Rigid plastics firm Pact Group has bought the Viscount Plastics division from Linpac, for an undisclosed sum Australia-based Viscount Plastics, with its production facilities in Australia, New Zealand, China and Malaysia, manufactures and ...
Steven Elliott, Plant One Manager, OEP Couplings, div of Oren Elliott Products, Inc. When selecting a shaft coupling, a large number of factors need to be considered, and many of these factors interact with one another, further ...
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Proposed ASTM standards for aerosol products and artists pastels are among the current activities of Subcommittee D01.57 on Artist Paints and Related Materials,part of ASTM International Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings,Materials ...
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Reuters reported that Brazil's Vale, the world's second largest mining company, cut estimated 2013 capital spending by 24% after a global slowdown and a drop in iron ore prices led the company to rethink its outlook for expansion. Vale ...
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Cynora today unveiled a new flexible OLED prototype,demonstrating yet again the huge potential of OLED technology.One key aspect that sets organic light-emitting diodes(OLEDs)apart from conventional LEDs,is that they are two-dimensional ...
Smurfit Kappa will present its new bulk-corrugated pack, called Viscontainer, at German trade fair FachPack In a statement, the firm described its Viscontainer as a "bulk packaging solution" that can be used for any liquid or paste ...
Tags: Viscotainer, plastic containers, bulk packaging solution
By optimizing its product flow, weigh batching and mix-handling systems, Dawn Food Products Inc. decreased the time and labor needed to handle food mixes while containing dust at its facility in Evesham, U.K. Dawn is one of the world's ...
Tags: Dawn Food Products Inc, 55-lb bags, emptying bags, Flexicon
Old South Foods, a leading bottler and co-packer of restaurant foods, has converted its 16-ounce barbecue sauce decanter from glass to hot fill polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles from Amcor Rigid Plastics, the world's leading producer ...
Tags: food, bottler, co-packer, barbecue sauce decanter, packaging, decanters
BWAY Corp., a supplier of rigid containers, is acquiring Ropak Packaging, a rigid container manufacturer currently owned by the LINPAC Group. "Ropak is known for innovative products and exceptional customer service," according to Kenneth ...
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Optical oxygen sensor systems manufacturer OxySense has announced the launch of its new Sidewinder Invasive Measurement Needle, which allows users to measure headspace and dissolved oxygen in closed and opaque containers. According to the ...
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Multivac is all set to unveil its new compact packaging models developed specifically for the requirements of the medical products industry, at MEDTEC, which takes place in Stuttgart from 26 to 28 February 2013. The new T 260 traysealer, ...
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Kawasaki has become the latest motorcycle manufacturer to make ABS available on an entry-level motorcycle with the launch of the Ninja 300. This new model combines the look of larger Ninja sport-bikes in a lighter package with a ...
Tags: motorcycle, entry-level motorcycle, Ninja 300, sport-bikes
The Climax LM5200 and LM6200 portable milling machines are designed with a split rail system to perform both linear and gantry milling with a minimum of changeovers Climax Portable Machining&Welding Systems'Climax LM5200 and LM6200 ...
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Researchers in the U.S.have developed integrated circuits that can stick to the skin like a child's tattoo and in some cases dissolve in water when they're no longer needed. The"bio chips"can be worn comfortably on the body to help ...
Tags: San Francisco, featherweight chips, Soluble electronics
Cold plasma technology can kill E.coli microbes within packaging, so proving a useful tool in situations of post processing contamination, according to researchers. An study in the Journal of Applied Microbiology claims that a ...
Tags: Journal of Applied Microbiology, E.Coli, cold plasma, polypropylene