Recycling
Retailers, supermarkets, and beverage brands according to recent reports are set to pay up to £1 billion to recycle their used packaging under a new waste strategy to be imposed by the UK government. Reportedly, the major producers of packaging waste, currently contributes to only …
Packaging
The Thornton’s Budgens shop has become the first British supermarket to introduce aisles dedicated to products that do not have plastic packaging. Located in north London’s Belsize Park, the store has converted over 1,700 product lines over the last ten weeks, reports confirm. According to …
Paints & Coatings
Louisiana based C&C Marine and Repair has reportedly announced the launch of a new, indoor Paint and Blast Facility which is also climate controlled. The facility, which spans 83,350 square feet, will allegedly be able to blast and paint two 10,000 bbl. tank barges or …
Recycling
Versalis, the wholly owned subsidiary of Eni and a supplier of polyethylene along with sport applications fiber manufacturer RadiciGroup and synthetic grass turf manufacturer, Safitex, has teamed up to produce synthetic grass that would be recyclable just like other plastic products. It is being presumed …
Advanced Materials
Reports indicate that clinical supply services and contract packaging provider Sharp has entered into a preferred partner agreement with Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing (BSM), an innovative sterile producer. Sharp will be offering sterile fill/finish, as a part of this agreement, to expand its current clinical manufacturing …
Advanced Materials
Evolve Additive Solutions has reportedly joined forces with Kodak for supplying Evolve imaging parts, systems, and consumables that would be based on KODAK NEXPRESS digital production color press. Both the companies will also work to develop the Selective Thermoplastic Electrophotographic Process (STEP), a 3D printing …
Paints & Coatings
AkzoNobel, one of the leaders in the paints and coating industry and a Dutch multi-national company, recently announced that it has acquired Colourland Paints Sdn Bhd, the paints and coatings manufacturer located in Malaysia. In a statement released by AkzoNobel, the company has been quoted …
Advanced Materials
Minnesota state regulators recently gave Toronto-based PolyMet Mining Corp. the go ahead for a US$1 billion copper/nickel mine located near the Iron Range. Issuing a set of long-awaited permits, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has allowed PolyMet to continue with the 6,000-acre open-pit …
Packaging
Singapore may soon need to sell all its tobacco products in plain packets with graphic health warnings taking up at least 75 percent of the packet. The decision comes in the wake of the announcement by the Ministry of Health to impose standardized packaging for …
Packaging
KHS Group, the German packaging firm recently announced a collaboration with the German startup, Share, in launching a new line of 100% recyclable PET bottles that will be used to package water. The bottles made using KHS technology will be used to introduce Share’s line …
