Luminus Devices Inc of Sunnyvale, CA, USA – which designs and makes LEDs and solid-state light sources for the global illumination market – has expanded its horticulture LED portfolio with new SST-20 series white LEDs to ...
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Jing Zhang, a faculty member at Rochester Institute of Technology, has received a CAREER award from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) for work to develop new, highly efficient ultraviolet light sources. Zhang’s NSF award of ...
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Experts at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), have recently found record levels of microplastic in arctic sea ice. However, the majority of particles were microscopically small. The ice ...
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Clipper Teas, the tea brand owned by natural and organic food company Wessanen UK, has committed to use fully biodegradable tea bag by summer 2018. The company has completed two initial trials on a new substrate, an alternative which is ...
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Personal care giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) has announced new sustainability goals for 2030, which include 100% recyclable or reusable packaging. PG announced it has achieved many of its 2020 environmental sustainability goals, has plans ...
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ExxonMobil said that it will make a final investment decision later this year on a potential polypropylene production expansion along the US Gulf Coast. The company started detailed engineering work on a potential US Gulf Coast project to ...
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Aptar has launched a Sustainable Materials Task Force that addresses customer, consumer and regulatory expectations for sustainable product offerings. Sustainability is a key driver in the market today. Sustainability efforts are now ...
American multinational toy and board game company Hasbro has decided to use bio-based plastic packaging material, as part of its sustainable packaging efforts. The company said that it will use plant-based bio-polyethylene terephthalate ...
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DS Smith has achieved FSC Chain of Custody Certification for its Trakia Paper Mill in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody certificate allows DS Smith’s internal and external customers to trace ...
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PIX4life – a European pilot line within the European Horizon 2020 initiative that offers photonic integrated circuits for biophotonics and life-sciences applications – says that, after two years of internal development, it is ...
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Cargill has invested in Puris to accelerate pea protein production for North American and global markets. With the rapid rise in consumer demand for plant-based protein, Puris, the largest North American producer of pea protein, and ...
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CRAIC Technologies Inc of San Dimas, CA, USA has added Raman microspectroscopy to its flagship product: the 20/30 Perfect Vision microspectrophotometer. Users can now acquire Raman spectra by integrating the new Apollo II Raman ...
Foodservice retailer McDonald’s said by 2025, it plans to use packaging that come from renewable, recycled or certified sources. The company announced goals to enhance its packaging and help reduce waste to positively impact the ...
To cope with increasing price competition in the blue LED segment, Taiwan-based LED packaging firms are shifting the focus of their production to infrared (IR) and sensing devices, reports Digitimes. China’s largest LED packaging ...
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PicoBrew has introduced PicoStill distilling device at CES 2018, elevating craft brewing For homebrewers and professional distillers. Licensed and properly permitted craft distillers or individuals can also use the PicoStill to produce a ...