As more and more people become increasingly aware of their own ecological responsibility - both in terms of their working and personal life - individuals are paying far more attention to their carbon footprint than they used to. All too ...
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With Easter and summer school holidays upon us, parents will not only be faced with more expense but also vast quantities of excess toy packaging, as they seek ways of entertaining their children on long journeys. Toy packaging is ...
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SHOWING signs of fresh life, smartphone maker BlackBerry eked out a small profit in a transition quarter in the midst of its rollout of a make-or-break platform to challenge Apple and Android. The Waterloo, Ontario firm said profit in the ...
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DELL'S financial advisers tried to persuade 71 potential bidders to make an offer for the troubled personal computer maker before two of them emerged to challenge a proposed $24.4 billion deal with the company's founder, according to ...
An independent research study commissioned by the Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), revealed 65 percent of decision makers at Fortune 500 consumer product companies ...
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Mostra Convegno Expocomfort, one of the leading international biennial exhibition dedicated to residential and industrial installations, air-conditioning and renewable energy scheduled for 18th – 21st March 2014 at Fiera Milano is ...
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Xylem Inc. announced the launch of an innovative treadle pump called Saajhi, the first product in Xylem’s planned Essence of Life portfolio. Essence of Life is a sustainable business model from Xylem that addresses the fundamental ...
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Tobacco companies have stated that plain packs could easily be copied, but a new report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health said security features could still be used on standard packs. The group said that public ...
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Ireland-based Holfeld said its new Diamat technology, a plastic extruder, can processes PET sheets with up to 50% recycled post-consumer PET. In a statement, the firm said: “The decontamination process is the nub; it involves 50% ...
Tags: PET flakes, PET sheets, food packaging
AUSTRALIAN Securities & Investments Commission chairman Greg Medcraft has urged investors and investment houses to exercise more care in dealing with complex financial products, highlighting the growth of self-managed super funds as the ...
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The LED industry has been in an oversupply following the large capacity expansion in 2011; how will the landscape shift in 2013? As the LED-related applications make their way into various areas and receive increasing interest in the ...
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Heine Dalsgaard has been the CFO of Grundfos for the last five years, and during this period he has contributed strongly in the capacity as responsible for the corporate finance functions which have been strengthened considerably during the ...
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This year, VSX – Vogel Software, producer of pump selection software Spaix, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The company looks back on an outstanding success story and there’s no end in sight. When thinking about their ...
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To be able to withstand the challenge from low priced petrochemicals from the US in future, Asia’s biggest retailer, Sinopec Corp, earlier called China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, is gearing up to reduce its petrochemical production ...
Rigid plastic packaging supplier Holfeld Plastics has received approval from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for its Diamat technology, which involves consecutive extrusion processes for decontamination efficiency of polyethylene ...