The worldwide mobile phone market grew 4% year-on-year in the seasonally slow first quarter of 2013 as smartphones outshipped feature phones for the first time, according to the International Data Corp (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone ...
Packaging solutions provider OIA Global has announced an expanded global presence with its first office in Japan. According to the company, the new office in Tokyo represents the latest step in its ongoing expansion in the Asia Pacific ...
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For first-quarter 2013, Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has reported revenue of €2.7m, down 56% on €6.2m a year ago and down ...
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Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind ‘Sesame Street’, has joined forces with brand extension agency Parham Santanato to redesign its consumer products packaging worldwide. As part of the packaging refresh, Parham ...
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UK’s smoothie brand innocent is all set to introduce its new 100% juice range for kids in handy sized cartons provided by Swedish food packaging and processing company Tetra Pak. Tetra Pak marketing manager Sarah Probert-Hill said ...
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor for Operations Cas Holloway and Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty have announced the expansion of the city’s recycling program. The program will include the recycling of all ...
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Sofradir of Paris, France, which makes infrared detectors for military, space and commercial applications, will make four presentations on advances in next-generation infrared detectors in different wavelengths from the visible to far ...
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One issue with street and outdoor lighting nowadays is the effect that consequent light pollution can have on the environment and local ecosystems. While LEDs are known to produce far more targeted light, thereby limiting the amount of ...
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Zellstoff- und Papierfabrik Rosenthal (ZPR) has selected the Metso Recovery Analyzer (Metso Metra) for its pulp mill in Blankenstein, Germany. The mill will use fully automatic real-time sampling and standard titration methods and will be ...
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Lumileds has announced chip-on-board LED arrays up to 6,000 lm Emphasising what is claims is the small size of the emissive areas, there are versions with illuminated diameters of 9, 13 or 15 mm. Called Luxeon CoB, nominal colour ...
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Plastic compounds and resins supplier in the US, A Schulman has opened its new plastics masterbatch manufacturing facility in Vadodara, India, which will manufacture products for flexible packaging market. The annual capacity of the plant ...
US-based beverage company Crystal Geyser Water has announced the launch of its Tejava Premium Iced Tea in a new 18oz PET bottle. The bottle features a new package design with a hand-sculpted, tea leaf motif with three-dimensional ...
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Packaging equipment supplier Baumann has bagged an order to supply two ELS cross web labeling systems for installation on a thermoform packing line at a plastic punnet tray manufacturing plant in Australia. The equipment, which is ...
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Labeling applications distributor in Belgium, Turbel has announced the purchase of a new Gallus EM 510 in a bid to increase the chances of growing success in its served markets. Equipped with two flexo printing units, the machine is ...
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Olper’s, the dairy brand of Pakistan-based Engro Foods, has introduced new packaging formats using holographic technology to create a 3D simulation at a local shopping mall. The packaging formats include a new format that employs ...
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