Polymer giant Covestro is leading a consortium of 14 partners to study how plastics can be produced from flue gas from the steel industry in an efficient and sustainable manner. The investigation anchored by the materials manufacturer ...
Tags: Steel Plants, Plastics
The LED lighting module market (including flexible LED strips) reached nearly $4bn in 2016 and is rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.6% during 2017-2022 to $13.8bn, boosted by the emergence of innovative functions and the ...
Tags: LED market, Lighting market
Bobst North America and APR (All Printing Resources) played host to the sizable group of American label and packaging converters who attended the narrow-web open house held in APR’s technical center in Glendale Heights, Illinois. ...
Tags: Bobst, Flexo Presses
Avery Dennison reported advancements against its 2025 sustainability goals intended to transform the company and the industries it serves. The 2014-2016 sustainability report, All of Us, Every Day , highlights how the company is ...
Tags: Avery Dennison, CO2 emissions
Constantia Flexibles has invested approximately €6m to meet increasing demand for specialty laminates with high property barriers for confectionery, coffee, dry food and snacks as well as processed meat industries. The company ...
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Molson Coors Brewing Company released its 2017 Our Beer Print Report, announcing a bold, new sustainability strategy and goals to guide the company through 2025. This is the first sustainability report released since Molson Coors closed ...
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PepsiCo and The Recycling Partnership have agreed to work on a cross-sector approach to increasing recycling rates across America. The partnership will address the continued shortfall in US recycling rates. At present, still less than ...
Tags: PepsiCo, recycled PET
The South Korea Plastic Production and Recycling Federation recently met with the British Plastic Federation (BPF), RECOUP and VEKA Recycling at VEKA’s site in Kent. The group — which included representatives from the Korea ...
Tags: Plastic, Recycling Federation
Covestro has expanded its film production capability, investing around €20m in a new production facility for multilayered flat films in Dormagen, Germany. The total investment also includes the related infrastructure and logistics. ...
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In hall B2, booth 350 at the Laser World of Photonics 2017 trade show in Munich, Germany (26–29 June), Berlin-based Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Hochstfrequenztechnik (FBH) – which offers the full value ...
Tags: FBH, UV LED Developments
Lighting manufacturer Osram GmbH of Munich, Germany has agreed to acquire LED Engin Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which develops and makes LED emitters, optics components and light source modules in a high-lumen-density, multi-die package for ...
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen has acquired Germany-based software developer Docufy for an undisclosed price. Based in Bamberg, Docufy develops professional software solutions that are used for technical documentation. It is also claimed to ...
Amcor has received a gold award in the Technological Advancement and Responsible Packaging categories for its Vento coffee packaging, silver for the 20-ounce Vitaminwater bottle in the Responsible Packaging category and in partnership with ...
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PV orders have been booming for more than three weeks after SNEC 2017 tradeshow, gradually balancing supply and market demand across the PV value chain. Polysilicon sector has already gotten rid of pressure of oversupply so its spot price ...
UK-based FFP Packaging Solutions has launched a fixed colour palette (FCP) guide for brands and retailers. The FCP guide has been designed to allow brand managers to select repeatable and achievable colours based on the Pantone library ...
Tags: FFP Packaging, PET film