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Vigilant Launches New Packaging Platform to Eliminate Harmful Plastics
Mar 28, 2017Vigilant Personal Protection Systems has introduced a new brand packaging platform which intends to eliminate harmful plastics to emphasize environmental sustainability. Based on Walmart's sustainability practice, Vigilan will implement ...
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Oriflame Products Poland Joins UPM Raflatac's Rafcycle Recycling Program
Mar 14, 2017Cosmetics industry firm Oriflame Products Poland has joined UPM Raflatac's RafCycle recycling program, which recycles and reuses pressure sensitive label waste to create new materials. The partnership supports Oriflame's target to ...
Tags: Cosmetics industry, Packaging
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Demand for Food Containers to Exceed $31bn in 2020, Says Freedonia Group
Apr 6, 2016US demand for food containers is projected to increase 2.8% per year to more than $31bn in 2020. Major trends include a general shift from rigid packaging formats to flexible containers, efforts to improve both the reality and optics of ...
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Barry Callebaut Launches Range of Horizons Sustainable Cocoa and Chocolate Products
Nov 19, 2015Swiss confectionery company Barry Callebaut has launched Horizons range of sustainable cocoa and chocolate products. These sustainable products are part of an initiative which is aimed at improving the livelihoods of cocoa farmers and ...
Tags: Barry Callebaut, Cocoa, Chocolate
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BioPak to Save Endangered Species in The Daintree Rainforest
Sep 17, 2015BioPak, a leading provider of sustainable plant-based packaging and one of Rainforest Rescue’s longest serving business partners, has announced a strong commitment to protect the habitat of threatened, endangered, precious and rare ...
Tags: BioPak, disposable packaging, plant
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Fonterra Launches Yogurt Pouches Recycling Program in New Zealand
Aug 27, 2015Fonterra Brands New Zealand (FBNZ) has introduced a recycling drive through which people in the country can collect yogurt pouches and send them to recycling firm TerraCycle. TerraCycle will either upcycle the pouches into children's ...
Tags: Yogurt Pouches, Packaging
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Net Income for Fiscal 2015 Totaled to $42.2 Million at Recycled Fibres Producer Unifi
Jul 27, 2015Net income at US based value-added and recycled fibres producer Unifi, Inc climbed 46.52 per cent year over year for fiscal ended June 28, 2015. A Unifi press release informed that net income for fiscal 2015 totaled to $42.2 million or ...
Tags: textile manufacture, fibres
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What Does 'Sustainability' Really Mean?
May 29, 2015Sustainability - we often hear about this, but what does it really mean? It means changing the way we think about how we use our resources and make small changes that have a big impact on nature and community. To this cause and with a ...
Tags: Birla Cellulose, Textile
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Benetton Gives Rana Plaza Trust Double Pays
Apr 23, 2015Italian fashion retailer Benetton said it has contributed an additional $1.1 million to the Rana Plaza Trust Fund, doubling the sum recommended in an independent assessment of its contribution by PwC. “This payment of $1.1 ...
Tags: fashion retailer, Benetton, Apparel
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Rieke Is Investing in a Range of More Efficient Equipment to Minimise Waste
Mar 5, 2015The initiative covers three main areas – the company’s manufacturing processes, product design and facilities – and involves close working partnerships with its customers and employees. In its manufacturing operations, ...
Tags: Rieke, re-usable products
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INDEVCO Plastics Plans to Install New Equipment at The Longview Plant
Jan 30, 2015INDEVCO‘s subsidiary INDEVCO Plastics has forayed into Texas, US, with its first manufacturing plant in Longview to produce petrochemical packaging products. The investment is part of INDEVCO's strategy to meet the expected surge in ...
Tags: packaging products, Agriculture
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FANUC UK Has Collaborated with Automation Specialists Festo and Pacepacker
Jan 13, 2015FANUC UK, the UK unit of the Japanese automation company FANUC, has collaborated with automation specialists Festo and Pacepacker to come up with advanced robot palletiser systems that can assist food manufacturers with their packaging. ...
Tags: sacks, crates, boxes, trays, Agriculture
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Viral Desai Has Been Conferred with Honorary Doctorate
Dec 8, 2014Textile Industrialist Viral Desai, director of Zenitex Pvt Ltd, a Surat, India-based textile process and dyeing company, has been conferred with Honorary Doctorate by the UK-based World Records University at a convocation held in ...
Tags: Honorary Doctorate, dyeing company, textile
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Crown Equipment Corporation Recently Earned a MVP2 Award From NPPR in The USA
Nov 4, 2014Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, recently earned a Most Valuable Pollution Prevention (MVP2) Award from the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR) in the USA. This ...
Tags: Crown Equipment, material handling
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Clariant Was Once Again Included in The Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Sep 12, 2014Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, was once again included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), one of the most renowned sustainability indices globally. The listing names Clariant within the European DJSI (DJSI ...