Seoul-based materials and component manufacturer LG Innotek (a subsidiary of South Korean electronics company LG Group) has developed what is claimed to be the first 100mW UV-C LED, two years ahead of the industry forecast of 2020. The firm ...
Philips Lighting says that it has now delivered 1 billion LED lamps and luminaires as part of its commitment to the ‘Global Lighting Challenge’, the Clean Energy Ministerial campaign to deploy 10 billion high-efficiency light ...
Ride-hailing company Lyft has secured approval to start trial of its self-driving vehicles in the US state of California. The approval allows Lyft to join the likes of companies such as Google’s Waymo, Uber, Apple, Ford and ...
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Packaging firm MPS-WestRock has demonstrated Heidelberg’s Primefire 106 inkjet printing system at an open house hosted in Germany. The event, which has hosted by MPS-WestRock and jointly organized with Heidelberg at the beginning of ...
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Specialty chemicals producer Clariant is planning to revise its ColorForward trend-watching platform, designed to help forecast colors for use in plastics products and packaging. In collaboration with its Masterbatches business unit, ...
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Amazon introduced “Frustration-Free Packaging,” an invention designed to reduce waste and delight customers with easy-to-open, 100% recyclable packaging, ten years ago this holiday season. Frustration-Free Packaging ends ...
RPC Promens Industrial Jagtenberg has introduced a new container for the packaging of liquids such as lubricants and coolants. The new United Nations (UN) approved 20 litre can with air vent is blow moulded in advanced HDPE and offers ...
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Denmark-based Danish Crown through its subsidiary ESS-Food has agreed to buy 70% stake in Overberg Food Distributors, a South African foodservice business, for an undisclosed price. Overberg Food Distributors, which is based in Cape Town, ...
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Plastico has partnered with Closed Loop Environmental Solutions to introduce the first Closed Loop compliant plastic cup in the UK. Slated to be launched in January 2018, each purchase of the cup will comprise of a contribution from the ...
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Poland-based label converting company Tom Druk has invested in a Bobst M5X in-line UV LED flexo press to boost its operations. Bobst sold the M5X inline UV LED flexo press featuring 10 colors to Tom Druk at Labelexpo Europe 2017. Fully ...
Despite revolutionizing illumination, even top-of-the-line nitride LEDs are far from their maximum efficiency when operating at the high power needed for lighting applications. Logan Williams and Emmanouil Kioupakis at the University of ...
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A new set of rules for organic farming has been endorsed by the European Council (EC) with an aim to provide uniform quality organic food items to consumers across the continent. The EC says that the new rules will simplify and harmonise ...
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Hormel Foods has merged its specialty foods segment into its grocery products segment. It will continue to be led by Luis Marconi, group vice president, Grocery Products. The primary focus of the segment is on delivering a strong branded ...
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Advanced materials group firm Haydale is seeking patent in the UK for its PATit anti-counterfeiting technology designed for packaging market. The company filed a new patent application for the technology, which uses in-house software ...
Multivac is planning to showcase its efficient and economical packaging solutions at the Fruit Logistica 2018 event, which is scheduled to be held in Berlin, Germany. At the event, the firm plans to display its G 700 high-output ...