: RF-SOI, ECSEL, 4G+communications
US-based beverage can manufacturer Ball Corporation has received an approval from the European Commission (EC) for its proposed £4.4bn acquisition of Rexam. The move marks the final regulatory clearance in Europe for the company to ...
Tags: Rexam, beverage can manufacturer