DS Smith Plastics, Foam Products provides expanded polystyrene (EPS) custom solutions for transit packaging to protect products and provide an environmentally cost effective solution. The pressure to deliver more innovative, cost ...
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DS Smith Tecnicarton has exhibited multi-material packaging solutions at the Europack Euromanut event in France. The event is being held between 21 and 23 November in the French city of Lyon. At the event, the company has showcased ...
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Private equity firm Genstar Capital has acquired US-based Tekni-Plex from American Securities for an undisclosed sum. Based in Wayne of Pennsylvania, Tekni-Plex produces products, components and materials for healthcare, specialty ...
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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 ...
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SABIC plans to display an array of innovative packaging products and materials at the K 2016 trade show in Düsseldorf. Despite all available modern technology, about one-third of food produced today for human consumption still is ...
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. ...
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Corrugated packaging specialist Interstate Container will present Greencoat pre-print packaging at Pack Expo 2015 in Las Vegas, the US. The 100% recyclable and compostable Greencoat boxes will act as moisture barrier, thereby protecting ...
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Sustainable agribusiness firm Aloterra and foodservice ware provider World Centric have developed a new line of compostable foodservice ware made from miscanthus plant fiber. The new environment friendly line is an alternative to foam ...
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The Foodservice Packaging Association, has responded to comments and reports about the supposed ‘ban of polystyrene foam food containers’ in Oxford. Several publications have reported that Oxford has become the first city in ...
Japanese retail packaging is as culturally unique to Japan as its language, traditional dress and customs, and it took four days at Tokyo Pack 2014 to begin to make sense of characteristic traits in pack construction and consumer ...
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The Portland City Council has voted in a bid to ban the usage of foam packaging in stores as well as restaurants so as to cut down trash that is polluting waterways. The two 6-3 votes will see the ban of foam packaging and enactment of a ...
Scientists at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have developed new agricultural waste blends that can be used for protective packaging. The new blends are claimed to be biodegradable and are used in custom packaging products to ...
San Jose, California City Council is set to restrict the use of polystyrene foam packaging for serving food. The ordinance would ban the use of such packaging by restaurants and other local foodservice operators. The actions of the City ...
Global chemical company BASF will exhibit its expertise in specialty particle foams for packaging applications at the FachPack trade fair taling place from 24 to 26 September 2013 in Nuremberg. The company will introduce new molded parts ...
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Styron Europe has announced plans to sell its Expandable Polystyrene (EPS) business to RP Compounds, a subsidiary of Belgian plastic producing company Ravago, for an undisclosed sum. The sale, which is part of an agreement signed between ...