Specialized polymer materials, services and solutions provider PolyOne has received an approval for using its ColorMatrix Ultimate UV390 light blocking technology for food and beverage PET packaging in China. The technology claims to ...
Tags: Beverage Packaging, Food Packaging
US-based Thermal Packaging Products has developed a temperature control shipping carton to retain the chillness of wine. Made with eco preferable insulated padding and materials, the carton dubbed, 'Chilled Wine Shipper,' is designed ...
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Savio India recently hosted a technical seminar in Ahmedabad and Rajkot in Gujarat, India and showcased a presentation on winding and splicing technologies. From Savio were present, Dr Gabriele Checchini, CEO of the Indian operations, ...
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Garment makers in Bangladesh have urged the government to collect 0.3 per cent tax at source on 10 per cent of their profits from exports, instead of overall profits, according to media reports in the country. The National Board of ...
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Chinese researchers have used 3D printing technology to make a safer space suit for astronauts while spacewalking. A research center under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation used a 3D printer to create the vent pipes ...
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For first-quarter 2015, AXT Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which makes gallium arsenide, indium phosphide and germanium substrates and raw materials, has reported revenue of $20.1m, up 2.5% on $19.6m last quarter and 4% on $19.3m a year ago. ...
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Researchers in USA and Saudi Arabia have been producing 610nm-wavelength red lasers with III-nitride nanowires (NWs) grown on silicon [Shafat Jahangir et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p071108, 2015]. With a view to plastic fiber optical ...
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TSMC Solar Ltd, which was founded in 2009 as a subsidiary of the world's biggest silicon wafer foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Inc (TSMC), says that its latest commercial-sized (1.09m2) copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) ...
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Output of China's building materials sector fell in the first quarter as the property market remained weak, the country's top economic planner indicated on Wednesday. Cement output was down 3.4 percent year on year to 428 million tons, ...
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First-quarter steel exports surged 40.7 percent to 25.78 million metric tons as mills responded to weak domestic demand and falling prices, the China Iron and Steel Association said on Wednesday. "Although domestic steel companies face ...
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Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that during first-quarter 2015 it received multiple new long-term purchase orders worth up to $3m for its antimonide substrate materials. The purchase orders are from ...
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Many economists are saying that the U.S. will once again be the driving force behind world growth in 2015 as the dollar growth. The U.S. economy saw an annual expansion rate of 5 percent in the third quarter of 2014, according to government ...
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During the past year, 900 million litres of water was saved by Lindex suppliers through cleaner production projects in India and Bangladesh. According to a press release from the Swedish fashion retailer, Lindex also became a partner ...
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Researchers in Korea and USA have developed sidewall emission-enhanced (SEE) deep ultraviolet (DUV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to improve light extraction efficiency DUV LEDs with wavelengths less than 300nm become very inefficient due ...
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Mitsui has partnered with Kanazawa Institute of Technology (KIT) to explore use of carbon fiber composite materials to produce automotive parts and other industrial products. The company will work with KIT's Innovative Composite Materials ...
Tags: Automotive Parts, Mitsui