Indian carton packaging firm Parksons Packaging has installed a new KBA Rapida 106 printing press. The company is testing the inline cold foiling technology at its Pantnagar plant in Uttarakhand province of North India. The ...
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Revenues in the first fiscal quarter ended March 29, 2015 slid 12.8 per cent year over year at Checkpoint Systems, a developer of solutions for the retail industry like loss prevention, etc. According to a Checkpoint press release, its ...
Italian lighting specialist Artemide will return to Clerkenwell Design Week 2015 with a striking installation of the latest lighting designs by some of the world’s most renowned architects and designers. The iconic brand will be based ...
BASF now offers all five effect pigments of its Lumina Royal product series for plastics applications. This will enable producers of plastics all over the world to create attractive design options in blue and copper color shades. Already in ...
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In a recent survey of inline exhibitors, we discovered that, while Skyline has the largest market share among portable display buyers, there is an interesting split within the whole: New exhibitors are more likely to buy their displays over ...
Unsweetened dark chocolate may improve attention and help consumers beat the ‘midday slump’, according to new research from North Arizona University (NAU). The study, published in the journal NeuroRegulation and sponsored by ...
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Orkla has reported a 10% increase in operating profit , totalling NOK 725m in the first quarter of 2015. The Branded Consumer Goods business achieved EBIT (adj.) of NOK 769 million, an improvement of 11% from the first quarter of 2014. ...
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Plans for labelling the calorie content of alcoholic beverages should be tabled by the European Commission at the latest in 2016, according to members of the European Parliament. The resolution calls for a new EU Alcohol Strategy focusing ...
Driven by currency translation effects that had a positive impact on sales in euro terms, Adidas reported a 17 per cent year over year sales surge in the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. In the first quarter of 2015, Adidas Group ...
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Specialized polymer materials, services and solutions provider PolyOne has received an approval for using its ColorMatrix Ultimate UV390 light blocking technology for food and beverage PET packaging in China. The technology claims to ...
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Nordic fashion and textile industry is set to become the most sustainable in the world. The vision of a new Nordic action plan presented by the Nordic Ministers for the Environment in Copenhagen earlier this week is for the region to ...
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The slow recovery of the global PV market continues into the second quarter. Jason Huang, research manager for EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce, said the market on the whole is showing positive signs even though prices along the supply ...
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Axalta Coating Systems has introduced the latest digital spectrophotometer, the Acquire Plus EFX for car refinish body shops in Korean market. About 30,000 digital spectrophotometers are in use by Axalta customers around the world. Now ...
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Sympatex Technologies, a pioneer for high-tech functional materials in clothing, footwear, accessories and technical fields of application since 1986 has announced that it has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). The ecological ...
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Driven by redemption of $0.5 billion of preferred securities in December 2014, net income at NYSE listed Kimberly-Clark (K-C) was knocked down by 35.71 per cent year on year in the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. According to a K-C ...
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