Manufacturing activity in July continued its solid turnaround since dropping to its lowest levels since June 2009 in May, according to the Institute for Supply Management's monthly Manufacturing ISM Report on Business. The PMI, the index ...
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From January to June, the industrial profits of enterprises above designated size achieved 2,583.66 billion yuan, an increase of 11.1 percent over the same period last year, 1.2 percentage points lower than that in the first five months. Of ...
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From January to May, the industrial profits of enterprises above designated size achieved 2,081.25 billion yuan, an increase of 12.3 percent over the same period last year. Of which, the industrial profits from principal business achieved ...
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GreenBlue's Forest Products Working Group has recently released the Guidelines for Sustainable Paper Products (Guidelines). They complement the SPC's Definition of Sustainable Packaging (Definition) and advance the larger GreenBlue goal of ...
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In honor of World Environment Day, Cintas Corporation announced that it diverted more than 17 million 16.9-ounce plastic bottles from landfills in 2012 through the production of its EcoGeneration line. This represents a 13 percent ...
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In 2012, 91 percent (29 million tons) of the corrugated packaging used in the U.S. was successfully recovered for recycling, maintaining its top position as the most-recycled packaging material. Recovery for recycling has increased ...
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From January to April, the industrial profits of enterprises above designated size achieved 1,610.69 billion yuan, an increase of 11.4 percent over the same period last year, and down by 0.7 percentage point over the first three months. In ...
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US-based Wausau Paper has signed an agreement to sell its specialty paper business to a new company sponsored by a private equity firm KPS Capital Partners for about $110m. According to Wausau Paper, the new company will be known as ...
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SIG Combibloc bucked the revenue trend. Revenue for SIG increased by 10%, to $514m for the three month period ended 31 March 2013 compared to $467m for the three months to 31 March 2012. However, revenue decreased at Evergreen driven by ...
Canadian recycling company Greys Paper Recycling Industries has launched its new line of recycled paper products, which have been produced using closed loop recycling method. Greys Paper Recycling Industries CEO Rajan Ahluwalia said the ...
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Arnolds has a wide selection of fireproof filing cabinets that can fit your budget. Think your basic metal filing cabinet will protect your company's vital documents in the event of a fire? Think again. Paper is destroyed at ...
Packaging and paper products manufacturer Boise has announced plans to invest $111m in the conversion of the company’s newsprint machine at DeRidder Paper Mill in the US. The reconfiguration of the former newsprint machine will ...
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Industrial Profits Increased from January to March National Bureau of Statistics of China 2013-04-27 16:23:19 From January to March, the industrial profits of enterprises above designated size achieved 1,174.0 billion yuan, an increase of ...
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Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 4/19/2013 12:03:55 PM Even as the economy improves, 94 percent of Americans indicate they will remain cautious and keep their spending for food, beverage and household ...
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The rapid growth of global trade has brought about a greater need for tracing systems that accurately and efficiently identify and track a product or component, not just from manufacturer to initial customer, but throughout its entire ...
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