US-based Sealed Air has introduced a new multilayer shrink sleeve film. The new film enables converters to make up to 20% more shrink sleeves labels per pound of film compared to 50-micron monolayer films, normally used to make shrink ...
Almac in Northern Ireland and VTU Technology in Austria have teamed up to offer joint services for the expression of recombinant proteins with site-specific modification and labeling such as PEGylation for half-life extension of proteins. ...
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Coca-Cola South Africa has launched its PlantBottle packaging in Africa, as part of its sustainable strategy. The recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle is made from up to 30% plant that is 100% recyclable. PlantBottle packaging has ...
Tags: Plantbottle Packaging, Coca-Cola, sustainable strategy
US-based consumer goods company Procter & Gamble (P&G) has announced the availability of Oral-B manual toothbrush made with Octal Petrochemicals' recyclable DPET (direct PET) sheet, as part of its move to help eliminate all uses of ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,17 commodities increased in prices, 26 fell and 57 remained unchanged on 28/11/2012.The largest rises were Soybean meal (1.29%),Nickel (0.90%),Benzene (0.40%),while the ...
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Netherlands-based Contimeta has launched the new strapping machine Contistrap 280. The Contistrap 280, which is said to have the lightest battery strapping tool in its class, has high torque. Due to the positioning of the motor on the ...
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Indian printed cartons manufacturer Twenty First Century Printers (TCPL) Packaging has signed an agreement with AR Packaging Group. The technical collaboration agreement aims to make a strategic partnership and co-operation to the ...
Tags: solid folding cartons, solid board solutions, consumer products
DAK Americas'will increase the price for all Polyester Staple Fiber(PSF)products$0.06 per pound effective October 1,2012. This increase is necessary due to the continued upward movement of raw material costs. DAK is committed to ...
Poole Company, a leading manufacturer and distributor of textile fibers and specialist in virgin polyester fibers, recycled fibers, heavy denier, and nonwovens fibers, announced that it has launched a new Full-Circle program for its EcoSure ...
Coca-Cola and its Mexican bottlers Arca Continental, Embotelladora Bepensa, Yoli Acapulco, Corporacion del Fuerte, Corporacion Rica, Embotelladora del Nayar and Embotelladora de Colima have agreed to invest $34m to double the capacity of ...
Tags: PET recycling facility, recycling services, PET recycling project
The Coca-Cola, Ford Motor, HJ Heinz, Nike and Procter & Gamble, have formed Plant PET Technology Collaborative (PTC), a strategic working group focused on accelerating the development and use of 100% plant-based PET materials and fiber in ...
Global specialty chemicals company Eastman has added the new polyethylene terephthalate (PET) polymer, Aspira One to its portfolio of resins, which can be used for beverage packaging applications. Molded for electron beam melting (EBM) ...
Austrian flexible packaging company Constantia Flexibles has announced the development of a new paper-free, child-resistant blister lidding foil with upgraded peel/push functionalities. According to the company, the new easy-PIESY offers ...
RaySearch Laboratories has released version 3.0 of RaySearch's RayStation treatment planning system for clinical use in the European Union, US, Japan and Australia. RayStation allows the clinicians to monitor the impact of changes in ...
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The Board of Directors of Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited has approved to expand the PET polymers production capacity in the USA by setting up a new plant with a capacity of 540,000 tonnes per year. This expansion,which is ...
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