UPM Paper ENA has announced plans to permanently close paper machine 5 at UPM Blandin in Minnesota, US in a bid to reduce graphic paper capacity. The closure plan comes as the firm seeks to reduce its the annual coated paper production ...
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India-based flexible packaging firm Uflex has developed a new three dimensional packaging solution for Veetee, a rice supplier in the UK. The new pack features a front openability through a Slide to Close (STC) zipper intended to allow ...
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Clearwater Paper Corporation has reported financial results for the third quarter of 2017. The company reported net sales of $426.5 million for the third quarter of 2017, down 2.0% compared to net sales of $435.3 million for the third ...
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Siegwerk, a manufacturer of printing inks and solutions for packaging and labels, has agreed to acquire Netherland-based Van Son Liquids, a manufacturer of water-based flexo and gravure printing inks. Under the terms of the deal, Van Son ...
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Xerium Technologies has launched new portfolio of press felt technology, Maximus, designed for machines producing containerboard, packaging, and graphical paper grades. The Maximus press felt technology portfolio feature single-base ...
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Solar-Tectic LLC of Briarcliff Manor, NY, USA says that the US Patent and Trademark Office has granted it US patent 15/205,316 ‘Method of Growing III-V Semiconductor Films for Tandem Solar Cells’ for high-efficiency and ...
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Metsa Board is showcasing new SkinCare gift box design at this year’s Luxe Pack event in Monaco. The event is being held between 2 and 4 October. At the event, the company is also exhibiting its product and service portfolio, ...
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Feldmuehle Uetersen, a manufacturer of label papers, packaging papers and graphic papers, is restructuring its product portfolio and sales organization to strengthen its market position. As part of the exercise, six product segments of ...
Canada-based Nova Chemicals has introduced three new sealant resins for flexible packaging applications. The new resins, including VPsK914, SPsK919 and SPs116, can be used in applications such as hot fill and institutional packaging. ...
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The new initiative is pitched as an evolution of the brand's values which will focus on allowing kids to organise their own play. Toys R Us has unvieled a rebranding of its core values, with the new 'Today We Play' programme. The new ...
Honda Foundation (a public-interest incorporated foundation created by Honda Motor Co Ltd’s founder Soichiro Honda and his younger brother Benjiro Honda) says that the Honda Prize 2017 will be awarded to Kyoto University professor ...
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State University of New York (SUNY) Polytechnic Institute says that associate professor of nanoengineering Dr Woongje Sung has been selected to receive $750,000 in federal funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop silicon ...
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At the International Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ICSCRM 2017) in Washington DC (17-22 September), Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp unveiled a silicon carbide (SiC) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect ...
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Nikola Motor, a start-up company which ventured into developing electric long-haul trucks, has partnered with Bosch to develop commercial vehicle powertrain. The partnership will help in bringing to market fuel cell and commercial vehicle ...
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DS Smith Plastics is set to open a new rigid packaging manufacturing facility in Romeoville, Illinois, US. The company intends to start production at the new rigid packaging facility in the last quarter of this year. DS Smith will use ...
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