The short-term outlook for biomaterials in coatings and related sectors in Europe has been looking grim in the wake of the fall in the oil price. However companies along the biomaterials value chain in the region are not overtly concerned. ...
Tags: biomaterials, coatings
Dell's 2020 Legacy of Good program helped it score highly in the Large Communications and Electronics category of the APC awards, with its focus on delivering social and environmental benefits as a key part of its business objectives. ...
Jurlique has switched to using plastic tube, started lightweighting its glass packaging, and driven a re-use system which saves 1000 shippers a year. PKN reports on the skin care company's latest initiatives. Since the Jurlique brand was ...
Laminating and coating machines producer Lacom will introduce at ITMA 2015, a new generation machines for the treatment of flexible substrates. According to a Lacom press release, the key feature of the system is that hotmelt's are not ...
Slippery coating technology firm LiquiGlide has inked a pact with Australian sustainable and innovative packaging maker Pact Group Holdings for designing a paint packaging that does away sticking and residues. LiquiGlide, which develops ...
Tags: Slippery coating, packaging
More than three quarters of consumers surveyed by Tetra Pak said their decision to select a beverage brand depended largely on whether its packaging was environmentally sound. The new study, commissioned by Tetra Pak's Environment ...
Tags: Eco-Friendly Bottles, Tetra Pak
Growing vegetables in greenhouses extends crop production seasons in northern latitudes, but the greenhouse environment is far from ideal for providing plants with optimal photosynthetic light. In fact, available photosynthetic daily light ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED Lamps
Researchers from China are collaborating with a crop eco-physiologist with the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Uvalde toward the goal of improving cotton production in south central Texas, AgrilLife said in a press ...
Tags: cotton, corn, wheat crops
Vietnam and EU have agreed in principle on a trade and investment agreement, the most ambitious and comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) that the EU has ever concluded with a developing country, the European Commission said on its ...
Axalta-Huajia Coatings, a joint-venture company of leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, Axalta Coating Systems, has won the HC360.com Top Ten Powder Coating Brands. This title, awarded by prominent B2B e-commerce service ...
Tags: powder coating, Coatings
Labeling and eco packaging firm Planglow will launch a packaging product lineup, capable of being disposed of in home and industrial compost, at Lunch Show in September. Inspired by casual dining, the 11-piece collection has three wedges, ...
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in Hong Kong is asking people not to consume fresh bamboo shoot, which contains unpermitted preservative sulphur dioxide. Though sulphur dioxide is commonly ...
Tags: Sulphur Dioxide, Bamboo Shoot
A consortium led by the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) at Aberystwyth University, UK, is working on the use of lignocellulosic feedstock to produce bio-based, biodegradable plastic packaging for consumer ...
Tags: Bio Plastic, Packaging
Renewable energy statistics, viewed in isolation, sketch a misleading picture of wind and solar energy growth in China. According to the Energy Information Agency, China's total installed wind and solar electricity capacity was 7% in ...
Tags: Renewable energy, Solar Power
Members of the Roof Coatings Manufacturers Association (RCMA) met with their Members of Congress on Capitol Hill last Wednesday, July 15 as part of the Association’s Summer Meeting and Legislative Day. Over 30 RCMA members ...