European AIP Competence Platform, involved in research of new packaging materials and techniques, has developed an online database of current active and intelligent packaging materials. The AIP Competence Platform enables SMEs to ...
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CROWN Food Packaging North America, a business unit of Crown Holdings has supplied metal cans for McCall Farms portfolio of southern-inspired vegetables sold across the United States. The Philadelphia-based company's cans were used for ...
US-based Northern Technologies International Corporation (NTIC), along with its Indian joint venture, Harita NTI has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indian conglomerate, ITC to develop and commercialise new biopolymer paper ...
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Wacker in Germany has developed a vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymers (VAE)-based dispersion suited for bonding various surfaces in the paper and packaging industry, specifically. The new VINNAPAS EP 8010 with good heat resistance, ...
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Global technology and services supplier Metso has announced that the complete cartonboard production line, PM 26 supplied by the company for Shandong IP & Sun Food Packaging came on stream in Yanzhou City, Shandong Province in China. ...
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The Finnish firm said that the global economic slowdown had made its food industry customers cautious. The news comes as the firm announced its Q3 results. Sales for Q3 were €532m compared to €616m the year before. Its results ...
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National Manufacturing Week returns to Melbourne next May with a focus on sustainable manufacturing and working “smarter.” Co-located with Austech, NMW 2013 will feature – for the first time in Victoria – two new ...
Finnish fiber cartonboards producer Metsä Board has announced that the company's folding boxboards will now have a new off-flavor value, following enhancements to grades including Simcote, Avanta Prima and Carta Elega. According to ...
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As we approach the annual tradition of the U.S. Presidential turkey pardon, few pause to think about the packaged turkeys that will be presented to the American chief executive before November 22. However, the packaging experts at Sealed ...
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Leading UK packaging supplier Tri-Star Packaging has introduced the Nibble Box to its refreshed range of solutions for caterers looking to enhance their takeaway or food-on-the-go offer The Tri-Star Nibble Box is designed for caterers ...
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Sonoco Products Co. announced two expansions to its growing plastics packaging business this week. The newest: 18,000 square feet of space at its Waynesville, N.C., plant, where it plans to start up a new multilayer, trim-in-place ...
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Currently,as you read this blog,there is an area of plastic trash floating over the Pacific ocean the size of Texas.If that is not enough to shake you,consider all the floating plastics that will add to this on its way from Japan after the ...
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Extrusion equipment major Gloucester Engineering Co. Inc. has expanded its product line by acquiring Pearl Technologies Inc. of Savannah, N.Y. Pearl engineers and makes consumable parts for converting and extrusion equipment. Its customized ...
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France's decision to ban bisphenol A(BPA)in food packaging is witnessing'contradictory'messages with regulatory bodies still claiming that the chemical is safe,according to the BPA Coalition an association which supports the use of ...
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Health Canada has reaffirmed that bisphenol A(BPA)is safe to be used in food packaging and does not pose a health risk. This is the latest update by the agency,which conducted an assessment in 2008.The announcement comes when the ...
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