Hinduja group subsidiary, Ashok Leyland is planning to launch the 5ton light commercial vehicles (LCV), passenger and compressed natural gas (CNG) versions of Dost in India. The company also plans to increase the LCV production by 30% ...
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Icon Packaging has developed a new wine carrier that transforms into a fully functional and branded wine rack, and other designs around the concept of secondary use packaging. Icon Packaging founder Jason Ivey said putting a secondary use ...
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The Pathway School, an educational facility for students with complex learning disabilities, recently received a gift of electrical equipment donated by Orbit Industries, a manufacturer of electrical installation products. The donation ...
The London-based firm described its storage box as a “greener” alternative to the cardboard box. It said that it is selling its Noboxes via a partnership headed by former Wall Street financier Thomas Hellman. Hellman, chairman ...
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Chiquita Brands has indicated that fourth quarter and full year results for 2012 are down on 2011 due to a poorer performance from its salad business, poorer currency exchange and on-off charges. The banana group said today (28 January) ...
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UK-based packaging firm Benson has collaborated with chocolate maker Willie Harcourt-Cooze and Brand Opus to develop cartons for a new range of dessert products featuring the Willie's Chocolate. Benson noted that the final cartons have ...
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Cisco Systems' sale of its home networking business to Belkin International marks the end of a 10-year odyssey through the world of consumer products, but the company plans to keep reaching consumers through their carriers and cable ...
You know it can be done. You have friends with children's rooms so cute, tidy and organized that you want to play there yourself. But your kid's room is so cluttered with toys, paper, crayons and boxes that you don't remember what color the ...
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Printed carton supplier in the UK Benson Group has joined forces with chocolate maker and entrepreneur Willie Harcourt-Cooze and his team, including designers Brand Opus to develop cartons for a new range of dessert products featuring the ...
Experienced Swedish lighting designer Henrik Lundin is discovering that SGM's new X-5 LED strobes are making an increasingly powerful contribution to his show designs. A member of the successful Stockholm-based company Satellite Live, ...
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Digital solutions company DiGiCo has announced Steve Watson, Simon Honywill and Rob Collins as winners of its Olympics UB MADI competition, which it ran during the Games to celebrate the efforts of the engineers involved, without whom the ...
Acer is trying to adapt to the slowdown in the PC market by shutting down its eMachines unit and refocusing Gateway and Packard Bell to offer new products that are "beyond the PC." Earlier this week, Acer took charges to the tune of ...
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There are some guidelines to follow when you decide to go in for a triple bunk bed. One of the advantages of using this bed is the saving of space in your room. When buying this bed for your children to use, make sure you buy those that are ...
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Cycling apparel company Craft plans to offer consumers a 30-day guarantee on base layers and jerseys, a bold step for Huub Valkenburg, the company’s CEO. But he’s confident that once cyclists wear Craft’s cycling apparel, ...
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Global consumers are guided by product packaging in their buying behavior, not least in India. We reject products in plastic packaging and feel guilty when we throw away plastic water bottles. We worry about the amount of packaging consumed ...