European Aluminium has announced that aluminium beverage cans are well above the future EU Circular Economy recycling targets. With an increase of 0.7%, the overall recycling rate of aluminium beverage cans in the European Union, ...
Luminus Devices Inc of Sunnyvale, CA, USA – which designs and makes LEDs and solid-state light sources for the global illumination market – has expanded its horticulture LED portfolio with new SST-20 series white LEDs to ...
Tags: Luminus Devices, LED
Mercedes-Benz has premiered its new A-Class L Sedan at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition (Auto China 2018). The notchback model being presented there features a 6 cm longer wheelbase (2789 instead of 2729 mm) and is a ...
Tags: Mercedes Benz, Auto China 2018
The results of a controlled horticulture lighting study conducted by the US National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Center for Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications (LESA) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY, USA have ...
India-based Alpha Plastomers has expanded its product portfolio with the introduction of new flexible packaging materials and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. Alpha provides rigid and flexible plastic packaging solutions for the ...
Tags: Flexible Packaging, PET Bottles
BTHA's Rebecca Deeming gives us the lowdown on the latest issues facing the toy industry. It’s been a busy last month for the BTHA having held our second BTHA Training Hub seminar for members, taking on the topic of Tackling Modern ...
Tags: Toy Fair 2018, Toy Safety
EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) of San Diego, CA, USA (a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, the renewable energy arm of EDF group) says that in late June it acquired the 179MWAC Switch Station 1 and Switch Station 2 Solar Projects from ...
Cascades, a leader in the recycling and manufacturing of green packaging and tissue paper products, has announced the arrival of Cascades EVOK on the American market. These are the first polystyrene foam trays which contains a minimum of ...
Tags: Cascades, green packaging
Resolute Forest Products, along with Serres Toundra, has entered into a definitive agreement with CO2 Solutions to deploy leading enzyme-enabled carbon capture technology at Resolute's Saint-Félicien pulp mill. The C$7.4 million ...
Tags: Resolute Forest Products, Serres Toundra, CO2 Solutions
Sugar Bowl Bakery has introduced a new compostable packaging for its organic product line at the International-Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association show being held in Houston, Texas, US. The new compostable packaging has been designed for its ...
Bordine’s is the largest family-owned grower and retail garden center operation in Michigan. The original Bordine’s location, which opened in 1939 in Rochester Hills, is one of the nation’s busiest garden centers. In the ...
Tags: Philips, LED Grow Lights, LED toplighting
The Nuremberg clash hasn’t deterred the new companies looking to introduce themselves to the industry. Next year's London Toy Fair will boast the highest number of Greenhouse exhibitors in the show’s history. The Greenhouse ...
Clariant has announced a new development in controlling harmful nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. Nitrous oxide emissions are harmful in two ways: they exacerbate the greenhouse effect and damage the ozone layer. At present, nitrous oxide is ...
Growing vegetables in greenhouses extends crop production seasons in northern latitudes, but the greenhouse environment is far from ideal for providing plants with optimal photosynthetic light. In fact, available photosynthetic daily light ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED Lamps
US agencies for environment and safety regulations have laid down standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, envisaging reduction of CO2 emissions by one billion tons, fuel costs by $170bn and oil consumption by 1.8 billion by 2027. ...
Tags: GHG Emission, Fuel Efficiency