As part of a continued focus on sustainability, the nation’s largest retailer has selected energy-efficient LED lighting by Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) to illuminate the Walmart Neighborhood Market in Mt. Pleasant, WI. Cree® ...
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The Timber Development Association (TDA) has announced three free seminars in March to assist NSW business recycle more waste wood pallets and offcuts. “The seminars will assist managers of companies that generate a lot of waste ...
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With canteen products growing in importance as an office supplies category, Nestlé Australia has announced that every chocolate it sells is now independently certified to ensure the cocoa is sourced and produced sustainably on farms ...
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Campden BRI, the UK’s leading food and drink research organisation, in conjunction with the Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST), the leading qualifying body for food professionals in Europe, has scored a UK industry first ...
The news comes as the paper giant recently announced that it would stop using timber from Indonesia’s natural forests and only use trees from plantations. APP is a major supplier of paper, pulp and packaging in Asia but it has been ...
“Delta Electronics’ Ring of Celestial Bliss” was the most eye-catching lantern display at today’s official opening of the 2013 Taiwan Lantern Festival. Considered the world’s biggest lantern, the “Delta ...
The next 5-10 years will present a significant challenge for global business, with a new event promising to help business leaders navigate the ‘biggest period of global change since the industrial revolution’. The inaugural ...
The ‘1st Social and Environmental Excellence Awards 2012’ (SEE Awards 2012) have been given to few Bangladesh apparel manufacturing units for their achievement in social compliance and environmental protection. The awards ...
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Marks & Spencer (M&S) will unveil a new property lease policy at next week's Ecobuild 2013 (5th – 7th March). All new M&S stores will now have ‘green' clauses as standard enabling landlords and tenants to better manage a ...
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Urbanearthwear is an eco-fashion brand designing women's organic underwear. It has been founded by Sarah Streeter, designer of the organic underwear range, and it’s made ethically in Melbourne. All products from Urbanearthwear are ...
Posted by Jenni Spinner, Senior Editor -- Packaging Digest, 2/25/2013 8:30:00 AM Delkor Systems opens new facility in St. Paul To accommodate its growth, Delkor Systems (a company that specializes in packaging equipment for cartoning, ...
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Dutch goat's cheese manufacturer Bettinehoeve has selected RPC Tedeco-Gizeh's transparent and recyclable Ppure polypropylene containers for a range of its products. Bettinehoeve, which was on look out to fill about 90g with transparency ...
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Furniture makers should speak up now if they have concerns with California's new upholstered flammability rule, a top California official told an industry audience here last week. Tonya Blood, chief of the California Bureau of Home ...
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Since its first lamp posts were erected in the late 1890s, street lighting in the City of Pasadena, CA, has undergone many changes in the ensuing decades, with every new innovation in lighting. The latest technology that the city has ...
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AMS 3095A qualification aids airlines in selecting exterior paint for mixed fleets SYLMAR, Calif., Feb. 19, 2013 – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) aerospace business has qualified nine coatings systems to SAE International’s ...
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