GreenBlue's Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) held its Spring Conference recently in San Francisco, bringing together professionals from companies, government agencies and other non-profits interested not only in packaging ...
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Sponsored by AIA, This free webinar will cover the underlying fundamentals of machine vision software. The webcast seeks to demystify machine vision software and software packages so engineers and project teams can make more informed ...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a global certification programme to allow developers, operational staff and solutions architects to demonstrate their skills by taking examinations in a range of cloud-related subjects. This is ...
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The top 20 solar module suppliers accounted for almost 70% of global solar shipments in first-quarter 2013, according to Solarbuzz. "The continued consolidation of solar manufacturers is creating opportunities for the leading tier-one ...
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It’s a Big Data world as information about material movement becomes more essential to the art of materials handling. And, software applications designed to grant visibility into products, processes and pieces of equipment have grown ...
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Dunkin’ Donuts’ Indonesia flagship store in Palembang, Indonesia, will be the first Southeast Asia franchise location to be lit entirely by LEDs. The store expects to save $21,000 in annual energy and maintenance costs using ...
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In another sign that America is becoming more competitive in manufacturing, the U.S. is now equal to Mexico in “attractiveness” as a source for manufacturing operations and is on track to achieve cost parity with manufactured ...
LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany (which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes, focusing on compound semiconductor and photovoltaic applications) has appointed Markus Wendt as new member of its service team. As part of the ...
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Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 4/29/2013 9:52:04 AM By Larry Dworkin, director, government relations, PAC-The Packaging Assn. EDITOR'S NOTE: Packaging Digest's recent webcast "Food Safety & ...
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PPG Industries announced the launch of the company’s new sustainability vision, values and goals issued in the 2012 PPG Corporate Sustainability Report. This sustainability “framework” follows more than a year of in-depth ...
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The wholly-owned operating subsidiary of Patient Safety Technologies, SurgiCount Medical, has announced that Ketchikan Medical Center (KMC) will become the first hospital in the PeaceHealth system to deploy the SurgiCount Safety-Sponge ...
The Minnesota National Guard Armory in Pine City, Minn., is using dynamic glass from SAGE to help improve the effectiveness of soldier training in the facility. The 1976-built Armory, home to Troop B, 1st Squadron, 94th Calvary ...
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LyondellBasell Industries announced earnings for the first quarter 2013 of $906 million, or $1.56 diluted earnings per share. First quarter 2013 EBITDA was $1,585 million, a 25 percent increase from the fourth quarter 2012 and a 29 percent ...
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BASF is taking a number of steps to strengthen the competitiveness of its Performance Products segment. The segment bundles BASF’s businesses with chemicals that improve the properties of many different end-user products. The ...
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The Dow Chemical Company reported First Quarter 2013 Earnings Statement. First Quarter 2013 Highlights -The Company reported earnings of $0.46 per share, or adjusted earnings of $0.69 per share(1). This compares with earnings of $0.35 ...
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