UPM Raflatac has expanded its security labels range with the introduction of two new ultra-destructible (UD) film labels. Designed for the European market, the new films can be used by brand owners as secure labeling solutions. They can ...
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Oracle Networking Group in the USA believes that it has made the first demonstration of an integrated surface-normal coupled laser array on a silicon-on-insulator photonics platform [Shiyun Lin et al, Optics Express, vol24, p21455, 2016]. ...
Switzerland-based specialty chemicals group Clariant’s Healthcare Packaging business unit has launched new desiccant canisters to help enhance packaging safety. The new canisters with red labeling are designed to help differentiate ...
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Toray Plastics has announced the introduction of LumiLid XL7W film, a white, easy-to-peel PET lidding film ideal for use with refrigerated and frozen dairy foods that are packaged in polypropylene (PP) containers. XL7W film and ...
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Global confectionery major Mondelez has launched a new brand Cadbury Fuse in India, expanding its premiumization in the countline space. Cadbury Fuse is a fusion of crunchy peanuts, smooth caramel and a creamy center, all coated in rich ...
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Flint Group is raising the bar with its new VIVO DigiSystem 2.0 for the packaging print industry. The VIVO DigiSystem 2.0 is a unique colour management concept offering speed to market, colour accuracy, and cost advantages for our global ...
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Kotkamills Consumer Boards is planning to introduce its new folding boxboard designed for premium packaging at the Luxe Pack 2016 event scheduled to be held in Monaco, France, from 21–23 September. The Aegle Luxe is a silk matte ...
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Videojet Technologies has developed a new clear UV fluorescing ink for its 8610 thermal inkjet (TIJ) printer. The new ink is designed to deliver crisp codes for high end cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and other consumer goods. The ...
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India based flexible packaging materials provider Uflex has developed a melamine free acrylic coated bi-axially oriented polyethylene terephthalate (BOPET) film to meet the increasing demand for the melamine free packaging from western food ...
Researchers in China have achieved continuous wave (cw) lasing at room temperature for indium gallium nitride (InGaN) laser diodes (LDs) grown directly on silicon (Si) [Yi Sun et al, Nature Photonics, 10, p595, 2016]. The team from Suzhou ...
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Collins and Hayes has completed the installation of a new brand gallery at Christopher Pratts in Leeds, ready for a promotional event taking place at the store next month. The gallery features 12 models in all, featuring 10 fresh designs ...
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA have claimed record transconductance for III-V fin field-effect transistors (finFETs) when normalized according to fin width [Alon Vardi and Jesús A. del Alamo, ...
Arbor Investments has completed the acquisition of US-based Dunn Paper from Wingate Partners. Based in Port Huron of Michigan, Dunn Paper produces lightweight paper and tissue products for the food packaging and consumer product markets. ...
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Mondi, the international packaging and paper Group, will exhibit its full range of packaging and paper solutions at this year’s FachPack, the European trade fair taking place 27–29 September 2016 in Nuremberg, Germany. ...
University of Montpellier in France claims the first continuous-wave (cw) operation at room temperature of a 15μm indium arsenide (InAs) quantum cascade laser (QCL) [Alexei N. Baranov et al, Optics Express, vol. 24, p18799, 2016]. "To ...
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