The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Forman Mills Inc., of Pennsauken, N.J., has agreed to pay a $600,000 civil penalty. The penalty agreement has been accepted provisionally by the Commission in a 3-0 ...
Interpack is feeling confident that 2014 will be its best year yet. It has a high number of returning exhibitors as well as a collection of very eager newbies, each with new advances to show and new advantages to share. interpack 2014 is ...
Tetra Pak's net sales for 2013 were AU$16.4b (€11.1b) - up 3.5% from 2012 in comparable terms. "The combination of strong competition and soft economies in many markets around the globe created a tough business environment for Tetra ...
FKuR has been on a growth spurt. The company's flagship bioplastic, Bio-Flex, is a blend of blends of co-polyester and PLA with a very high content of natural resource material, and comes in thirteen grades. Each Bio-Flex packaging film ...
Serac has taken 363 sqm of space at interpack, across two floors. It has rather a lot to show you. If you're interested it will send you free tickets to interpack. The company will be showing off its flagship products. The Combox-H2F, for ...
More than 90 packaging technologists, engineers and designers came together for the 2014 AIP/IGD Shelf Friendly Packaging (SFP) training which was held across two states and four Woolworths sites over two weeks in March. It was the third ...
"This year, only a handful of companies have managed to stand out from the crowd. These are the nominees and the winner of the award. The Hermes Award stands for what's essentially the core purpose of the Hannover Messe: to set trends for ...
An open can is not portable. A resealable one is. Actega and Dayton Systems Group have created a pretty significant milestone in the history of the drink can. The patented two-piece can and dome design is engineered to attach to standard ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Shatters Glass
March the BPIF responded to an Insolvency Service consultation paper on strengthening the regulatory framework and fee structure for Insolvency Practitioners (IPs). Welcoming the proposed reforms set out in the paper, the BPIF expresses ...
Tags: Office Supplies
In an effort to improve compliance with laws that protect children from lead paint poisoning, EPA is sending letters to approximately 200 home renovation and painting contractors, property management companies and landlords in and around ...
Tags: EPA, certification
Chinese smartphone owners spend nearly eight hours looking at electronic screens each day, the third longest in the world, with smartphones and laptops dominating their "screen time," according to survey results released on Wednesday. ...
Tags: Smartphones, Laptops, Electronic Screens
Average LED lamp price drops 9% in one year 03 Apr 2014 Combination of Chinese production, improved performance and fierce competition drives down unit costs. Slipping: global average LED lamp retail price. Today, the global average ...
Tags: LED Lamp, LED Lighting, LED Sales
From April 8-11, BASF will present new and efficient solutions for the hygiene industry at the INDEX 2014, the worldwide primary exhibition of nonwovens, at the Palexpo Exhibition & Congress Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. At the BASF booth ...
Tags: Chemicals, Construction, Decoration
BASF, the world's leading chemical company, and TODA KOGYO CORP., one of the industry leaders in the development and manufacture of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, have announced that they will enter exclusive negotiations to ...
Tags: Chemicals, Construction, Decoration
Edwards Ltd of Crawley, UK, a manufacturer of vacuum products and abatement systems and a provider of related services, is to open its new vacuum and abatement Service Center in Glenwillow, OH, USA (which will begin operation on 25 April). ...
Tags: Edwards, Electrical, Electronics