US-based Osprey has launched Activ-R, a product on the water bottle front for school students. Activ-R is made entirely from I'm Green Medium Density Polyethylene, which is said to be 100% biobased verified by ASTM D6866, which is derived ...
Tags: Recyclable Water Bottle, sugar cane ethanol, water bottle
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (Chevron Phillips Chemical) congratulates Saudi Polymers Company (SPCo) and its joint venture partner, National Petrochemical Company (Petrochem), as the joint venture’s manufacturing facility ...
The first barrel of ethane from the Bakken field will go to Nova Chemicals' Joffre, Alberta facility to be value added and converted into polyethylene next year, which explains why CEO Randy Woelfel described himself at an industry event in ...
Tags: Shale gas, Petchems, petrochemicals
NineSigma has partnered with The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science at the New York Academy of Sciences, and Sight and Life, DSM's nutrition think tank to help Scientists Without Borders find more sustainable packaging for ...
Tags: Sustainable Micro, cost-effective packaging, packaging solution
HJ Heinz Canada is all set to unveil its new eco-friendly ketchup bottle later this month. The bottle is made from up to 30% plant-based material, using Coca-Cola’s PlantBottle packaging. The new packaging is made with a process ...
Tags: ketchup bottle, Eco-Friendly Bottle, PlantBottle packaging
P4CK, a packaging design consultancy, has designed a pint beer carrier for beer brand Carling of Molson Coors. P4CK claims with festival goers and sports fans on its mind, the company designed 'Flexicarry' to enable them to carry their ...
Amcor Rigid Plastics has supplied 200ml barrier polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles to spirit company in the US Beam for the launch of its Skinnyminis, a four-pack offering of the Skinnygirl Margarita ready-to-serve cocktail. The new ...
Tags: Pet Bottle, Skinnyminis, PET containers
Australia-based Viscount Plastics has introduced pallets made from post consumer waste. Viscount developed the innovative new pallet, which is environmentally sustainable for the Australian market, according to ferret.com.au. The light ...
Tags: Plastic Pallets, pallets, Viscount Plastics
Plastic packaging producer in the US, Amcor Rigid Plastics is set to develop its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wine bottles with both synthetic and natural corks. The addition of corks to the PET wine bottles makes them look like ...
Tags: Amcor, wine bottles, corks
Westlake Chemical Corporation announced that it will perform planned maintenance and an expansion of the Petro 2 ethylene unit at its complex in Lake Charles, LA in the first quarter of 2013. This expansion will increase ethane-based ...
Tags: ethylene unit, ethylene, styrene, propylene, caustic
German chemical company BASF is set to introduce its new range of particle foams which are ideal for many packaging applications and protect products. BASF's closed-cell particle foam Neopolen is a fitting material for reusable transport ...
Tags: Particle Foams Range, Packaging Applications, protect products
Danish coffee firm Coffeebrewer has invented a disposable French press, which has been made from kraft paper and high-density polyethylene. The French press, known as Grower's Cup, lets coffee drinkers brew hot coffee straight from the ...
Tags: Coffee Bag Brewing System, kraft paper pouch, Packaging
Anchor Packaging has announced the acquisition of the Mount Vernon, Kentucky thermoforming facilities and equipment in the US. The facility will initially produce polypropylene deli cups and lids, injection-molded polyethylene lids, and a ...
Tags: Anchor Packaging, thermoforming facilities and equipment, MVP Facility
EQUATE Petrochemical Company said that the global petrochemical industry was facing serious global challenges. Delivering the keynote address at PETCHEM Arabia in Bahrain, EQUATE President & CEO Mohammad Husain said, “The challenges ...
Tags: EQUATE, petrochemical industry, gas development, gas
Coca-Cola Amatil New Zealand (CCANZ), the bottler and distributor of soft drinks has invested $35m to upgrade its manufacturing facility at Auckland and installed two beverage bottle production lines using blow-fill technology and a new ...
Tags: Bottling Facility, Coca-Cola, soft drinks