Footfall in January was 1.2% lower than a year ago, down on the 0.7% fall in December. Shopping centres reported the largest decline, falling 2.8%, while high streets experienced a 1.6% decline in footfall, up on the 1.8% fall in December. ...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, Footfall
Producer and supplier of paper and packaging products Sappi North America has launched LusterCote, a superior C1S paper for labels and other related end use applications to cater to global consumer demand. Sappi will produce LusterCote at ...
Tags: paper products, packaging products
Akzo Nobel N.V. has reported positive volume growth and an improvement in return on sales (ROS) for the full-year 2014. Excluding incidentals, ROS was 7.5 percent (2013: 6.1 percent). Operating income excluding incidentals grew 20 percent ...
Tags: AkzoNobel, Decoration Coating
Japanese carmaker Nissan is set to introduce a new Leaf EV with glow-in-the-dark paint, using UV absorbing technology. Using STARPATH, the paint finish introduces by Hamish Scott, the car will be able to absorbs UV energy during the day ...
Sun Chemical released its 2014 Corporate Sustainability Report, which both details its continued data-driven metrics reporting and highlights specific examples of new eco-efficient products and services. Sun Chemical’s latest ...
Birla Cellulose, the cellulosic fibre producing division of Indian multinational conglomerate Aditya Birla Group, will exhibit its latest nature-themed Spring/Summer 2016 collection at the upcoming trade event Première Vision Yarns, ...
More and more, people are understanding that the planet needs everyone to manage drink packaging responsibly. Sustainability is a major trend identified by both TechNavio in "Global Beverage Packaging Market 2015-2019" [December 2014] and ...
Tags: Pepsico, drink packaging
Italy based, Miroglio Textile will exhibit four collections at Première Vision with a renewed identity and that concretely demonstrate innovation, creativity and smart technology for the fashion industry. The lines include, ...
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In step with green building trends in commercial and institutional architecture, Dow Coating Materials (DCM) introduced two new resin technologies for low and ultra-low VOC coatings this week during the 2015 SSPC Conference and Exhibition. ...
Tags: VOC Coatings, SSPC 2015
Proposte 2015, the twenty-third edition of the global furnishing fabrics and curtains expo, being organised by Proposte, will be held from April 27 to 29, 2015, at Villa Erba, Cernobbio in Italy. Leading home textile manufacturers are ...
Tags: Global Fabric Expo, Proposte 2015, Textile
Yo You dairy company, owned by the Ningbo Group in China, is planning to build a milk processing plant in Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia. The company plans to increase its herd size almost twice and export over 10,000 liters of ...
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The share of cotton from more sustainable sources used by furniture and home furnishings retailer, Ikea in its products reached 76 per cent and is on track to reach its goal of 100 per cent by August 2015. Sweden based Ikea Group released ...
Tags: Sustainable Cotton, Ikea Products
Rexam, a global beverage can maker, has completed conversion of its La Selva plant’s three final production lines from steel to aluminium. Located near Tarrogona, Spain, the La Selva plant conversion commenced in 2011 and has been ...
Tags: Rexam, beverage can, Aluminium can
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Samsung Electro), the component affiliate of Samsung, said Thursday that it saw a turnaround in operating profits during the October-December period on the back of expanded clients and favorable currency moves. ...
A report from the nonprofit organisation, As You Sow and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), reveals that while there is a rise in the use of plastic packaging across the US market to meet the needs of fast food and consumer ...
Tags: plastic PET bottles, Agriculture