Victoria University has a big act to follow. At last year’s IAPRI World Packaging Conference, a record 170 delegates from 24 countries were represented. There were 93 presentations for the oral and poster categories, produced by some ...
Tags: environmental performance of packaging, packaging ecodesign tool
At the beginning of 2014, Volvo Truck announces the “Volvo Trucks China Dream Program”, while it embraces its 80th anniversary in China. This program is based on the Volvo Trucks Public Driver Training held since 2012, aiming at ...
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British Gypsum is making the selection of sustainable solutions simpler for customers following the introduction of its first batch of environmental product declarations (EPDs). The EPDs have been designed to give customers independently ...
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South Carolina again posted a record year for export activity, with more than $26.1 billion in goods sold last year to 202 countries around the globe. The 2013 figures, released today by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s ...
Tags: semiconductor, export industries
In January this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector stood at 40.7 percent, down sharply by seven percentage points as compared to December last year, remaining below 50 for the fifth consecutive month and ...
Tags: Steel Sector, Mineral
Jiangsu Province-based Chinese steelmaker Shagang Group has announced that it plans to construct bonded warehouse facilities as well as shearing facilities in Jiulong Steel Logistics Park in Jiangsu. Accordingly, Shagang Group will invest ...
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Dean's Sour Cream and Cottage Cheese products are currently arriving on retailer shelves throughout the upper Midwest in innovative new packaging. The packaging concept, originally developed and used throughout Europe, provides several ...
Tags: Dean Foods, Cultured Products
Green Automotive Company, a state-ofthe- art niche vehicle design, engineering, manufacturing, and sales company, driving innovation in the use of cutting edge zero and low emission technologies, today announced that its UK subsidiary ...
Tags: Electric Cars, E-Care Program
Echo Global Logistics Inc. said its profit fell in the fourth quarter due to weak demand in November that only partially recovered in December. Echo's net income dropped to $2.7 million, or 12 cents a share, from $3.3 million, or 14 ...
Tags: Transportation
Granite sink manufacturer SCHOCK is reorganising to keep the business primed for continued successful expansion of its operations globally. The company, whose sales have more than doubled since 2006 through organic growth alone, already ...
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Canadian transportation firm Mullen Group said its net income fell in the fourth quarter as weather and holidays hurt trucking and logistics operations. Profit fell to C$20.3 million, or 22 cents a share, a 6.9% decrease from last year's ...
Tags: Transportation
A study by PwC US found that global transportation and logistics mergers and acquisitions rose by 57 percent in the fourth quarter, while the value of those deals increased by 100 percent. The firm, which publishes a quarterly analysis of ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Accessories, Transportation, logistics
The unrelenting winter of 2014 delivered another massive storm last week, bringing with it more economic uncertainty and higher fuel prices. For the second time in less than a month, much of the southeastern United States battled a major ...
Tags: Transportation, Logistics
Another major Australian milk supplier gets snapped up The sale of privately-owned dairy giant United Dairy Power to Hong Kong businessman William Hui is locked in, according to Stock & Land. It was reportedly sold for around $70 ...
Tags: Australian milk, Caboolture Cheese, shredded Mozzarella
Japanese steelmaker JFE Steel Corporation has announced that,together with JFE Bars&Shapes Corporation,a JFE Group electric furnace-based steelmaker,they will integrate their bar and wire rod businesses on April 1 of the current year. JFE ...
Tags: steelmaker, JFE, steel