With landfill space at a premium throughout the world, a Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies plant in Mexico is making an environmental difference every day by recycling nearly 100 percent of its industrial scrap and waste. ...
Swiss packaging giant Tetra Pak has unveiled a new version of its Tetra Top carton package in the US, with Just water. Made with 82% renewable resources, the bio-based Tetra Top package is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by ...
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Tide is launching a new campaign today to help reduce accidental access of laundry packets by young children and updating its Tide Pods package design with a new Child-Guard zipper beginning in May. "We are deeply committed to reducing ...
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Dow Chemical Company has launched an innovative Microfoaming Technology for the packaging industry in Latin America. The project is part of a comprehensive Dow program focused on mitigating the carbon footprint of the Rio 2016 Olympic ...
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Faurecia has agreed to sell its auto exterior business to Plastic Omnium for an enterprise value of €665m. The sale covers Faurecia's bumpers and front-end modules business, which had sales of €2bn in 2015. The business employs ...
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Lollicup USA will soon operate a new, more energy efficient extruder in its production facility in Chino, California. The large, state-of-the-art extruder is a machine by the Reifenh user Group, which is the leading provider of advanced ...
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At first glance, the All Plastic Chair is reminiscent of the simple, classic wooden chairs. Utilising a new material, Jasper Morrison’s new creation represents a significant advancement in the appearance and functionality of this ...
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General Motors is turning its employees’ recycled water bottles into a new life: noise-reducing fabric insulation that covers the Chevrolet Equinox engine. The bottles - collected from five of its Michigan facilities - are also ...
UPM Raflatac has cooperated with Italian wine producer Cielo e Terra on a life-cycle assessment (LCA) to study the environmental impacts of wine bottles. The comprehensive study took into account the full life cycle of the wine bottle and ...
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Firm has also created a line of Ghostbuster Nesting Dolls. PPW Toys is launching a line of Ghostbusters inspired Mr Potato Heads ahead of the arrival of the new movie. The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man Mr. Potato Head figure stands over 6" ...
Electronics and Optoelectronics System Research Laboratories under the Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Organization (ITRI) is setting up a roll-to-roll production line of flexible OLED lighting panels based on ...
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Scodix, a provider of enhancement solutions for the graphic arts industry, has launched Scodix E106 enhancement press for the folding carton market. Making its debut at drupa 2016, the Scodix E106 is a digital press delivering enhancement ...
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Researchers from the University of Sheffield have partnered with technology company Novalia to develop electronic screens and then attaching it to paper-based packaging to display information. The move is claimed to revolutionize the ...
Amcor will discuss its approach to sustainability and highlight a broad range of innovative packaging solutions at the SustPack 2016 conference planned to be held from 11-13 April at McCormick Place in Chicago. Under its theme of ...
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Reser's Fine Foods is recalling 19 refrigerated salad items due to notification from one of our ingredient suppliers that Listeria monocytogenes may be present in one lot of onions that was used in the manufacture of these salads. ...