Graphic Packaging International, an American paperboard producer for beverages and other consumer goods, will invest $41.5m in the company’s paper mill in West Monroe for upgrading machinery. Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal and ...
No need to drag out the Carhartts just yet, but be ready for a cooldown in parts of the nation's midsection in the next few days, forecasters say. Remember the polar vortex that swung down into the Midwest a few times last winter, ...
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At the recent Intersolar Europe 2014 trade show in Munich, Tokyo-based Showa Shell Sekiyu subsidiary Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – signed a ...
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In its statement announcing CHEP Australia the winner in the category Small to Medium Packaging Manufacturer, APC Awards, APC stated: “Chep pallets are well embedded in the supply chain of many commercial processes…” This ...
Furniture was the best-performing product category in July, reporting its highest growth since January (excluding Easter distortions), according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. Although GfK’s Climate for Major Purchase ...
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The Passive House “Bruck” built by Landsea Group at its Green Building Research and Development Center in Changxing, Zhejiang Province, China was inaugurated and certified by the Passive House Institute of Germany. This is the ...
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Volkswagen is set to launch its next generation 2015 Volkswagen Touareg in the UK. The release date has been set for 27 August; however, the car is expected to arrive at dealerships in November. It will be available in three trim levels ...
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The report, produced by business intelligence provider Visiongain, found that the market still has vast potential. As the global healthcare packaging market adapts to regional shifts on the demand and supply side, it predicted that the ...
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It’s not often that anyone speaks highly of carbon, given the part that element plays in climate change. But a growing number of companies are eagerly promoting carbon in one specific form: It’s called grapheneGraphene is an ...
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US-based food manufacturing company Kellogg has required its suppliers such as farms and mills to reveal greenhouse gas emissions and take measures to reduce them. This is part of its ambitious efforts to become a more environmentally ...
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SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice today announced a settlement with the owners of Anchordoguy ranch for violations of the Clean Water Act that destroyed more than 80 acres of ...
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WASHINGTON – Today and Thursday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy will join host Canadian Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq and Mexican Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources Juan ...
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BOSTON – More than 150 buildings across New England have entered the 2014 Energy Star Battle of the Buildings: Team Challenge. The competition specifically targets wasted energy in commercial buildings, and will motivate businesses to ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Global Green USA are taking action by conducting neighborhood workshops that introduce citizens to cost-effective, do-it-yourself practices for stormwater usage in the New Orleans area. Global ...
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(San Juan, P.R.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing a $60,000 grant to ENLACE to design a plan for a new stormwater drainage system along the Cano Martin Pena. The funding is part of the EPA’s Urban Waters program, ...
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