Flexible packaging such as plastic bags, confectionery wrappers, frozen food bags and pouches makes up nearly a third (32%) of consumer plastic packaging in the UK, however virtually all of this 556,000 tonnes produced annually ends up in ...
The two-year REFLEX project, funded by the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, aims to create a circular economy for flexible packaging – from confectionery wrappers to detergent pouches – by involving the whole supply ...
Range will also span arts and crafts, novelty and pocket money products. Sambro has signed a pan-European licensing deal with Nickelodeon for Paw Patrol product lines. The cross category manufacturer will create a comprehensive range of ...
Tags: Wheeled Toys, Bags, Toys
The year is drawing to a close but the number of exhibitors signing up for AUSPACK 2015 is still growing. According to Luke Kasprzak, portfolio director – industrial division, exhibition and trade fairs, “AUSPACK 2015 is ...
Tags: exhibition, trade fairs, Packaging
Few companies in the UK have come together to start work on a two-year project called 'Reflex,' with the hope of significantly improving the recyclability of flexible packaging and diverting more of it away from the landfill. The project ...
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Honda is planning to expand the Takata airbag related recall to three million vehicles in the US. Previously the company recalled around 2.8 million vehicles mostly in humid areas of the US, where humidity could make the inflators more ...
Crystal Group chairman, Kenneth Lo, has won two awards in EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 China (EOY 2014 China), for his significant contributions to the economy and the community. Kenneth is one of the two country winners (also ...
Tags: Crystal Group, Apparel
Integrated producer of chemical intermediates, polymers and fibres, Invista has bagged the ‘Innovation Upgrade Award’ from China Chemical Industry News. According to Invista, it received the award for its outstanding ...
Textiles Committee, a statutory body under the administrative control of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, has been conferred as the Best Accessible Website at the National Awards for the Empowerment of Persons with ...
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The producer of INOTEK, a biomimetic fibre, and technical director at MMT Textiles, a research and development company, Veronika Kapsali, has been named the Innovator of the Year at the ITMA Future Materials Awards ceremony held on 26 ...
Tags: Biomimetic Fibre, Bags Innovator, Textile
Auto supplier Takata has told US lawmakers that it is yet to identify the cause behind the explosion of its air bags, but refused to extend the recalls to all the 50 states of the US. The Japanese company suspects high humidity to be the ...
Honda has called other automakers to join in an industry wide third-party testing of Takata airbag inflators to fix the issue as soon as possible. The company is encouraging automakers to engage in independent engineering analysis to test ...
African online retailer of fashion products, consumer electronics, home appliances to beauty products, Jumia said it has received a new round of investment amounting to €120 million. “These investments, which were made by ...
Tags: beauty products, home appliances, Apparel
High class print reproductions vs sustainability. It's no longer an 'either or' choice. SCA has developed Solo Print, a one-side coated paper into its sustainable packaging product family. This paper gives printability in the same class as ...
Tags: High class print, Packaging
Nordic Capital spun off 30 percent of its holdings in Thule Group AB Nov. 26 for SEK2.2 billion, or about $295 million, in a highly successful initial public offering on Nasdaq Stockholm. Nordic sold 26.1 million shares, or 26.1 percent ...
Tags: IPO Values, Sporting Goods