UK-based eco packaging specialist Biopac has developed a range of environment-friendly disposables for the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) in support of its new, 'Cafe Rating'. The SRA has launched a new cafe rating to improve ...
Tags: eco packaging, Cafe Rating, Agriculture
Adding to the ever-growing dubious activities of China’s food industry, 110.23 tonne of toxic tofu was dumped into the local market by a gang from Shandong, in eastern China. As reported in the Shanghai Daily, rongalite, a banned ...
Tageos, one of the leading RFID label makers for the apparel industry based in France, has signed an agreement with Round Rock Research LLC, a technology investigation and patent licensing company, for radio frequency identification (RFID) ...
Tags: RFID labels, RFID License, Textile
Reported earnings per diluted share in the third quarter of 2014, at producer of speciality chemicals and NYSE-listed - Eastman Chemical Company, slipped 29% year on-year. “Reported earnings in the third quarter of 2014 stood at ...
Tags: Eastman Chemical, fibre segment, Textile
Illinois-based KapStone Paper and Packaging will spend about $115m at its Cooper River site to modernise three papermaking machines and to make other improvements for increasing the capacity and efficiency. In a statement released on ...
Tags: papermaking machines, Agriculture
Net profit for the second fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2014, slipped 30.2% year-on-year at value-added yarns and home textile producer - Sutlej Textiles and Industries Ltd (STIL). In the second quarter of fiscal 2014-15, profit ...
Tags: Sutlej Textiles and Industries Ltd, topline performance, Textile
The 12th annual Michelin Challenge Bibendum is being held this week in Chengdu, China. The event brings together members of both the private and public sectors to examine sustainable mobility, with this year’s conference focusing on ...
Tags: Michelin, Auto Parts
The Sego Group will be investing in Kodak’s hybrid technology with the installation of a Kodak Prosper S20 Imprinting System at its facility in Taverny, near Paris. This equipment uses Kodak stream inkjet technology and the Kodak ...
Tags: Kodak's hybrid technology, Kodak Prosper S20 Imprinting System
Jamil Baghdachi, professor of engineering technology at Eastern Michigan University has been inducted as one of the 2014 Fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The ACS recognized the Fellows in August during the Society’s ...
Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on ‘GaN on GaN’ (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has introduced a compatible version of its MR16 LED lamp. Featuring ...
FSANZ has released a consultation paper seeking further information on the management of the migration of chemicals from packaging into food. “Food packaging has many benefits - it allows food to be transported, prevents ...
Tags: Chemical Migration, Packaging
Sweden-based renewable packaging material provider BillerudKorsnäs will invest around $35.28m (SEK260m) to increase its production capacity and improve the quality of sack paper produced at its Skärblacka facility. The company ...
Global packaging company Sonoco has announced that it has acquired Germany-based Weidenhammer Packaging Group for $360m (€286m) in cash. Weidenhammer specializes in producing composite cans along with composite drums and rigid ...
US-based Catalyst Paper Corporation will acquire the Biron paper mill and the Rumford pulp and paper mill for around $74m. The company has entered an asset purchase agreement with NewPage Corporation, NewPage Wisconsin System and Rumford ...
Novolex, formerly known as Hilex Poly, will acquire Packaging Dynamics to form a new company that will have revenue of $1.9bn and will offer a range of paper and plastic flexible packaging products. The company will operate under the ...