The Welsh Government has published guidance on waste management, ahead of new EU legal requirements on the separate collection of waste paper, metal, plastic and glass for recycling, due to come into force at the start of next year. All ...
Tags: Waste Management, waste paper
American beverage alcohol company Constellation Brands has finalised the joint venture agreement with Owens-Illinois (O-I) and also completed the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's (ABI) glass production plant located next to ...
Tags: Constellation, beverage alcohol
The Saint Louis Brewery in the US will procure glass bottles for its Schlafly Beer from rigid packaging firm Ardagh Group. A long-term supply agreement to this effect has been signed between both the companies. As per the agreed ...
Tags: Glass Bottles, Beer Packaging, Agriculture
U.S. 8,633,293 B2 GM Global Technology Operations has been granted a patent for a polymer comprised of a reaction product of an epoxy resin; a first crosslinking agent reactive with the epoxy resin and having a first molecular weight; and ...
There’s more to celebrate this month than just the holidays – this month also marks the 40th anniversary of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. We all rely – and have come to expect – that plenty of clean water ...
Tags: Clean Water, Agriculture
Ambiente India 2015 returns from June 25-27, 2015 to Pragati Maidan, New Delhi with more product segments to cover the extensive gamut of interior décor business. “It will create a trade hub for manufacturers, designers and ...
Tags: silverware, fine metal ware, modern designs, Textile
Diageo has launched HAIG CLUB, its new single grain Scotch whisky in the US. The distinctive and sophisticated new whisky, developed in partnership with global icon David Beckham and British entrepreneur Simon Fuller, is now available ...
Tags: Whisky, butterscotch-smooth, Agriculture
The Optical Society (OSA) and the IEEE Photonics Society have named Paul Daniel Dapkus, the W. M. Keck Distinguished Professor of Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC), as recipient of the 2015 John Tyndall Award for ...
Tags: metal-organic chemical, Electrical
Researchers at The University of New South Wales (UNSW Australia) have achieved what is claimed to be record solar system energy conversion efficiency of 40.4% (presented on 8 December at the Australian PV Institute’s Asia-Pacific ...
Tags: Solar System, energy conversion, Electrical
Starphire ultra-clear glass by PPG Industries is being used in one of the country’s newest landmarks, the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial in Washington, D.C. The memorial, which was dedicated Oct. 5 with President ...
Tags: Starphire Glass, PPG
LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan says that EDN (Electronic Design News) has named its newest line of white chip-scale packages, the ReadyMount Enhanced CSP (EC) series, as one of the ‘Hot 100 Products of ...
Tags: LED chip, phosphor technology, Electrical
Researchers from Canada’s Université Laval’s faculty of science and engineering and center for optics, photonics, and lasers have developed smart textiles that can monitor and transmit the wearers’ biomedical ...
Sweden-based Indutrade has acquired all of the shares in Verbeeck Packaging Group based in Wilrijk, Belgium which has annual sales of €5m. Verbeeck is made up of a number of companies that specialise in producing cosmetics, ...
Tags: cosmetics, pharmaceutical, industrial, Agriculture
Who else loves the look of brand new butcher block countertops? The natural wood gives a rich, cozy feel to a kitchen. But I've always wondered how these beauties hold up over time. Among folks who actually installed butcher block counters ...
France-based Saint-Gobain is in the process of putting its glass packaging unit Verallia up for sale to focus on higher-margin home and construction products, with Ardagh confirming that it is monitoring the sale of the unit. The company ...