Norway-based wine and liquor wholesaler Arcus has selected Thin Film Electronics’ near field communication (NFC) technology to better connect with its consumers. Preparations are underway for an initial field trial, which is ...
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DS Smith’s plastic business unit Rapak North America has introduced new DuraBev beverage bags for bag-in-box (BIB) packaging formats. The company has designed new packaging solution for BIB applications such as post-mix syrup and ...
Tags: Beverage Bags, Beverage
Subaru of America will be unveiling the all the new midsize sedan, 2018 Legacy at the 2017 Chicago Auto Show on 9 February 2016. The new Legacy features revised styling and significant upgrades to comfort, safety, and multimedia ...
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China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) officially released the full articles of the 13th Five-Year Plan, regulating the energy development roadmap and action plan from 2016 to 2020. For solar PV, the basic ...
Tags: low-carbon energy, solar PV
AWT Labels & Packaging has installed a new 52” 10 color W&H Miraflex Central Impression Cylinder press at its South Elgin, Illinois facility. The new press is equipped with ten printing decks, automated wash up decks and several ...
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Global high-barrier packaging film consumption was projected at 1.86 million tonnes in 2016 and is forecast to grow during 2016–2021 at an annual rate of 4.6% to 2.33 million tonnes, according to Smithers Pira. Smithers Pira’s ...
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Stora Enso is set to invest around €9m into its consumer board mills in Finland and Sweden, as part of its efforts to commercialise microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) in paperboard packaging. The firm will invest in consumer board ...
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Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has introduced film brands, as part of its efforts to provide better services for its customers. The company has launched Chemifilm high performance films and Norfilm performance coated solutions. ...
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Taiwan-based Polystar has installed a recycling machine at Turkey-based recycler Sembol Plastik’s facility in Istanbul. Doubling Sembol Plastik’s recycling capacity, the newly installed machine produces around 19t of products ...
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Canadian label and packaging maker CCL Industries has signed an agreement to acquire Innovia Group, a UK-based manufacturer of specialty co-extruded, bi-axially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films for C$1.13bn ($842m). Innovia Group, a ...
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UAE-based Hexxa Flexible Packaging has purchased and installed its first MPS flexo press to strengthen its business. The printing company has installed a 10-colour, 430mm EF multi-substrate press. It features the advanced Automated Print ...
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First-tier China-based touch panel makers, in view of decreased orders for projected capacitive touch solutions (out-cell) used in smartphones due to increasing adoption of in-cell and on-cell touch solutions, have extended production to ...
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Insiders say there's a silver lining to stagnant box office takes in 2016. Box office takes for China's film industry remained stagnant in 2016, but most industry insiders see it as a blessing in disguise. Last year's box-office total was ...
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Lego has an amazing new home in the heart of London's Leicester Square. Andrew Hoyle is joined by new voice, CNET's video producer Jonathan Garnham, to find out why the store is so wonderful and why adults still love Lego. Katie Collins ...
China's e-sports games revenues are expected to exceed CNY50 billion (US$7.3 billion) for 2016, up more than 50% from 2015 thanks to the increasing popularity of tournaments as more organizers and players jump on the bandwagon, according to ...
Tags: e-sports games, e-sports industry