Constantia Flexibles showcased portfolio of flexible packaging solutions at Nestlé supplier event in South Africa. Nestlé South Africa is a growing business – currently some 4,000 employees work for the multinational ...
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UK-based glass manufacturer Beatson Clark has invested about £3m to upgrade its South Yorkshire glassworks facility. Bottero individual section (IS) machines have been installed at two of the company's manufacturing lines to improve ...
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Cosmetics industry firm Oriflame Products Poland has joined UPM Raflatac's RafCycle recycling program, which recycles and reuses pressure sensitive label waste to create new materials. The partnership supports Oriflame's target to ...
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Rapak North America, a business unit of DS Smith, Plastics Division, has launched redesigned and NSF approved PCSS+ line side connector for Bag-in-Box applications. This makes the PCSS+ the only NSF approved connecting system for PCSS and ...
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UK master papermaker James Cropper is showcasing Genuine UK Black paper in China at LuxePack Shanghai. The new paper can be used in a range of applications, including luxury goods, packaging, printing, advertising brochures and annual ...
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US startup Mango Materials is testing a new process for biodegradable plastics at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Advanced Biofuels Process Demonstration Unit. By using bacterial fermentation process, the startup is engaged in the ...
Volvo Cars has unveiled the new XC60 premium SUV at the Geneva Motor Show. The new car is replacement of the company's original XC60, the mid-sized SUV, which sold nearly a million units globally. The new SUV features a City Safety ...
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Honda is showcasing its new Clarity plug-in hybrid and Clarity electric vehicle variants at the 2017 New York International Auto Show, which will be held in April. The two vehicles will join Honda’s Clarity fuel-cell line up and ...
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The Honda NueV is a pure-electric concept car made its European debut at the Geneva Motor Show. The car has a unique ownership proposition and a state-of-the-art ‘emotion engine’ that can learn about its driver. The NeuV ...
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Paper bag manufacturer AB Group Packaging has introduced a heavyweight paper bag at the Packaging Innovations 2017 event held earlier this month in Birmingham, UK. Certified by Programme for the Endorsement of Forest certification (PEFC), ...
Las Vegas Market hosted their fourth annual match-making and networking event, Hospitality Link from March 7 to 9. It gives an opportunity to designers, specifiers and purchasing firms to connect with hospitality industry suppliers. ...
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A network of smart hand pumps across the region could provide a way of monitoring groundwater reserves and improve the management and conservation of scarce water resources. Predicting groundwater depth Around 1 million hand pumps ...
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As LED market penetration rate continues to increase, global LED market growth has slowed down in recent years. In China, domestic LED chip manufacturers have exceeded a dominant 70% market share. In addition, global companies have ...
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Numerical targets to reduce coal and steel production capacity have, for the first time, been set in the annual Chinese government work report. China will reduce steel production capacity this year by around 50 million metric tons and ...
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A study by UA researchers revealed that rats with neuropathic pain that were bathed in green LED showed more tolerance for thermal and tactile stimulus. A clinical trial involving people suffering from fibromyalgia is underway. It wasn't ...
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