More than ever before, automation and assembly go hand in hand (or gripper to gripper)—even at small-scale, low-volume production levels. The quest for higher efficiencies and cost savings is driving manufacturers to add consistency ...
Tags: Automation, modular automation
A number of tobacco firms (including Philip Morris, British American Tobacco (BAT) and Imperial Tobacco) formed a coalition to oppose the new EU packaging rules, and the UK’s High Court has referred the case to the EU’s Court of ...
Tags: EU packaging, Packaging Rules
Barcode printing and labelling company Sato has launched two new printing and labelling solutions for the food industry to meet the new food traceability law. The TH2 all in box ready-to-eat pack comprises a TH2 printer and labels to ...
High Supply, an American distributor of child resistant CRREO bags, jars and vials, has invested an undisclosed amount to expand its warehouse space to cater to the growing demand for child resistant packaging in the retail and medical ...
Tags: High Supply, Packaging, Printing
Medtech regulatory consultants and manufacturers are working to interpret the new medtech regulations promulgated in the People's Republic of China. The new regulations, designed to boost supervision and administration of medical devices, ...
On May 6, 2014, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) published final DFARS (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations System) rules1 to eliminate counterfeit parts from the supply chain by shifting the burden of protection onto contractors. ...
Tags: DoD, Electrical, Electronics
New Zealand-based dairy establishment a2 Milk has secured approval from Chinese regulatory agencies to resume supply of infant formula products. The company will now start offering a2 Platinum-branded infant formula across the country; ...
Tags: a2 Milk, infant formula products, Food
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has announced plans to amend the existing rules with regard to the labeling of products. Following the introduction of new rules, the labels on the packaged food will highlight ...
Tags: FSSAI, existing rules, Packaging
The much awaited proposed FDA ecig regulation has already been announced. It was Thursday morning, April 24th, when the FDA has posted these policies on the Federal Register. These first ever federal regulations on ecigarettes will ban ...
Tags: e cig, e ecigarette, e-ecigarette
The Minneapolis City Council has banned polystyrene containers, a move which is said to affect local restaurants as well as other establishments. The ban, which is expected to come into force from 22 April 2015, also legitimizes food ...
The transport industry now has more time to weigh in on the American new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) before it becomes law. And Canadian carriers should be paying attention, too. Although it was introduced in 2011, the U.S. Food ...
Tags: transport industry, Truckers
China Quality Certification Center (CQC) has carried out New Standards and Certification Rules for Water Conservation Certification of Liquid Detergent for Fabric , CQC32-353224-2013.The details are as follows. Application category: CQC ...
Tags: Certification, CQC
The European Commission announced the adoption of new rules on public support for projects in the field of environmental protection and energy. The guidelines will support EU member states in reaching their 2020 climate targets, while ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
France must urgently implement new rules to oblige shippers to import LNG after new gas capacity auctions indicated a massive increase in prices in France's southern PEG Sud market in the coming years, intensive users group UNIDEN said late ...
Tags: LNG Imports, gas capacity, LNG terminals