West Midlands-based company Furmanac is now officially a Zero To Landfill furniture manufacturer, having undergone a stringent process including a full audit trail. Purchasing director Harmz Pattar says: “At Furmanac, we are ...
Tags: Furmanac, Zero To Landfill manufacture, Waste-Prevention Status
Sustainable resins specialist Cardia Bioplastics has seen a steep rise in demand for its packaging and bag products. Monthly orders have increased by 60 per cent over the last 12 months to over $100,000 for the company’s ...
Tags: Packaging, Bag products, Cardia Bioplastics
Wilkins Group has increased the turnaround speed of its new foil blocking machine with an investment of £300,000. Developed for fast throughput and, depending upon the amount of foil, the MK 1060 ST has a capacity to run at more ...
Packaging firm Sealed Air has launched new protective packaging solution, Bubble Wrap IB, to help companies meet rising e-commerce demand. In particular, the firm announced the worldwide commercially availability of the 'unpoppable' ...
Tags: Sealed Air, Protective packaging solution, IB, E-commerce demand
Researchers from the Stanford University in the US have developed renewable plastic from carbon dioxide (CO2) and inedible plant material, creating a green alternative to petroleum-based plastic bottles and other polyester products. ...
Tags: CO2, Renewable plastic, Plant material
The US Department of Energy's (DoE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in collaboration with Washington State University (WSU) and the University of Tennessee, has improved the maximum voltage available from a cadmium telluride ...
Tags: Solar Cells, vacuum-seal
Restalk has completed first prototype created from 100% recycled marijuana stalk. Allocating a small portion of its processed source material, Restalk engineered a sustainable and tree-free paper product. Restalk's newly appointed ...
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Last year the leading fresh food packaging supplier, Linpac, won the most improved factory award for its St. Helen’s site in the prestigious Britain's Best Factory Awards. A major part of the work at St Helens - and throughout the ...
Global Closure Systems (GCS) has developed a new bi-injected plastic jar packaging, which can be used as an alternative to glass packs. The double-walled jar, with an inner opaque layer and a translucent outer layer, has been created ...
Tags: Global Closure Systems, plastic jar packaging, Packaging
Glass container manufacturer Owens-Illinois (O-I) and Adnams of Southwold have partnered to create a new bottle to pack the latter's ale. The UK brewer was the first to use lightweight glass in packaged ale sector when it worked with O-I ...
Deco Lighting, has been awarded a master contract from the School Project for Utility Rate Reduction (SPURR) for interior and exterior LED lighting retrofits as of October 1, 2015. Deco Lighting was selected from among multiple vendors ...
Tags: Deco Lighting, LED Lighting, LED fixtures
The India market’s demands for star labelled efficient products has doubled with falling prices and increased participation of private companies, as the country follows its commitment to lower carbon footprint ahead of climate change ...
Tags: LED Lamp, LED luminaires, LED streetlights
Heliospectra AB a lighting manufacturer for plant research and greenhouse cultivation, and American Cannabis Company, a full-service cannabis industry consultant and provider of proprietary and preferred products, have successfully sold one ...
Tags: Heliospectra, LED Grow Lights
The county council has announced that Skanska has been awarded the contract to provide Gloucestershire's LED lighting scheme. In July 2014, the cabinet agreed that the council should begin a competitive tender process for a contract ...
Tags: Skanska, LED Lighting, LED street lights
TomTom Telematics and Shell cooperate to offer businesses in Europe a complete fuel management solution using the TomTom Telematics fleet management platform WEBFLEET alongside Shell fuel management services. As a result of this ...
Tags: Tomtom Telematics, Fuel, Carbon Emissions