Pita Pit Canada, a fast-casual restaurant, has collaborated with delfortgroup and McNairn Packaging to launch a new packaging material, thinbarrier eco, from this month. Produced by delfortgroup, the new thinbarrier eco paper is a ...
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Verso Corporation, a leading producer of flexible packaging, technical, and label and converting papers, introduced GlazeArmor Micro, a bleached, uncoated machine-glazed paper with oil and grease resistance (OGR) that is specifically ...
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Flexible packaging provider Verso has developed a family of lightweight uncoated machine-glazed papers, known as GlazeGuard, for oil and grease resistant (OGR) foodservice applications. An integral part of the broader portfolio of Verso ...
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As of 1 April 2015, Oeko-Tex has revised requirements applicable for the certification of environmentally friendly and socially responsible production facilities in accordance with STeP by Oeko-Tex. “In the future, production sites ...
Tags: PFOA, Oeko-Tex Association, Textile
Swiss speciality chemicals marketer, Archroma said it has launched Smartrepel Hydro line, a water repellent agent for outdoor clothing for polyester, polyamide and cotton-based textiles. “Smartrepel Hydro water repellent agents ...
Oeko-Tex Association has as usual updated the applicable test criteria and limit values for product certification in accordance with Oeko-Tex Standard 100 at the start of the new year. After a three month transition period, the new ...
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Boyd Coatings Research Co., Inc. has announced the availability of six PTFE colors – all of which are created with the company's new, fully-validated and FDA-compliant, Zero PFOA PTFE formula. Colors include blue, black, green, white, ...
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Esprit, the global brand of clothing and life style products, has released a comprehensive Discharge Progress Report and published an extensive table with detailed test results on its wastewater discharges. Esprit has always taken ...
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As part of the international DETOX campaign, the environmental organisation Greenpeace released the new report “Chemistry For Any Weather – Part II” mid of December 2013. For this purpose, Greenpeace commissioned two ...
Belgium-based Europlasma, one of the world leaders in low pressure plasma technology, presents a new family of conformal nanocoatings for the electronics industry under the Nanofics brand name. Nanofics refers to nanoscaled ...
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A look back through our archives sees that DuPont, Dr Pepper, Post Holdings and Ralcorp Holdings, Kraft Foods and Dow Chemical Company have all had issues to address. General Mills is working to undo the impact of poor waste disposal more ...
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Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) are a family of fluorine-containing chemicals with special properties to make materials oil, stain and water resistant. These fluoro-organic compounds are widely used as textile finishes on outdoor clothing, ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing a rule that will allow the agency to restrict imports of potentially harmful perfluorinated chemicals. The regulation will require companies to report to EPA all new uses, ...
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AGC Chemicals, a subsidiary of Asahi Glass, has introduced the new AG-E070 to its line of AsahiGuard E-SERIES fluoropolymers for sizing in food contact paper, paperboard and pulp molding applications. The product has been designed to ...
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AGC Chemicals Americas Inc. has added AG-E070 to its line of AsahiGuard E-SERIES fluoropolymers for sizing in paper, paperboard and pulpvmolding applications. AsahiGuard AG-E070 imparts outstanding oil, grease and watervresistance in paper ...
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