The proportion of UK local authorities collecting beverage cartons for recycling from kerbside has reached 60%, according to figures released by the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) UK. ACE stated that this was a ...
Tags: Beverage, wood fibres, Agriculture
Flexible packaging such as plastic bags, confectionery wrappers, frozen food bags and pouches makes up nearly a third (32%) of consumer plastic packaging in the UK, however virtually all of this 556,000 tonnes produced annually ends up in ...
Evonik has started up two new plant units for the production of cat its multi-user site in Wesseling. With triallyl cyanurate (TAC) and triallyl isocyanurate (TAICROS), the company now offers two high-quality crosslinking activators for use ...
Tags: multi-user site, Construction
BASF broke ground on a new Innovation Campus in Navi Mumbai, India. The company will invest approximately €50 million via BASF Chemicals India Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF SE. The facility will accommodate around ...
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Registration is open for UV/EB courses offered through the Radiation Curing Program (RCP) and filling up fast. Although the professional development courses have rolling registration, the three advanced courses are also offered for graduate ...
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BASF started operations in a new emulsion polymers plant at its integrated Verbund site in Freeport, Texas. The acrylic emulsion polymers manufactured at this new plant are used for architectural coatings, construction chemicals, adhesives ...
Tags: architectural coatings, construction chemicals, Construction
The two-year REFLEX project, funded by the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, aims to create a circular economy for flexible packaging – from confectionery wrappers to detergent pouches – by involving the whole supply ...
Few companies in the UK have come together to start work on a two-year project called 'Reflex,' with the hope of significantly improving the recyclability of flexible packaging and diverting more of it away from the landfill. The project ...
Tags: flexible packaging, landfill, Packaging
Smith & Wesson reported earnings slid 70.3 percent in the second quarter, to $5.05 million, or 9 cents a share. Revenues slumped 22.1 percent. Net sales for the second quarter were $108.4 million, a decrease of 22.1 percent from net sales ...
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Bosch is launching an advertising campaign featuring Weather Channel Meteorologist Jim Cantore for its Icon wiper blades. Robert Bosch LLC has signed Weather Channel Meterologist Jim Cantore as the latest spokesman for Bosch Icon wiper ...
Integrated producer of chemical intermediates, polymers and fibres, Invista has bagged the ‘Innovation Upgrade Award’ from China Chemical Industry News. According to Invista, it received the award for its outstanding ...
Elopak has launched a range of beverage cartons that are made of certified renewable polyethylene (PE), said to be the first for the European market. Another first for the company is that Elopak has used second generation renewable PE, ...
PolyOne Corporation, a global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, has announced the acquisition of specialty assets from Accella Performance Materials, a leading North American manufacturer of liquid polymer ...
Tags: polymer materials, Construction
The composite panel cold store solutions provider ISD Solutions is completing work on a new frozen food distribution centre for frozen food retailer Farmfoods. Due to open in November, the 175,000 sq ft facility at Avonmouth, Bristol, ...
Tags: Farmfoods, Frozen Food, Agriculture
British rigid plastic packaging supplier RPC Group will be acquiring Iceland-based plastic products maker Promens Group for €386m (£306.73m). Promens specialises in manufacturing rigid plastic packaging products and rigid ...