According to a report released by Latin American steel association Alacero, imports of steel products including long and flat products and seamless tubes to Latin America from China totaled 952,000 metric tons in the first quarter of this ...
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South African coffee roasting company Caturra Coffee has selected Innovia Films' cellulose NatureFlex renewable compostable films to develop new coffee packs in partnership with converter Colpak. Made using three-layers, the coffee pack ...
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Canada-based Maple Leaf Foods has revealed the details of its sustainability and community outreach efforts to date with a particular focus on 2012. The highlights of Maple Leaf's sustainability efforts include economic contributions, ...
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DuPont celebrated the silver anniversary of its global packaging awards program last night, granting top honors to U.K.-based design firm pi 3 for AidPod, which delivers life-saving medicine to remote sub-Saharan villages. This unique ...
In recent years, companies around the world have faced a number of difficulties in their operations, such as the rising price of petroleum, the shortage of energy, the Eurozone debt crisis, increasing labour costs, environmental pollution, ...
GREENSBORO, North Carolina — May 9, 2013 — Unifi, Inc. (NYSE:UFI) and Herff Jones team up to make graduation greener with Renew Graduation gowns, made with REPREVE? recycled fiber. By the end of the 2013 graduation season, ...
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Sustainability nonprofit GreenBlue said it added a standardized environmental profile for packaging service to its Advisory Services offerings. The organization asked companies interested in designing more sustainable packaging ...
Bioplastics supplier in Australia Plantic Technologies has developed what it calls the first renewable and recyclable ultra-high barrier packaging format in the world. Plantic eco Plastic R is said to combine PET and Plantic biodegradable ...
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Andrew Tepperman WINDSOR, Ontario — Tepperman's Furniture has been named the Large Business of the Year by the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce. The criteria for the award include revenue and profit growth, a track ...
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While the rail industry did not find the budget entirely positive, there are many good points for rail in the Budget. ARA: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown The 2013 Federal Budget has delivered largely positive outcomes for commuters, ...
Xylem Inc. has launched a new closed-vessel, ultraviolet (UV) disinfection solution optimized for large-scale wastewater treatment plants, industrial and water reuse applications. Xylem?s Wedeco LBX 850e system is a new highly ...
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IBM has been appointed as the Technology and Innovation Partner in the Thames Water AMP6 Alliance. IBM will join forces with Thames Water to create innovative strategies by analysing big data and social media with the aim of improving ...
Tags: IBM, Thames Water, Computer Products
The move? by the plastic milk bottles giant comes in a partnership with?Closed Loop Recycling at Dagenham. The breakthrough comes just weeks after Nampak created an even lighter Infini bottle which, weighing in at just 32g, represents a ...
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The NACD Awards Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 Annual NACD Package Awards Competition. The judging for the 50th Annual competition was held on Mar. 7, 2013 in Chicago. Judges examined and evaluated packages in ...
ecVision, the leader in supply chain collaboration solutions for retailers and brands, announced the launch of the latest addition to their cloud-based offerings of software products aimed at helping solve these issues. ecVision Comply is ...
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