Like many businesses that make products using virgin plastic, Eugene-based PakTech is facing an identity crisis. The national marketplace, responding to a more environmentally conscious consumer base, is shifting slowly toward recycled ...
Norwegian food research institute Nofima is participating in a major EU-financed project in which 'active' packaging based on raw materials from shrimp shell improves and conserves food products and after use the packaging biodegrades. In ...
American chemical company BASF is planning to expand the research and development (R&D) of thermoplastic and thermoset composites for light weight vehicles with a two-digit million euro investment. As a part of this investment, the ...
Fluorinated containers producer Fluoro-Seal has announced the change of its name to ‘Inhance Technologies.’ Inhance president & CEO Andrew Thompson said the new name better represents the broad utility of the company's ...
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PET is the largest plastic material recycled in Europe, with the equivalent of more than 60 billion bottles recycled in 2012. PETCORE EUROPE Chairman Roberto Bertaggia says: "Despite the poor economic situation in the European region, the ...
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Sometime soon you could be drinking your fruit smoothie from a plastic cup that started life as a pile of grass clippings. Moreover, these same kinds of cups also might end up as compost on your lawn. Scientists are working to reduce the ...
Plastic containers manufacturer M&H Plastics has joined forces with Superdrug and its contract filler Mibelle to produce high-density polyethylene (HDPE) bottles for Superdrug’s Style Expertise collection of hair styling products. ...
Rigid plastic packaging producer Amcor Rigid Plastics has announced that all manufacturing facilities have earned or will earn certification by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), a global retailer-driven program that seeks continuous ...
In a statement published today (1 August), the global packaging giant said the time was right to split its Australasia and Packaging Distribution (AAPD) business from Amcor's other operations. Amcor said the demerger of AAPD into a ...
BASF is building a new Ultramid polymerization plant with a capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year in Shanghai, China. The new plant is planned to start up in 2015. “As part of our long-term strategy, we aim to locate production ...
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Transparency Market Research adds new "Glass Packaging Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 – 2019" market research report to its report store. Glass packaging has been ...
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Maag Pump Systems unveils maax 400S, an automation solution targeted at co-extrusion lines. Recent advances in technology, such as the launch of Maag?s extrex GDP twin outlet pump earlier this year, as well as increased expectations with ...
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Busch is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The company was founded in 1963 in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, and today it is one of the largest international companies in the field of vacuum and overpressure technology in numerous ...
Tags: Vacuum Pumps, Pump, Processing Machinery
BASF is building a new Ultramid polymerization plant with a capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year in Shanghai, China. The new plant is planned to start up in 2015. "As part of our long-term strategy, we aim to locate production close ...
Tags: BASF, engineering plastics, plastics, Construction
A new transparent, bioinspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning, and incredibly slippery, a team from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Harvard School of Engineering and ...
Tags: Coating, Ordinary Glass