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SPC Announce Additional Participants in The Soft Launch

Dec 11, 2012

Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 11/29/2012 4:04:27 PM The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC), a project of sustainability nonprofit GreenBlue, is pleased to announce additional participants in the soft ...

Tags: SPC, How2Recycle on-package, How2Recycle Label, recycling labeling system

Endress+Hauser Introduces The Liquiphant FailSafe FTL8x Series of Point Level Switches

Dec 11, 2012

Jack Mans -- Packaging Digest, 12/3/2012 4:31:39 PM Endress+Hauser introduces the Liquiphant FailSafe FTL8x series of point level switches. The level switches have two relay outputs, a 4-20mA output that connects to a failsafe switching ...

Tags: 4-20mA output, tuning fork sensors, FTL8x switches

The Global Financial Tsunami Has Shifted The Worlda's Financial Center

Dec 11, 2012

Taipei,Oct.8,2012(CENS)--The global financial tsunami has shifted the worlda's financial center from Europe and the United States to Asia,hence motivating the Taiwanese government to encourage Taiwanese banks to explore the Asian market,as ...

Tags: Taipei, the global financial tsunami, Financial Supervisory Commission

Trade Flow Between China and Latin America of Steel Containing Products Grows 15%

Dec 11, 2012

Alacero announced that between January and October 2012,year over year trade flow between China and Latin America of steel containing products grows 15% Indirect trade between China and Latin America was 15%higher between January and ...

Tags: Alacero, trade flow, cars, commercial vehicles, steel

It Will Complete a Review of The Vale/BSGR Jv Rights of The Giant Simandou Project

Dec 11, 2012

Reuters reported that the government of Guinea said that it will complete a review of the Vale/BSGR JV rights over the northern half of the giant Simandou project by the Q1 of 2013, denying there was uncertainty over the project. Brazil's ...

Tags: Vale/BSGR JV rights, iron ore, Brazil's Vale, Guinean government U

Worth USD 6.8 Billion More Regional Renewable Energy Projects Will Be Announced

Dec 11, 2012

While the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Egypt, Jordan and Morocco are moving forward with at least ten solar power facilities worth USD 6.8 billion more regional renewable energy projects will be announced in the next 12 months. Ms Anita Mathews ...

Tags: solar power, renewable energy projects, renewable sources

AceCad Software Is Delighted to Again Participate in SteelFab 2013

Dec 11, 2012

With advanced data management and visualisation solutions for the steel fabrication industry and AEC sector, AceCad Software is delighted to again participate in SteelFab 2013, January 14th to 17th 2013, Expo Centre, Sharjah, United Arab ...

Tags: steel, AceCad Software, steel fabrication machinery, engineering products

Crude Steel Doubled From 10 Million Tonnes in 2000 to 20 Million in Middle East

Dec 11, 2012

According to an analysis of the industry by Frost & Sullivan, huge infrastructure spending in the Middle East is driving strong demand for steel and fuelling investment in steel projects. Crude steel production in the Middle East has ...

Tags: huge infrastructure, steel, steel projects, rude steel production

Egypt's State Oil Firm Has Issued a Tender to Purchase Around 500,000 Tonnes of Gasoil

Dec 11, 2012

Reuters reported that Egypt's state oil firm has issued a tender to purchase around 500,000 tonnes of gasoil for delivery into Mediterranean ports between January and March next year. A tender document showed that the tender is for 15 ...

Tags: oil firm, gasoil, egypt news, alexandria egypt, imports and exports

Dana Gas Has Received USD 48 Million in Overdue Payments for Fuel Supplied in Kurdistan

Dec 11, 2012

Reuters reported that Dana Gas has received USD 48 million in overdue payments for fuel supplied in Kurdistan. Delays in getting paid for operations in both Kurdistan and Egypt have contributed to Dana's financial problems which ...

Tags: overdue payments, oil gas industries, fuel oil plus, kurdistan iraq

Visa Steel Might Try to Bring in a Strategic Investor in Its Core Long Steel Business

Dec 10, 2012

Visa Steel, which went into a corporate debt restructuring program 2 months ago, might try to bring in a strategic investor in its core long steel business. Mr Vishal Agarwal MD of Visa Steel said that "In the special steel business, we ...

Tags: Visa Steel, core long steel, steel business, raw material

U.S. Demand for Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic Is Forecast to Rise 6.5% Per Year

Dec 10, 2012

Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/5/2012 3:45:13 AM U.S. demand for post-consumer recycled plastic is forecast to rise 6.5 percent per year to 3.5 billion pounds in 2016. Gains will be driven by a ...

Tags: plastic recycling, PET, HDPE, beverage bottles, thermoformed containers

O-I Agreed to Take Pollution Control Equipment to Reduce Harmful Emissions and Pay Fines

Dec 10, 2012

Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/5/2012 3:03:55 AM The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice has announced that Ohio-based Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., the ...

Tags: glass container, pollution control equipment, NOx, SO2

The Agreement Is to Support and Promote The Exhibitions East Afripack and Ipack-Ima

Dec 10, 2012

Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/5/2012 2:29:57 PM The World Packaging Organization (WPO) signed a cooperative agreement at the end of November 2012 with Ipack-Ima Spa to support and promote the exhibitions ...

Tags: WPO, Ipack-Ima Spa, packaging culture

Designers Visiting The Designer Showcase Will Discover Packaging Tips

Dec 10, 2012

Posted by Jenni Spinner, Senior Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/4/2012 7:00:00 AM The Label and Packaging Materials division of Avery Dennison Corp. today launched a global Designer Showcase that features insights, examples and personal ...

Tags: Avery Dennison Corp, innovation in packaging

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