US-based automated packaging system manufacturer NJM Packaging has introduced its new bottle unscrambler at the Pack Expo. The new UNISORT 32 bottle unscramble is claimed to be ideal for manufacturers of pharmaceutical and ...
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has agreed to resolve hazardous waste violations identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The violations stem from the improper management of highway paint in ...
The desire to create packaging that is more beneficial for the environment is certainly not a new trend. For years, designers and manufacturers have worked hard to produce packaging that is easy to recycle and wastes as little material as ...
BASF's business developed positively in the second quarter of 2014. At €18.5 billion, sales rose by 1% compared with the same period of the previous year. "This was largely the result of higher sales volumes in our chemicals business, ...
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The New Zealand government has provided $4m ($3.3m) funds to Wellington-based plastics manufacturing company Flight Plastics to build a recycling facility that could turn plastic waste into food-safe packaging. Flight Plastics company ...
Amcor Rigid Plastics has joined 'The Recycling Partnership', an industry-funded program designed to increase residential recycling in the US. The program is also supported by Alcoa Foundation, American Chemistry Council, American Forest ...
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The packaged food, drink and grocery product manufacturers in New South Wales, Australia, are set to launch a new program to increase the recycling of bottles and plastic drink containers in the state. The program, which will see the ...
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According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa (SSA), in June this year South Africa's manufacturing output increased by 0.5 percent compared to the same month of 2013. The main reasons for the increase included the ...
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Australia-based packaging company Amcor has introduced new technology LiquiForm, which is said to benefit liquid packaging producers. The new technology will use the consumable liquid instead of compressed air to hydraulically form and ...
Reynolds Group is considering the sale of Evergreen Packaging business, SIG Holdings and Closure Systems International (CSI). New Zealand entrepreneur Graeme Hart's Reynolds has confirmed that it has put these businesses under review. ...
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Germany-based self-adhesive technology provider Herma has introduced a new plasticizer-free, acrylate-based dispersion adhesive that is well-suited to be used on a variety of rough and otherwise difficult surfaces. The new 65Tpc adhesive ...
Beauty and personal care packaging company Albéa’s flip-top cap tube My Little Cap has been selected by Dermophil for its Soin Universel face and body cream sampler tube. Claimed to be smallest cap tube in the industry, My ...
India-based plastic processing company Supreme Industries is opening a PVC pipe and packaging facility in the state of West Bengal this year. This is part of its strategy to increase capital spending by one-third to INR2bn ($33.27m), ...
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India-based plastic processing company Supreme Industries is opening a PVC pipe and packaging facility in the state of West Bengal this year. This is part of its strategy to increase capital spending by one-third to INR2bn ($33.27m), ...
Tags: Supreme Industries, PVC pipe, Packaging
US-based plastic products manufacturer CTC Plastics has added a 92 millimeter co-rotating twin screw compounding machine to its ISO 9001 and ISO/EIC 17025 certified facility in Dayton, Ohio. This addition will help the company to provide ...
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