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42% of Beverage Cartons Recycled in 2013

Jul 7, 2014

The Alliance for Beverage Cartons & the Environment (ACE) UK has welcomed the latest figures, which it said was equivalent to approximately 425,000 tonnes of cartons recycled, and also showed the total recovery rate was now 71% across the ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing, Carton

BPF to Present Opening Address at Interplas 2014

Jul 7, 2014

The opening keynote will be delivered by Philip Law, the new director-general of the 81 year-old body, which has more than 400 members across the plastics industry supply chain, including polymer producers and suppliers, additive ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing

Palladium Price Soars to 13-Year High

Jul 7, 2014

The price of palladium, hitting $865 an ounce on Friday, made a notable record. It hasn't, as Reuters notes, traded so high since February 2001. What's more, it also surged by highs it hit back in 2011 when it traded in the mid-$800s an ...

Tags: palladium, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy

Mike Cowan's Semiconductor Sales Forecast Estimate Came in at $333.111 Billion

Jul 3, 2014

Mike Cowan's LRA forecasting model's prognosis for 2014 semiconductor sales forecast estimate came in at $333.111 billion, anticipating 9% growth for the year. April sales were $25.595 billion. May is expected to be $25.727 billion. YTD ...

Tags: Electrical, Electronics, semiconductor

2014/15 Cotton Mill Use Is Forecast at 112.3 Million Bales

Jun 25, 2014

Global 2014/15 cotton mill use is forecast at 112.3 million bales, 2 percent above the previous season. Mill use in China is expected to rebound in 2014/15 to 37.0 million bales—up from an estimated 35.5 million bales this season and ...

Tags: Cotton, World cotton trade

The Futures and Swaps Markets Recovered Some Ground

Jun 23, 2014

Despite weak fundamentals and largely negative sentiment, the futures and swaps markets recovered some ground through the day, leading to some support for ore prices. Platts assessed the 62% Fe Iron Ore Index up 50 cents from Monday at ...

Tags: steel rebar, ore prices

Brazil LNG Imports up 6.4% in June

Jun 23, 2014

Brazilian imports of LNG are up 6.4% so far this month, averaging 40,765 cubic meters/d in June, compared to an average 38,313 cu m/d during the prior month, according to the latest data from Platts unit, Bentek Energy. The rise in LNG ...

Tags: LNG, LNG Imports

NYMEX July Natural Gas Futures Settled Largely Unchanged Tuesday

Jun 23, 2014

NYMEX July natural gas futures settled largely unchanged Tuesday -- up 0.2 cent to $4.709/MMBtu -- as the market waited for data later this week that is likely to show a sixth straight triple-digit storage injection while near-term ...

Tags: Gas Futures, natural gas

The EZ'R Needs up to 65% Less Formula Per Body Wash Usage

Jun 18, 2014

The EZ'R needs up to 65% less formula per body wash usage, allowing a packaging size reduction of around 50%, said Albéa. Distributed by Vetroplas, Albéa said the EZ'R patented foaming flip top cap allows consumers to ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing

API Foils Invests £5m to Boost Production

Jun 16, 2014

API Foils, supplier of metallic, pigment, holographic and cold foils, will initially install a new metalliser which it says will increase the site's capacity for the metallisation process by 150%. In early 2015 the company plans to ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing

Radical Makeover for Tesco Finest Confectionery

Jun 16, 2014

A new packaging format has been unveiled for Tesco Finest's range of artisan confectionery, created by Confection By Design. The packs were manufactured by National Flexible and incorporate a flow wrap packaging film using textured kraft ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing

Reserve Sale Prices May Be Lowered

Jun 14, 2014

Daily purchases from China's state reserve have fallen in recent weeks amidst market perceptions that reserve sale prices may be lowered, competition from foreign cotton, and the prospect of new-crop cotton offered below the current reserve ...

Tags: Apparel, Accessories, Textile

State of RoHS 2 Compliance

Jun 13, 2014

The only thing that is certain is that compliance is more easily mandated than achieved. It always takes time, and a lot of it. The RoHS2 (also called the RoHS Recast) was drafted in 2008 with an eye toward restricting hazardous ...

Tags: Electrical, Electronics

High-Tech Industry in a Strong Economic Upturn

Jun 13, 2014

The first half of 2014 is drawing to a close but the wait continues for a strong economic upturn that would globally spark sustainable sales growth in the high-tech industry. So far, what many industry observers and economists can point ...

Tags: Electrical, Electronics, High-Tech Industry

Warren Steel Is Asking Ohio Regulators for an Electricity Rate Discount

Jun 13, 2014

Warren Steel is asking Ohio regulators for an electricity rate discount the company says could allow it to attract "strategic partnerships" and reopen its Warren steelmaking plant that was shut in late March. Warren is the latest in a ...

Tags: Warren Steel, Electric Rate Discount

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