Italy-based GIDUE has unveiled new innovations for its European distributors, customers and potential customers for an Autumn Open House from 15-19 October 2012. The limelight, however, was on the Master M5, the groundbreaking printing ...
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Traxon Technologies is providing SSL and control systems for the interContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile's exterior illumination and the Electric Holiday campaign by Barneys New York and the Walt Disney company. Traxon Technologies, a ...
Tags: SSL, control systems, exterior illumination, LED lighting, LED controls
Italian auto components maker Magneti Marelli has opened a new automobile exhaust systems manufacturing plant in Manesar, near Gurgaon, India. The new production plant is built on a surface of 8,000mt2 by SKH Magneti Marelli Exhaust ...
Tags: automobile exhaust systems, magneti marelli, auto components
Pressure-sensitive, adhesive-coated films manufacturer FLEXcon has announced the extension of its two product lines with the addition of down-gauged 1.6 mil Polypropylene (PP) films in clear, white and silver to its DigiPRO PRIME PRI series ...
Tags: Sustainable Films, adhesive-coated films, Polypropylene films
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
UPM Raflatac has announced plans to invest in new hotmelt manufacturing capability for labelstock converters, at its self-adhesive labelstock factory in Changshu, China. The new in-house hotmelt adhesive mixing and coating technology is ...
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US-based GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) has released a report on the opportunities and challenges for using recycled fiber in packaging, after recognizing the growing interest in increasing recycled content in ...
Turkish petrochemical producer Petkim posted Tuesday a second consecutive increase in its list prices, industry sources said. It followed a similar announcement last week. Low density polyethylene and high density PE film prices were ...
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Global specialty chemicals company Eastman has added the new polyethylene terephthalate (PET) polymer, Aspira One to its portfolio of resins, which can be used for beverage packaging applications. Molded for electron beam melting (EBM) ...
Spot prices for European low density polyethylene firmed this week, driven by dialed-down operating rates, sources said. "The only firm offer we got so far this week was from Turkey at Eur1,300/mt ($1,682/mt) FCA Aliaga," a trader said. ...
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The US International Trade Commission (ITC) is to continue an anti-dumping investigation into hardwood plywood imports from China despite a variety of appeals by converters and associations. After completing the preliminary investigation, ...
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TRESU's technology centre was visited by members of the Danish Flexo Forum to see the first public demonstration of the Flexo Innovator press. The Flexo Innovator is the first of a series of modular presses designed to develop the market ...
Tags: Flexo Innovator press, packaging converters, CI flexo press production
UK-based Mondi Release Liner will introduce a new tape service concept for tape converters, which enables a secure supply of smaller orders. Mondi Group claimed that the markets for release liner are wide spread and range from automotive, ...
US-based injection machine supplier Kortec has developed a manufacturing cell for producing multi-layer thin wall food containers. The system can produce parts at a rate higher than 200 million parts annually at a cycle time of 7.5 ...
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A supplier can invoke a force majeure clause if unforeseen circumstances impact on its ability to deliver against a contract. Force majeure is a legal term. The Oxford Dictionary definition describes the term as the ...
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