NPulp straw-pulp technology uses a chemical process that converts a naturally abundant resource (straw) into pulp for paper making, a process that requires less energy and greatly reduces the amount of greenhouse gases produced, according ...
Tags: Paper Packaging, Packaging, Straw Biomass
Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced the opening of its new product contamination evaluation facility in Sugar Land, Texas, US, in a bid to enable food and pharmaceutical manufacturers address safety and quality issues. The Product ...
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St Joseph Paper + Packaging (St Joe Paper) has commenced construction on an expansion of 9,000ft2 of its warehouse facility in the Blackthorn Corporate Park in South Bend, Indiana. The US-based distributor of paper and packaging supplies ...
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Posted by Jack Mans, Plant Operations Editor -- Packaging Digest, 4/23/2013 4:30:09 PM Unisource Worldwide is engaged in exclusive talks with International Paper regarding a proposed transaction in which IP's xpedx distribution business ...
US-based Gorham Paper and Tissue has launched a new paper brand Optix for packaging applications, at Paper2013 that took place from 17-19 March in Chicago. According to the company, Optix is an FDA compliant line of food packaging ...
US demand for adhesives and sealants will rise 2.2 percent per year to 9.8 billion pounds in 2017, valued at $11.9 billion. Gains will be driven by an improved outlook for major adhesives and sealants markets such as paper packaging, motor ...
Board and paper packaging solutions provider Edelmann has bagged the Pharmapack Award for its phial packaging for homoeopathic medicinal products from Weleda. Edelmann received award for its folding carton concept. The award is the third ...
Thailand-based disposable packaging manufacturer KM Packaging (KMP) is all set to open its second THB600m ($20m) plant in Theparak Industrial Park, to cater to the growing food business in the country. Set to open in late 2013, the plant ...
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At the start of November, Greenpeace threw down the gauntlet to 15 top Italian and French luxury fashion brands, challenging these companies with 25 'uncomfortable' questions about their supply chains. Why? Every day another piece of the ...
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Century Packaging has installed a new Mitsubishi Diamond 3000LX sheetfed press at its headquarters in East Brunswick, New Jersey, US. Installed to augment the company's packaging printing capacity, the six-color, 40-inch press shares the ...
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Thailand-based Siam Cement Group (SCG) has formed a BHT2.2bn ($67m) joint venture (JV) with Nippon Paper Industries (NPI) in Japan to set up Siam Nippon Industrial Paper (SNP) plant, which will commence operations by mid-2014. The plant ...
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Forum Packaging has replaced over 450 fluorescent tubes and sodium lamps with environmentally friendly induction lights, in a bid to annually save energy and more than £20,000 on its electricity bills and maintenance costs. The ...
Tags: ISO 14001, enviromental Standard, Forum Packaging, fluorescent tubes
South African paper and packaging company Mondi Group has secured European Union (EU) regulatory approval for its $782m acquisition of packaging company Nordenia in Germany from private equity firm Oaktree Capital. According to Mondi, the ...
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Philippines-based science agency the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has announced that it initiated a research on new raw materials for the manufacture of paper bags, owing to increase in demand for ‘green’ paper ...
Tags: Alternative Raw Materials, Paper Bags, wares
Global paper and packaging company International Paper (IP) proposes to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020 and use 15% less energy, as part of its sustainability goals. The company will achieve the reductions by increasing ...