Andritz has started up the TM5 tissue machine delivered to Guizhou Chitianhua Paper Industry, at its location in Chishui, Guizhou Province, China. The new PrimeLineST tissue machine, with a design speed of 2,000 m/min and a paper width of ...
Tags: TM5 tissue machine, Paper Industry
Total Corbion PLA said it will showcase new biobased packaging solutions at Interpack 2017 event in Germany. The company will exhibit several partner applications in packaging and serviceware based on Luminy Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) resins. ...
Tags: Interpack 2017, Biobased Packaging
Global packaging firm Sonoco has acquired privately held flexible packaging company Plastic Packaging (PPI) in a bid to expand its capabilities in Southeast US. However, the financial terms of the deal were undisclosed. PPI is engaged ...
Tags: Sonoco, Plastic Packaging
UK-based Skymark has developed a speciality co-extruded film for Kimberly-Clark’s Huggies Newborn Baby Wipes packaging. The new film has increased opacity and eliminates visibility of the contents in the Huggies Newborn four pack of ...
Glatfelter reported second-quarter 2016 net income of $2.0m, or $0.04 per diluted share compared with $2.8m or $0.06 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2015. Adjusted earnings for the second quarter of 2016 were $2.8 million, or ...
Tags: Glatfelter, Specialty Papers
Fresh food grown in the microgravity environment of space officially is on the menu for the first time for NASA astronauts on the International Space Station. Expedition 44 crew members, including NASA's one-year astronaut Scott Kelly, are ...
Tags: LED Grown Veggies, Space, LEDs
Matrix Packaging Machinery, powered by Pro Mach, features for the first time at Pack Expo Las Vegas, September 28-30, a new option for FLtecnics horizontal form fill seal pouch machines – the capability to form top or corner spout ...
Tags: Matrix Packaging, pouch, Pack Expo Las Vegas
NASA astronauts at the International Space Station became the first in the world to taste the first bite of lettuce grown in the microgravity environment of space. They cleaned the produce with citric acid-based, food safe sanitizing ...
Tags: fresh foods, tomatoes, blueberries
Freudenberg Performance Materials has upgraded Evolon, a microfilament fabric by launching Evolon 3D, whose surface volume has increased and become more, refined, paving the way for other applications. “Combining a top-of-the-range ...
Tags: Evolon 3D, chemical binders
Finland-based global supplier of pressure sensitive label materials UPM Raflatac has launched a selection of label stock products for wet wipes applications in Europe. The company has released adhesives combined with Clear and White PP ...
Kellogg’s responds to CHOICE’s sugary cereals accusations and Health Star ‘failings’ Breakfast cereal manufacturer Kellogg’s has responded to the recent accusation by consumer group CHOICE, which claimed the ...
Coles says it will absorb price impact after cyclone wipes out Carnarvon banana crop Australian supermarket Coles has indicated it will offer assistance to banana growers in the Carnarvon region of Western Australia, after Cyclone ...
Tags: Coles, Cyclone Olwyn, Agriculture
FLEXcon has introduced a new PVDC-coated film, known as optiFLEX RESEAL BARRIER Clear, to address the growing demand for resealable food packaging. The new offering, which will serve as a barrier against moisture to maintain food ...
Tags: FLEXcon, PVDC-coated film, Packaging
Energizer Holdings, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has declared a dividend for the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2014 of $0.50 per share of Common Stock, payable on September 10, 2014 to all shareholders of record as of the close ...
Tags: Energizer Holdings, consumer goods
While most businesses employ commercial cleaning services to vacuum the floors or take care of their garbage disposal, it's important that your employees do their part in keeping their areas clean and professional looking. Below, we've ...
Tags: Office Clean