GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) joins Smithers Pira, in association with Packaging Digest, in announcing a new partnership to create a joint event offering the most up-to-date information and strategic intelligence ...
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BASF SE inaugurated a new global Research and Development (R&D) Center at its Thane site in Navi Mumbai, India, focusing on organic synthesis, advanced process and formulation research, discovery chemistry for modern agricultural solutions, ...
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The year 2013 saw growing volumes for many of the tailor-made solutions offered by the RadiciGroup PET YARN Business Unit: RADYARN UV STABILIZED (UV-stabilized yarn), RADYARN FR (flame-retardant yarn), r-RADYARN and CORNLEAF ...
Collaboration between retailers, brands, their manufacturing partners and suppliers is starting to drive a recovery in the UK’s garment making sector. This was the optimistic and overwhelming conclusion of speakers at the recent ASBCI ...
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Eaton and Cummins have expanded their SmartAdvantage integrated powertrain offerings. The companies have approved the ISX15 SmartAdvantage - consisting of the Cummins ISX15 engine coupled with the UltraShift Plus automated manual ...
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Changes in the sun's energy output may have led to marked natural climate change in Europe over the last 1000 years, according to researchers at Cardiff University. Scientists studied seafloor sediments to determine how the temperature of ...
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The Commonwealth Cybergovernance Model adopted by ICT ministers from the 53-country Commonwealth of Nations this week could encourage African nations to move forward on controversial proposals to combat cybercrime and develop common ...
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Samsung's new 13.3-inch Chromebook 2 ($399 suggested retail) was designed for faster performance and a lighter build. Related samsung Boost, Virgin To Offer Galaxy S5 samsung Samsung Plans April Launch For Galaxy S5, Fitness Band samsung ...
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Food packaging is not dangerous, Australian experts have said Australian experts have reassured Australians that the chemicals in plastic food packaging are not harmful to human health. Dr Ian Musgrave, a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty ...
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Organic yogurt maker Stonyfield and baby food firm Happy Family have teamed up to launch new yogurt pouches for babies, toddlers and kids. The co-branded collaboration is said to be the first of its kind for both brands. Stonyfield ...
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When swimming around, bacteria aren't good with the "pool rules."? In small quantities, they'll follow the lanes, but put enough together and they'll begin to create their own flow. In a collaboration between the U.S. Department of ...
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has released ColorForward Interiors 2015, the second annual color forecasting guide for producers of textile yarn and filaments, and designers and manufacturers of textiles, upholstery and ...
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Fully autonomous robots could transform the way we live, but so far such machines remain beyond the reach of our most advanced technologies. Existing robots are generally limited to performing simple, well-structured tasks in controlled ...
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An international team of scientists led by physicists from the University of York has paved the way for a new class of magnetic materials and devices with improved performance and power efficiency. Magnetic materials are currently used to ...
Crop yields in the semi-arid areas of Zimbabwe have been declining over time because of poor soil fertility due to mono-cropping, lack of fertilizer, and other factors. In collaboration with the International Crops Research Institute for ...
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