NextLife Asset Recovery Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NextLife Enterprise is all set to open a new headquarters and processing facility in Rogers, Arkansas, US with an investment of more than $10m. Post-consumer plastics will be ...
Tags: Plastics Processing Facility, plastic waste, sustainable resins
Amcor Rigid Plastics has supplied 200ml barrier polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles to spirit company in the US Beam for the launch of its Skinnyminis, a four-pack offering of the Skinnygirl Margarita ready-to-serve cocktail. The new ...
Tags: Pet Bottle, Skinnyminis, PET containers
Closure Systems International (CSI) has introduced its new Econo-Lok mini linerless closure, which has been engineered to meet standard performance requirements for carbonated soft drinks (CSD) and bottled water applications. According to ...
US-based Clear Lam is rolling out its second bio-based resin for container packaging, besides developing a film-based flexible, stackable container product line, with an aim to replace rigid plastic bottles, glass jars and metal cans. ...
Tags: Clear Lam, container packaging, container product line, food packaging
Westlake Chemical Corporation announced that it will perform planned maintenance and an expansion of the Petro 2 ethylene unit at its complex in Lake Charles, LA in the first quarter of 2013. This expansion will increase ethane-based ...
Tags: ethylene unit, ethylene, styrene, propylene, caustic
Teijin Limited announced that Teijin (Thailand) Limited in the Bang Pa-in Industrial Estate of Thailand’s Ayutthaya Province, which was flooded by torrential rainfall in October 2011 and then resumed partial operation in February this ...
Tags: polyester units, polyester production facilities, polyester production
Flint Group Packaging and Narrow Web is set to introduce its new solvent based ink systems PamioStar Outdoor which provides good adhesion and resistance properties for production of durable outdoor bags and FlexiTech Shrink-U. Flint said ...
Tags: Flint, new solvent, adhesion and resistance properties
Cardia Bioplastics has been selected by global protective packaging company Sealed Air to provide the resin for its Fill-Air R5 inflatable packaging. The Cardia Biohybrid resin helped the US-based company to reduce its dependency on ...
MuCell Extrusion has concluded an agreement with Styron to acquire access to Styron’s portfolio for extrusion of Styrenic resins. With the agreement, MuCell and its customers get exclusive rights to the Styron patents related to sheet ...
Tags: MuCell, agreement, Styron, foamed products
Auspack Plus 2013 organizers have announced that the Bioplastics Pavilion will once again be featured to allow key industry experts to come together under one roof to help the visitors understand bioplastics. The Bioplastics Pavilion will ...
Tags: Bioplastic Packaging Pavilion, bioplastics family of materials
UK-based consumer products maker Unilever has teamed up with US-based environmental research company Earth911 to check if it is economically viable to recycle deodorant packaging. The aim of the project, with supporting partners Next life ...
Tags: Unilever, Deodorant Packaging Recycling, deodorant packaging
Bioplastics maker NatureWorks announced that Sulzer, a Swiss industrial engineering and manufacturing firm, has shipped its proprietary production equipment to NatureWorks’ Blair, Nebraska facility that will enable the company to ...
US-based DaniMer Scientific introduced a new film resin which has received certification as “Biodegradable in Marine Environments” from SSCCP, an internationally recognized research institute located in Milan, Italy. DaniMer ...
Tags: Film Resin, renewable resources, environmentally-friendly products
According to reports, workers at Bo University Achievement frequent Highlights: bring the flame retardant kitchen gloves, completely at ease in the kitchen cooking; stone paper printed business card is both strong and tough. In ...
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Teijin Limited announced that it has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, a global benchmark for socially responsible investing, for the fourth consecutive year effective September 24. Teijin appreciates the continued ...
Tags: Sustainability, environment, carbon fibers, polyester fibers