It's a staggering figure – around 2.9m tonnes of food and drink is wasted each year, according to Wrap. It's a number that's been troubling politicians and environmentalists but it is a problem that packaging can help tackle. And ...
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Packaging is increasingly recognised as a vital weapon in the fight against food waste. Philip Chadwick reports on how the flexible plastics sector is innovating to play its part in packaging's biggest challenge It's a staggering figure ...
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Bring on the'feel good factor'with a carpet sensation from Cormar Carpets that is set to pile on the glamour in the home. Sensation is made from 100%Luxelle PP,a new polypropylene fibre that has been made to feel super soft and ultra ...
The Government of Iran has issued new regulations for petrochemical exports while lifting a ban on export of petrochemicals from the country, Deputy Oil Minister Abdolhossein Bayat has announced, according to Tehran Times. Earlier, IRNA ...
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Posted by Rick Lingle,Technical Editor--Packaging Digest,12/19/2012 4:26:01 PM Canadian Plastics Industry Association(CPIA)released a new report that the amount of post-consumer plastic recycled in Canada has increased in 2011.An ...
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The continuing global economic uncertainty is negatively impacting the petrochemical sector of Saudi Arabia, according to a report released by NCB Capital, MENA Financial Network reported. The increase in prices of Saudi petrochemical ...
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Thermoplastic vortex pump head handles solids-laden acids and caustics The Vanton Pump and equipment company of New Jersey USA is promoting its SGV Vortex pump head for its Vanton SUMP-GARD®vertical thermoplastic pumps. These pumps ...
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Max India has announced the sale of its biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film unit Max Speciality Films (MSF) to Treofan, a German global developer of BOPP film for Rs5.4bn ($97m). Max India managing director Rahul Khosla said the ...
Paint brand Dulux is packaging its Ecosense range in new pails from RPC Containers Oakham in a bid to boost its green credentials The containers incorporate 20% post industrial recycled material and RPC recommended using “standard ...
ITIPACK, the Italian strapping company, is offering fully automated strapping machines and strapping systems which are capable of strapping metal coils around the circumference for the steel/metal work industry. The company designs, ...
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Portola Packaging, Inc. is introducing GreenLyteTM, a new line of plug-seal, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) 38-mm closures for single and multiserve, hot-fill and aseptic beverage packaging applications. GreenLyte one-piece closures ...
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Portola Packaging has announced plans to launch its new line of plug-seal, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) 38mm closures 'GreenLyte' for single and multiserve, hot-fill and aseptic beverage packaging applications. GreenLyte one-piece ...
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US domestic polypropylene contracts for December were expected to rise 1 cent/lb ($22/mt) from November to around 66-67 cents/lb for homopolymer injection, in line with a similar uptick taking place in the monomer market, sources said ...
Tags: polypropylene, polymer grade propylene, polypropylene market
Live Industrial has announced the distribution of strapping machines and systems of ITIPACK across Australia and New Zealand for the food and beverage industry. Italian strapping company ITIPACK's product range includes automatic ...
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LyondellBasell announced Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) has selected the Spheripol process technology from LyondellBasell for two 300 KTA polypropylene (PP) plants to be located in Pengerang, Malaysia. “PETRONAS’ ...
Tags: PP plants, polypropylene plants, polypropylene process technology