Canada has announced an investment for two new potato research projects,aimed at strengthening the potato industry. This announcement was made by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Member of Parliament Mike Allen at the Centennial ...
Tags: potato research projects, agricultural research, mineral oils
Canadian coffee roasting company Pistol & Burnes has launched a fully compostable pack for its Farmer First brand incorporating Innovia’s cellulose-based NatureFlex film. The renewable biobased content of the films is 95% by weight of ...
McCullagh Coffee has used cellulose-based NatureFlex films from Innovia for packing its new Ecoverde Coffee brand. The film, which takes life as wood, breaks down in a home compost bin or industrial compost environment at the end of its ...
Tags: Recyclable Films, Coffee Packs, tri-laminate type structures
German packaging company Bericap Holding’s Indian arm will widen its product portfolio in the country this year. The company plans to foray into specialty segments such as lube and edible oils and expand in the bottle water segment. ...
Tags: Bericap, product portfolio, specialty segments, bottle water segmen
European manufacturer of plastic packaging solutions Plasticum has developed a new lightweight 65mm over cap, Sunshine, for customers in the technical aerosol market. The new cap is layer-packed automatically by a robot, which leads to a ...
Bulgaria's Food Safety Agency is set to initiate mass checks on the cooking oils used at catering establishments,according to Agriculture and Food Minister Miroslav Naidenov. Over the years,the agency has focused hygiene,food origin ...
Tags: cooking oils, hygiene, health
India may lower the quantity of imports of pulses and edible oil in response to non-availability of sufficient produce worldwide,which may in turn lead to increase in prices in the country in near future. In India,the production of oil ...
Tags: pulses, edible oil, rain
American multinational chemical firm Dow has announced that its Omega-9 Oils have addressed one of the company's 2015 sustainability goals in the area of health,by eliminating more than one billion pounds of trans and saturated fat from the ...
Minister Chris Hartcher (Minister for Energy and Resources) and Shell vice president Andrew Smith, Shell Diesel Bio 20 NSW launch.Shell, Rosehill. Shell Australia has opened a new biodiesel facility at its Parramatta Terminal in western ...
Tags: Biodiesel Facility, Shell Australia, diesel excise liabilities
Flour Mills of Nigeria plans to invest N200bn($1.25bn)in various projects,in order to boost food production in Nigeria. The plan was disclosed by the company's chairman George Coumantaros at its 52nd annual general meeting in Lagos. ...
Tags: Flour Mills, food production, pasta
Italy-based bio-polymer firm Novamont has demonstrated its eco-friendly bio-plastic bag in India that may replace polythene bag in the retail markets in the country. The Supreme Court of India has recommended the government to take strict ...
Tags: Biodegradable Plastic Bags, polythene bag, plastic pouches
There are many different areas of application for the NeoMag pump from DST Dauermagnet-SystemTechnik GmbH. As a result of ATEX certification, the centrifugal pump with the Borohardcan silicon glass separating can has now also become the ...
Germany-based Henkel has announced the global launch of its new hotmelt packaging adhesives for packaging production. The new Technomelt Supra 1000 has bonding performance and compatibility with a wide range of materials. According to the ...
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US chemical firm Inolex has received approval for the use of Lexolube FG 220 OCL from the Ministry of Forestry and Agriculture of New Zealand.The approval allows for the use of this lubricant in all food processing applications except dairy ...
Tags: Inolex, food product, lubricant
Colfax Fluid Handling delivered a package of 21 Allweiler screw and centrifugal pumps for a bitumen production facility in Russia. The pumps are an important part of the plant, which is located in Novoshakhtinsk (Rostov region) and ...
Tags: Pumps, Bitumen Production, Russia