The first barrel of ethane from the Bakken field will go to Nova Chemicals' Joffre, Alberta facility to be value added and converted into polyethylene next year, which explains why CEO Randy Woelfel described himself at an industry event in ...
Tags: Shale gas, Petchems, petrochemicals
Although cotton harvesting campaign is still in progress, over one million tons of raw cotton has already reached Turkmen procurement centres by now, Turkmen Dovlet Khabarlary, the state news service reported Turkmen Agricultural Ministry ...
Tags: raw cotton, cotton harvesting, cotton output
Falstaff Pear,a new variety of red pear,has won the main prize at Macfrut 2012,the international exhibition of the fruit and vegetable sector held in Cesena,Italy,from 26 to 28 September. This variety is similar in shape to the Abate ...
Tags: prize, innovative products, Logistics
On the back of disinterest shown by entrepreneurs to invest in Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Regions (PCPIRs) set up across India; the Indian government will cast a fresh look at the inverted duty structure prevalent ...
Tags: petrochemicals, Petroleum, Chemicals, duty structure
GOLDWIN Inc. announced that its high performance compression wear brand, 'C3fit' will be available for purchase at sporting goods retailer 'Paragon Sports' in New York City starting this November. In addition, C3fit will be launching its ...
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SCA Hygiene Products and Sappi applied at the German Federal German Cartel Office for approval for the formation of a joint company on 5 November. The companies thereby implemented the announcement made by SCA in September that by the turn ...
Israel-based nutraceutical ingredients company LycoRed has announced that its new premix plant in Changzhou,China,is fully approved. The new plant,which is fully operational,will cater to processors of infant formula,beverage,baby food ...
Tags: premix, baby food, infant formula
ACC Concrete, India's leading manufacturer of ready mix concrete and a division of ACC Limited, recently introduced 2 breakthrough solutions UTWT 24 and Speedcrete for instant road surface overlay and repair in India. UTWT 24 and ...
Tags: ACC Concrete, UTWT 24 and Speedcrete, road surface overlay
Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/1/2012 9:34:36 AM The Foodservice Packaging Institute's fourth annual Trends Report reveals three key trends: "Green" isn't a trend, it's standards operating ...
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Tycoons Group Enterprise Co.'s chairman W.S.Huang noted that the firm's electric furnace in Thailand,costing NT$2 billion(US$66.67 million),is expected to be completed in the end of 2013,to remarkably reduce cost of raw materials and boost ...
Tags: Tycoons Group, electric furnace, steel industry, Thailand
US packaged foods company ConAgra Foods has reported a net loss of$86.2m for the fiscal 2012 fourth quarter ended 27 May 2012,compared to a net profit of$250.1m in the previous year,owing to charges with regard to a change in accounting ...
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IRL has announced the publication of a new and fully updated edition of its popular"Profile of the Central American and Caribbean Paints Industry." This report covers the markets for paints and coatings in eight Central American ...
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RFM,a leading food and beverage firm based in the Philippines,has entered into an agreement to sell its canned meat business,Swift brand,to a subsidiary of Century Canning for about PHP850m($20.49m). In a disclosure to the Philippine ...
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Food and drinks giant, PepsiCo has announced plans to use more renewable materials for its beverage packaging, as part of its goal to reduce its reliance on oil-based plastic. PepsiCo global beverage packaging vice president Denise ...
Tags: renewable materials, beverage packaging, oil-based plastic
Printing inks and pigments manufacturer Sun Chemical is all set to unveil an ‘all-in-one’ ink solution, SunLit Crystal, which has been designed for print work. According to the company, the new universal sheetfed offset ...
Tags: Sun Chemical, Ink Product, Print Work