Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/1/2012 9:34:36 AM The Foodservice Packaging Institute's fourth annual Trends Report reveals three key trends: "Green" isn't a trend, it's standards operating ...
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Tetra Pak has announced the launch of the new OptiSize volume option and Eco Flexo photographic printing, in an attempt to drive value for its Tetra Fino Aseptic packaging range. The combination is expected to derive improved efficiency to ...
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US-based Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials has announced the launch of a new HP Indigo-certified digital print-ready version of its Global MDO film. Avery said that the addition of the new facestock will allow the company ...
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Global travel firm Carlson Wagonlit Travel(CWT)has appointed Kevin O'Connor as its executive vice president and chief information officer. O'Connor,formerly CIO at online gambling firm Paddy Power and,more recently,at the technology arm ...
GLASSOLUTIONS has taken the top honour at this year's G12 Awards by winning the Glass Company of the Year award. The company picked up the award at last Friday's prestigious awards ceremony hosted by comedian Patrick Kielty at the ...
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Bosch Packaging Technology is set to feature its new checkweighing technology, the KWE 6000, which enables managers to access production data remotely using a computer or web-enabled mobile device without the requirement of additional ...
NIH has awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant worth $640,000 to New England Biolabs (NEB) to support the development of new enzymes useful for epigenetic studies. The grant will allow the company to advance ...
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Although Chinese embraces the concept of equality between man and women, traditionally Chinese families have followed patriarchal lines. The Chinese extended family tends to be more significant in life than that of Western cultures, and ...
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Taiwan-based LED firm Genesis Photonics introduces a new LED lighting product, Match LED. The new product emphasizes cost-saving features to attract LED packaging houses. Match LED only needs one LED component to reach 50 watt of power, ...
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The Dow Chemical Company announced a restructuring program designed to accelerate cost reduction actions and advance the next stage of the Company's transformation in the midst of persistently slow macroeconomic growth. These actions will ...
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Reeling from a glut of production capacity,makers of solar panels need to acquire innovative production equipment in order to cut costs,increase margins,and offer differentiated products,according to research released today byLux Research. ...
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Oracle is pushing its combined hardware and software product range as a way for CIOs to avoid costly consultant fees. Speaking in the UK, Oracle president Mark Hurd, said open systems were more costly because they were not ...
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Expansion of multi brand retailing expected in the wake of the recent decision of government to allow FDI in the sector will create unprecedented opportunities for the textiles and clothing industry of India according to a paper presented ...
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Avery Dennison is introducing a new pressure-sensitive label for meat packaging applications which it claims will withstand the vacuum-shrink process without wrinkling The self-adhesive label manufacturer said that the new label will ...
In 2010, the future of the Chinese LED market was looking brighter than ever. The world economy was recovering from the "Great Regression," new environmental and efficiency initiatives outlined in the country's twelfth five‐year plan ...
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