Author: Saif Bepari
Packaging
The Dubai-headquartered prominent fashion retailer Splash has reportedly announced to have teamed up with Natur-Tec to develop a new biopolymer-based sustainable packaging solution in South Asia, India, and Middle East. As per trusted sources, about 80 million polybags of the retailer have been replaced annually …
Paints & Coatings
Shares of PPG Industries, Inc., a renowned American Fortune 500 company that supplies coatings, paints, and specialty materials globally, reportedly rallied by over 5% in afterhours trading after Trian Partners announced a stake in the company. Trian, a multi-billion-dollar asset management firm managed by an …
Recycling
Mondelēz International, the snack brand giant based out of Illinois, U.S. which produces iconic products such as Cadbury and Nabisco recently announced that it will make the packaging of all 52 of its brands recyclable by 2025. The company reportedly sells a wide variety of …
Packaging
Germany-based pharmaceutical packaging company Schott has reportedly announced to have teamed up with Canada’s monitoring system manufacturer Smart Skin Technologies to improve glass integrity in pharma packaging with the aid of big data. As per trusted sources, Smart Skin has created an online monitoring system …
Recycling
The German supermarket company Lidl has reportedly announced that it would be eliminating black plastic from its vegetable and fruit range, with more products to follow. As per trusted sources, Lidl would be the very first supermarket firm in Ireland to remove black plastic from …
Advanced Materials
The Australian mining company Laneway Resources has reportedly announced that it has signed an agreement with Australian Proprietary Company Maroon Gold Pty Ltd. to initiate mining operations at the Agate Creek Gold Project. Reports cite, Laneway would be processing ore through the carbon-in-leach (CIL) processing …
Recycling
A city in Cambridgeshire, England has reportedly set its sights on having the first plastic bag-free city center in the UK. As per trusted sources, the residents of Ely are being urged to make reusable ‘borrow bags’ from old fabric. Ely has joined the countrywide …
Recycling
The Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) and the U.S. based Plastics Recycling Conference have reportedly announced to have established a strategic coalition as the issue of plastics recycling takes on global significance. As per trusted sources, the alliance of two of the biggest recycling events …
Advanced Materials
Bosch Rexroth, the wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH, has reportedly joined forces with BigRep, a Germany-based large-format 3D printer manufacturer. As per sources, the two companies have partnered in order to integrate state-of-art drives and CNC control systems into new additive manufacturing systems. …
Advanced Materials
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), a Navratna public sector undertaking of the Indian Government, has reportedly announced that it plans to construct an aluminium foil manufacturing facility at Kamakhyanagar in Odisha. As per trusted sources, the unit would provide eco-friendly alternative to plastic packaging. In …