The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing landmark green chemistry technologies developed by industrial pioneers and leading scientists that turn climate risk and other environmental problems into business opportunities, ...
Tags: chemicals, coating, paint pigment, EPA, Hybrid Coating Technologies
US-based consumer products firm Jarden is inching towards sealing a $1.35bn deal for acquiring disposable plastic cups, plates and cutlery maker Waddington Group. Jarden, which has outshone bidders in the last few days, reached an ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced the TW Series LED Candelabra bulb, available as 25- and 40-watt replacements (in three-bulb multi-packs at The Home Depot stores for $19.97). Cree says that its ...
Tags: Cree, LED light, bulbs, LED Candelabra
Fragrance and flavor company Givaudan has opened its CHF50m ($53.1m) savory flavors manufacturing facility in Nantong, China. With the new facility, Givaudan's existing production capacity will be more than doubled to cater to the ...
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Rigid plastic container manufacturer Plastipak Packaging, an arm of Plastipak Holdings, will pump in $9m for raising output capacity at its manufacturing unit in Pineville, Louisiana, in the US. The company, which makes rigid plastic ...
PPG Industries has announced the completion of a $5 million expansion at its coatings manufacturing facility in Wuppertal, Germany. The project added equipment to existing buildings on the campus, supporting up to a 35 percent increase in ...
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China’s One Belt, One Road initiative is a comprehensive framework for organising multinational economic development and trade, which has inspired the creation of China Trade Week (CTW) and it is coming to Kenya. For the first ...
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Luxembourg-based glass and metal products firm Ardagh Group has floated a new wholly-owned subsidiary Oressa to transfer its metal can packaging business, and raise around €2bn through an initial public offering (IPO). The company ...
MoGo Sport, the maker of flavored mouth guards, announced that Bobby Dodd has joined the company as President. In this role, Bobby will oversee all sales, marketing, trade marketing, product development, distribution and partnership ...
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VI Systems GmbH of Berlin, Germany (a fabless spin-off of the Technical University of Berlin and the A. F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute in St Petersburg, Russia) has been selected by the European Commission to receive €1.97m in ...
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US global supplier of paints PPG Industries has inked a pact with specialty powder and liquid coatings manufacturer IVC Industrial Coatings for its acquisition in a bid to expand its market and boost supply positions. Indiana-based IVC, ...
UK-based custom printed labels firm Mercian Labels has notched up 'A' grade BRC (British Retail Consortium) accreditation for its two manufacturing units in Staffordshire and Derbyshire in recognition of hygiene. The BRC Global Standard ...
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Government's push of e-commerce in rural areas will stimulate online fresh food sales A government-backed drive toward e-commerce can help open up the agricultural sector and generate a rapid increase in incomes for farmers. At a ...
Tags: E-Commerce, Farming, Agricultural
New Jersey-based food, beverage, and supplement consulting firm MetaBrand has planned to expand its suite of services for beverage and food into the Canadian and other international markets with a new division. Founded in 2011 by natural ...
For first-quarter 2015, Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA - which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules integrated into off-grid applications and its EnerPlex ...