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 ...
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Sukano has introduced the latest generation of ultra-clear Masterbatch for oriented film (OPET) application. Schindellegi, Switzerland, October 10th, 2017 – Sukano, a world leader in the development and production of additive and ...
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MPS, a provider of flexo and offset press solutions for label and flexible packaging printers, has launched its innovative ‘talk to me’ real-time connectivity platform at Labelexpo Europe 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. The ...
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Dole has redesigned packaging for its salad products in a bid to help consumers easily select different salad products. The US-based salad kit brand is showcasing new salad bag graphics at the PMA 2017 Fresh Summit Convention & Expo in ...
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Siegwerk, a provider of printing inks for packaging applications and labels, has expanded its digital ink footprint by opening a new production facility for inkjet inks in France. The firm has expanded its technical center in Annemasse, ...
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Ulma Packaging has introduced a new VFFS air extraction system (tight bag) for the food industry. The new tight bag system will allow manufacturers to tackle excess air in the bag, which frequently leads to bigger boxes resulting in fewer ...
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United Caps, a Luxembourg-based high performance cap and closure systems manufacturer, is set to acquire the plastic closures division of Closures4you. The acquired assets include 28mm caps for re-usable glass bottles as well as for ...
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Dow Performance Silicones has introduced new non-migrating silicone additive for bi-axially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film. The new Dow Corning HMB-6301 Masterbatch is a patent-pending solution, which will facilitate packaging ...
Tags: silicone additive, BOPP film
Swedish automaker Volvo Cars and its parent company Geely Holdings will be investing €640m in their new electric vehicle brand Polestar. The investment will be used to establish a manufacturing facility in Chengdu, China which is ...
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Mazda Motor started production of the new CX-5 crossover at its Hofu Plant No. 2 in Yamaguchi Prefecture to meet the growing global demand for crossovers. Until now the CX-5 has been produced at the company’s Hiroshima Plant and at ...
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ExxonMobil Chemical has started production on new polyethylene line at its Mont Belvieu plastics plant in Texas. The firm commenced production of the first of two new 650,000 tons-per-year high-performance polyethylene lines at the plant. ...
Lamb Weston has completed a $200m expansion project at an existing potato facility in Richland, Washington (WA) to increase its processing capacity for manufacturing frozen French fries. The Richland facility, which was built in 1972, was ...
Netherlands-based Weener Plastics has acquired Brazilian firm Orange Products Plasticos (OPB) for an undisclosed sum. Based in Santo Amaro da Imperatriz of Santa Catarina, the OPB manufactures Roll-on Balls for deodorants. The company ...
Finland-based Stora Enso has deployed the cloud-based data management platform of Rubrik at its paper mill in Langerbrugge, Ghent to safeguard its virtual and physical workloads. Headquartered in Helsinki, Stora Enso provides renewable ...
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Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA – a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) – has launched the UltraCMOS PE29102 high-speed FET driver. With a ...