Australian provider of pallet,crate and container pooling solutions Brambles has signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire Pallecon,a division of CEVA Logistics,in a deal worth€135m($177m). Brambles CEO Tom Gorman said Pallecon ...
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Oracle announced it is expanding its Oracle Cloud services portfolio, during a talk at the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco this week. Thomas Kurian, Executive Vice President, Oracle Product Development, delivered the talk, and ...
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Anthony Bennett investigates current trends in pre-treatment technologies for seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination. This includes process design considerations that need to be taken into account, with a focus on the requirements for ...
Tags: Desalination, Pre Treatment Technology, Processing Machinery
Late next year, consumers will be able to buy smartphones that either come with native hypervisor software or use an app allowing them to run two interfaces on the phone: one for personal use, one for work. The technology could help ...
Tags: AMD, Business devices, BYOD, consumer, Dual hypervisor, enterprise
Spain-based mineral water producer Vichy Catalán has announced the launch of its Vichy Catalán Genuina and Vichy Catalán Limón in new 33cl standard aluminum cans supplied by Ball Packaging Europe. According to ...
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Logistics company DHL’s Supply Chain division in Japan has developed new Multipurpose Returnable Containers (MRC) that can cut down the environmental footprint during shipping of precision equipment. The containers will be used in ...
Tags: DHL Supply Chain, New Eco-Friendly Returnable Containers
Container freight rates for shipping from China to Europe (Far East Westbound) did not meet the target of US$4,000/40ft container that shippers had set for May shipments, a number of European importers note. Instead, shippers actually had ...
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The Oracle OpenWorld Conference 2012 opened today at the Moscone Exhibition Centre, San Francisco. The five day affair began today with a keynote from CEO Larry Ellison who began by thanking the company’s 390,000 customers across the ...
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U.S. Army research and development centers are collaborating to design new ammunition packaging that could yield significant cost savings and improve battlefield capability, officials say. Two organizations within the U.S. Army Research, ...
Companies spend $130 billion a year on boxes, bags and blister packs, yet many packaged goods still remain hard-to-open, undersized, or overwrapped for the products inside. Consumer Reports took a close look at common packaging challenges ...
Swedish ice cream producer SIA Glass has replaced its old thermoformed pot with a new injection-molded custom-made design from RPC Superfos. The container has tamper evidence, which improves customer safety. SIA Glass founder Per Stenstrm ...
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Paint brand Dulux is packaging its Ecosense range in new pails from RPC Containers Oakham in a bid to boost its green credentials The containers incorporate 20% post industrial recycled material and RPC recommended using “standard ...
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Anthony Albanese and Minister for Finance and Deregulation Senator Penny Wong have announced the establishment of the Moorebank Intermodal Company and the appointment of the chair and directors to ...
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A supplier of plastic, glass, and metal containers and closures Berlin Packaging announced that it had acquired of United States Container (USCC), a distributor of industrial and rigid packaging. With the transaction, Berlin Packaging ...
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After a decent run that has seen several VLCCs, suezmax tankers and capesize bulkers beached, Pakistan endured an overall quieter week with no market sales to speak of. Despite the 100 plus vessels that have beached recentlv in India, ...
Tags: ship breaking industry, VLCCs, tankers, vessels