This year LASVIT in Novy Bor created unique crystal trophies for the winners of the most famous cycling race in the world. It is hand-blown and cut by Czech glassmakers. The elegant prize was designed, as in previous years, by designer ...
The “Xiami Effect” of China is strongly blowing the sails of the Korean smartphone component industry. Component supplies to local smartphone manufacturers in China are surging, especially from Samsung Electro-Mechanics and LG ...
Tags: Xiaomi Effect, Component Industry
Animin will be backed by an expansive online, print, TV and social marketing campaign. Animin, a digital pet that uses the latest augmented reality technology, will be available in all major UK games, toy and supermarket retail outlets ...
Agr International is taking its latest products for quality management and process control for the packaging industry to Pack Expo. Why should you pay attention? Because standing still is not an option for producers, converters and ...
Coca-Cola Amatil is not only one of the biggest beverage companies in this market, but its move into blowfill production now makes it a significant packaging player in the Australasian region, with the sustainability commitment to match. ...
The tariffs are coming. With them will be an increase in tire prices. That seems to be the way the winds are blowing, following early decisions by the United States International Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce. At ...
Tags: Tariffs, Higher Prices, Auto Parts
The latest developments and innovations in polyurethane processing and composites, as well as the versatility of polyurethane chemistry will be featured during two targeted technical sessions at the 2014 Polyurethanes Technical Conference. ...
Tags: polyurethane, composite, Decoration
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded the regional 2013 President’s Environmental Youth Award to twenty-one students from St. Mary Episcopal School’s Beyond the Classroom group in north Edmond, Okla. and ...
Tags: DALLAS, Award, 2013 President's Environmental Youth Award
Oops, we did it again. Another solid USDA export report and the market tanked. The beginning of the week the market was on a tear to the upside but the market reaction to this “bullish” report turned the fundamentals on their ...
Tags: Cotton Futures, Cotton Market
Merck has been awarded a patent for a pigment preparation, consisting of one or more effect pigments in platelet form that is a pearlescent pigment, an interference pigment, a metal effect pigment, a multilayer pigment with transparent, ...
Tags: Pigment, Construction, Decoration
Germany-based packaging and bottling machine manufacturer Krones has introduced a new lightweight PET bottle with an improved temperature and pressure resistance. The new container has been designed by using NitroHotfill procedure, and ...
Tags: PET Bottle, Krones
The bottler eeded a new PET production line to capitalise on a growing domestic market for cola carbonates – total annual sales in the country recently reached 1,800 million litres, with further growth expected. Sidel, global PET ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, PET production
Sidel claims the aseptic and environmentally-friendly technology removes the need for any bottle rinsing, and has enabled lightweighting of the company's 1.5 litre bottles, with material savings of 20%. The aseptic PET Combi achieved 95% ...
Serac has taken 363 sqm of space at interpack, across two floors. It has rather a lot to show you. If you're interested it will send you free tickets to interpack. The company will be showing off its flagship products. The Combox-H2F, for ...
With the extreme winter weather including record snowfall amounts in most of the USA this winter, I thought it would be a good idea to post about snow blower maintenance. Usually maintenance is done at the beginning or at the end of your ...
Tags: Snow Blowers, Mid Season Tuneup, maintenance, Tools