Flour Mills of Nigeria has acquired a controlling interest in Thai Farm International,a grower and processor of cassava in Ososa,Ogun State,Nigeria. Thai Farm,which began operations in 2010,is one of the leading suppliers of High Quality ...
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The Subway restaurant chain has introduced its salad bowls and lids made from 95% post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials. The move forms part of the chain’s proposal to make its restaurants and operations environmentally responsible. ...
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US-based GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) has released a report on the opportunities and challenges for using recycled fiber in packaging, after recognizing the growing interest in increasing recycled content in ...
Local authorities and their partners are being invited to pitch to take part in a series of pilots to test the effectiveness of textiles ‘survival’ bags. Recent research by Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) showed ...
Tags: textiles, textile market, textile industry, Textiles Survival Bags
Arcadia,a food packaging firm based in Italy,plans to establish a manufacturing plant in the US to manufacture Ovtene–the company's product which is said to extend shelf life and prevent spoilage. The company plans to establish a ...
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TriSupplies has introduced poly bags, meant for clean storage, which include resealable bags, gusseted polybags and anti-static poly bags, with a range of sizes and thickness. According to the firm, it offers over 2,000 polypropylene and ...
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TriSupplies is offering a range of storage and organization products with poly bags and kraft bin boxes that are ready to ship from the Chicago warehouse. Resealable bags keep products clean and free from moisture with expandable sides ...
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Victoria's Secret, the leading specialty retailer of lingerie and beauty products, has opened it's new Beauty & Accessories concept stores in 1Utama Shopping Centre, Malaysia, in partnership with the Valiram Group. They offer customers ...
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Tea company Teatulia has adopted green packaging in its product design, as part of the company's sustainable plans. The company packs all its teas in recyclable and compostable paperboard canisters; produces product labels from ...
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US manufacturer of sustainable packaging solutions Ecologic Brands is all set to launch its new eco.bottle range of stock molded fiber bottles. According to Ecologic Brands, the bottles offer easy to adopt ecologic solution to store dry ...
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US-based manufacturer of compostable and sustainable plastics, Cereplast has entered into a distribution agreement with Polimernet Plastik for the supply of Cereplast bioplastic resins to the Turkish market. Under the terms of the ...
Corrugated packaging company Smurfit Kappa won three awards at Popai Pos awards 2012. While it bagged the silver for the L'Oréal Advent Calendar display in the Health and Beauty category, it got the bronze in the Food and Flagship ...
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Ann Taylor celebrated the grand opening of its first international store with a chic in-store cocktail together with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF). The first Canadian Ann Taylor flagship store is located in the Toronto Eaton ...
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A new research at North Carolina State University (NCSU) in US has found that biodegradable plastics used to make packaging can release large amounts of methane gas when they decay fast in landfills. NCSU doctoral student James Levis, ...
Italy-based bio-polymer firm Novamont has demonstrated its eco-friendly bio-plastic bag in India that may replace polythene bag in the retail markets in the country. The Supreme Court of India has recommended the government to take strict ...
Tags: Biodegradable Plastic Bags, polythene bag, plastic pouches