The process allows a lay down of UV cured ink with a thickness of up to 0.5mm, directly onto the surface of a plastic container. The screen printing facilities onsite were adapted to maintain an even and consistent print height, which is ...
Operations have begun at a new injection molding unit and an advanced lab at Nova Chemical’s center for performance applications in Calgary, Canada. Apart from the molding unit, Nova has also invested in a range of caps and closure ...
Kaplast, a manufacturer of plastic products specialising in added value returnable beverage and food packaging, will be integrated into the DS Smith Plastics Division’s Rigid Packaging Group. Hans Van Der Looij, managing director of ...
Tags: DS Smith, Injection Moulding
In Chinese minds, the moon is associated with gentleness and brightness, expressing the beautiful yearnings of the Chinese. On the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar, the moon is full and it is time to mark the Moon Festival, ...
Tags: Moon, Mid-Autumn Festival
Aaron Franklin has joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering, with a joint appointment in the Department of Chemistry. Leaving IBM's research enterprise for a ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
According to Visiongain, a British market research firm, the global flexible packaging market has reached some US$143.83 billion, mostly driven by growing sales of consumer products in emerging nations. In the next decade, the firm ...
Coca-Cola is making additional investment in Virent's bio-based paraxylene BioFormPX demonstration facility in Wisconsin, US. Virent has said that the investment will help in scaling up separation and purification of BioFormPX at the ...
Dairy Home, a leading dairy producer, has agreed to use bioplastics for all of its yoghurt packaging, in a deal struck with NatureWorks Asia Pacific, an affiliate of PTT Global Chemical. Heralded as the first such deal sealed with an ...
Tags: Chemicals, Green Chemicals
Hi-Tech Engineering Industry under Metal & Engineering Corporation (MetEC) has started supplying the Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) with locally manufactured smart electric meters, called It-Plus. The meters are centrally controlled to ...
Tags: Instruments, Meters, Smart Meters
Digital Multimeter Smart Tweezers is quickly becoming a number one choice for a PCB debudding and testing due to its unique design integrating probe tweezers, LCR/voltage meter and LCD in one miniature unit weighing just 53 grams. Main ...
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The global automotive plastics industry is in boom mode today. Improvements in vehicle design and the ongoing trend toward lighter weight for improved fuel efficiency have led to greater demand for engineering plastic components. A recent ...
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The Nescafe Dolce Gusto team will partner with recycling company TerraCycle to develop a solution to recycle used coffee capsules. TerraCycle's recycling program Brigades will be used by Nescafe to give life to its plastic smart capsules ...
Tags: Nescafe, coffee capsules, Packaging
Spanish packaging machinery solutions provider Comexi group will install two new Comexi solutions from Envaflex, as part of an agreement, to help the company reduce harmful emissions and waste. Envaflex has acquired a Comexi Flexo F2 ...
UK-based polythene bag manufacturer Duo UK will produce bags using a thermoplastic resin which is made entirely from sugarcane ethanol for international polymer distribution company Resin Trade. The mailing bags called Green PE have been ...
Tags: Mailing Bags, Eco-Friendly Bags
Croatia-based specialist packaging producers EcoCortec has created marine biodegradable film products to help tackle the plastic packaging waste polluting the oceans across the world. Biobased polymer technology has been used to create ...
Tags: Biodegradable Film, Bags, Packaging