Marco shares his experiences of how getting connected with people makes life in China procurement much easier The plane circles in from the seaside approaching Xiamen, a charming and rapidly developing city in Fujian Province on China's ...
Tags: Focus Vision, Service, culture
Platos Table announces a grassroots community campaign to eliminate single-use food containers in restaurants in St. Petersburg, FL, targeting polystyrene, brand name Styrofoam. Over 20 local restaurants and food markets have joined this ...
Tags: food packaging, packaging
Plastic packaging manufacturer RPC Superfos has created new transparent packaging for Spanish salt producer Sal Costa’s ‘Sal Essential’, enabling consumers to view the salt flakes through the packaging. Sal Costa ...
According to the latest glass recycling industry data - published by the European Container Glass Federation (FEVE) - the average glass recycling rate in the European Union has risen above the 70% threshold for the first time. This means ...
Most people would find it hard to imagine that the flat unlit item pictured below is actually a lamp. Lamps are tall with a thin base and a shade, that the bulb neatly hides beneath. How could a flat lamp in a flat plastic container become ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED, Lighting
A new industry data report has revealed that the average recycling rate of glass in the European Union (EU) rose above the 70% threshold, representing collection of over 11 million tons (mt) in 2011. The new report has been published by ...
An independent research study commissioned by the Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), revealed 65 percent of decision makers at Fortune 500 consumer product companies ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, steel, consumer packaged goods
Dispensing product maker Aptar Food and Beverage has linked with Spanish firm Lékué to produce its citrus spray The device turns any citrus fruit into a juice container by directly tapping the juice at the source. The ...
Tags: Dispensing product, Food Packaging, Beverage Packaging
L&M Corrugated Container has announced plans to relocate its Zion, Illinois operations to the Pleasant Prairie location, to allow the business expand as well as for a better arrangement of its equipment. Box manufacturer L&M hopes to ...
Glass recycling across the EU has reached 70% for the first time, although the UK's performance is below this average. The European Container Glass Federation (FEVE) figures showed that 70% of glass was collected for recycling across the ...
Tags: Glass Recycling, Glass, Glass Industry
A few of these commercial pre-shrunk nano-capillaries have had their end diameter reduced to a few nanometers, from an original 200 nm, thanks to an electron microscope at EPFL's Center for MicroNanotechnology. Credit: Alain Herzog / EPFL. ...
Tags: glass, glass industry, glass market
German manufacturer of container boards and corrugated cardboard packaging, Klingele has introduced a new packaging solution FastFix. The new solution consists of a corrugated box and a blank which is used as an insert. FastFix, which ...
Effective April 1 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, will jointly establish MI LNG Company, Limited, a company to handle the design and marketing of LNG (liquefied ...
Tags: MHI, Imabari Shipbuilding, Transportation
Ultra large container vessels (ULCV) being deployed in increasing numbers on the Asia-Europe trades are making large container ships available for smaller trade routes, such as intra-Asia feeders and the Asia-Australia trade. Drewry ...
Tags: Larger Ships, ULCV, container ships
It is not easy to store or transport fluids. This can be made especially challenging when you would be dealing with fluids in very large amounts. The task is also made even harder if the fluids involved are important commodities or if they ...