When it comes to enhancing the properties of a plastic product, Masterbatch plays an important role. Masterbatch is a concentrated mixture of pigments and additives that is used to add color to a plastic product. Being one of the most ...
Tags: Masterbatch, coloring additive, Chemicals, plastic product
The importance of plastic in our everyday life is self evident by the fact that we are surrounded by plastic products all around. Everything starting from a pen, food packet, chair, bottles, containers, etc. is made up of plastic. The ...
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Plastic processing is a process of converting large plastic sheets into a variety of usable parts and products. Several processes such as transforming, milling, turning, grinding and drilling are used to convert or modify plastic into ...
The reusable carrier bag is durable enough for repeated use, with a pull, tear and snap system the bag folds out into a full size (60 litre) refuse sack. Made from 100% recycled materials utilising post-consumer plastic waste and produced ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, reusable carrier bag
Barry-Wehmiller has acquired Arcil, a Paris-based supplier of packaging technology for the fresh dairy and food industry, for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is said to be Barry-Wehmiller's first within France and is expected to ...
US-based bio-fuel manufacturer Virent has collaborated with petroleum alternatives licensor Renmatix to convert affordable cellulosic sugars to renewable chemicals and bio-based packaging materials. Under the partnership, Renmatix will ...
Tags: Packaging Materials, Packaging
When your company is responsible for rebuilding, repairing, and upfitting vehicles that deploy to firefighting and rescue situations day in and day out, quality is non-negotiable. Every component must be precisely tooled, every weld ...
Tags: vehicle, MIG Guns, True North Emergency Equipment, rescue
When it comes down to it, clean water may be the most precious resource on the plant. All life forms depend on water for their very survival and, as a human being, you can only go about three days without drinking water before dehydration ...
Tags: oil, oil recycling, pollution
Thermoforming is one of the oldest methods of processing plastic materials. These plastic materials are seen in some of the common things that we use in our daily lives. Right from the toothpaste tube from which we start our day to our ...
Tags: Vacuum Forming Machine, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery
One mainstream farmer is returning to conventional seed-and he's not alone As an invulnerable tween, Chris Huegerich, the child of a prosperous farming family, wiped out on his motorcycle in tiny Breda, Iowa. Forty years on, folks ...
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Boxed beverages, like juice-boxes, have been around since the mid-60s. Children have been drinking juice out of cardboard squares lined with plastic or aluminum for years. This hybrid, multi-layer construction makes recycli ng the ...
Elizabeth Arden selected Airopack as the environmentally friendly, safe, all-plastic, pressurized dispenser that uses 42 percent less energy and emits 74 percent less CO2 than a regular aerosol can to dispense the new Ceramide Self-Foaming ...
I joined GreenBlue last fall as the new executive director and Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) director. Now that a year has passed, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on some key industry milestones in 2013 and talk ...
Since 2010 the government began reducing corporation tax in stages, falling from 28% to 23%. This will be cut to 21% from April 2014 and will reach 20% in 2015. The small profits rate has also been cut to 20%. While the government ...
Do you own a manufacturing unit and require trolleys for materials handling? Then let me tell you that it is no easy task. This is due to the fact that there are a number of trolleys available on the market - both at your nearest retailers ...
Tags: Trolleys, Transportation