Clariant is planning to set up a new healthcare packaging manufacturing plant in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. To be built in Cuddalore, the proposed plant will see around CHF10m ($9.7m) in investment. It will cater to the growing ...
Glass and metal packaging company Ardagh Group won gold at this year’s Cans of the Year Awards in Scotland. Ardagh produced a partial internal lacquer in a DWI can for ConAgra Foodservice’s Hunt’s tomatoes in the US, and ...
US-based packaged foods company Pinnacle Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire Boulder Brands for $975m, in a move that signifies the former’s expansion into health and wellness segments. The acquisition is expected to ...
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Royal DSM is expanding Akulon XS production capacity at its facility in Emmen, the Netherlands in a bid to cater to the increasing demand. Akulon XS is a new polyamide that has been developed specifically for blown films used in flexible ...
Linde Group’s UK and Ireland subsidiary BOC is partnering in The Advanced Cooking and Cooling Technology project (ACCT), which is a two year project that aims to develop a cooking and cooling system aimed at improving the quality and ...
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Israel-based food ingredients company Frutarom Health BU has launched new Incaberrix superberry ingredient formulations for confectionery products. Incaberrix is a natural ingredient which is sourced from Inca golden berries which is ...
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New Zealand's Anchor Cream has reached the Aussie market, with packaging designed to stand out on-shelf. Specifically targeting foodies and home chefs, the range has markers on the side of the bottle to ensure precise pouring and easy ...
Tags: Screw-top lids, matte labels, Anchor, Cream
The LED luminaire industry started to attract market attention, after Japanese manufacturer Panasonic launched its first glass omnidirectional LED bulb. The pioneer bulb had a transparent substrate with a dual-sided light emitting surface. ...
Tags: LED lighting, glass omnidirectional LED bulb, LED incandescent bulb
New technology developed by UC Berkeley bioengineers promises to make a workhorse lab tool cheaper, more portable and many times faster by accelerating the heating and cooling of genetic samples with the switch of a light. ...
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University of Technology Sydney (UTS) industrial design student Jose Navarro's design for a rice dispenser box walked off with the coveted top prize at the annual Cormack Innovation Awards, which took place at a gala event in Sydney's ...
Tags: rice carton box, Cormack Packaging
Researchers from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan have created highly flexible, efficient white LEDs with potential use in wearable displays and non-flat surfaces, such as curved and flexible television screens. While the design ...
Tags: Bendable LEDs, flexible LEDs
A Dartmouth College team has created the first light-sensing system that reconstructs human postures continuously and unobtrusively, furthering efforts to create smart spaces in which people control their environment with simple gestures. ...
When Chris Carlen developed an enthusiasm for flashlights containing high-power LEDs, he didn’t anticipate that his hobby interest would lead to the creation of a new, high-speed LED driver delivering lighting performance that exceeds ...
Tags: Sandia, LED Pulser, lighting
Metal detection and X-ray inspection are an excellent first line of defence to check products for foreign contaminants before they leave your processing plant. In food and beverage applications, both systems must be extremely sensitive, ...
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Avery Dennison has tackled wet opacity issues in wine and spirits labels with a new technology. Called Aqua Opaque, it allows 'uncoated paper' to withstand submersion in an ice bucket without discolouration. The company has also ...
Tags: spirits labels, Avery Dennison, ice bucket