MeadWestvaco has declared that it has acquired Polytop, a company specializing in dispensing closures, on December 30, 2011, for an undisclosed price. Through this acquisition, the company broadens its capabilities in packaging end-use markets.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Jan 2012
Atlas Holdings declared it has completed a contract with International Paper to integrate its consumer-packaging solutions businesses. Hence Shorewood Packaging and AGI World have joined to form AGI-Shorewood, a large and innovative global specialty packaging businesses with operations in Europe, North America, Asia and Latin America.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Jan 2012
Liberty Tire Recycling, a North American supplier of tire recycling services. is collaborating with the Center for Athletic Field Safety at the University of Tennessee on a sequence of research studies to evaluate the potential advantages and the role played by crumb rubber in ensuring a natural grass athletic surface.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 Jan 2012
N.E. Chemcat Corporation, a producer of precious metal and catalyst in Japan, has licensed the electrocatalyst technology conceptualized by researchers at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in the U.S. Department of Energy.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 Jan 2012
ATC is a pioneer in producing millimeter-wave, microwave, and RF passive components. An ultra-broadband capacitor (UBC) has been developed for optical high-speed data communications signal integrity markets by ATC.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 Jan 2012
Solutia, a supplier of specialty chemicals and performance materials, declared its 2013 Vanceva color forecast for architectural laminated glass. By blending two or more layers from the Vanceva Color System by Saflex line of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayers, 10 unique colors are formulated for laminated glass.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 Jan 2012
Roofing Supply Group, a wholesale distributor of roofing products and associated materials, has declared that it has purchased Intermountain Supply on December 30, 2011.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 Jan 2012
Professors Kostya Novoselov and Andre Geim, who received the Nobel Prize for Physics for their innovative research works to study graphene and its superior properties, have been awarded knighthoods. They have been knighted for ‘Services to Science.’
Aurora Flight Sciences, a provider of advanced aerospace vehicles and robotic aircraft for military and scientific applications, has delivered composite aerospace structures for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) program of the U.S. Navy.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 Jan 2012
Geolam, a supplier of Geolam line of high-quality wood-plastic composite (WPC) products in the North American Region, has expanded its supply network into the US.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 Jan 2012
Protectoplas has introduced new MT industrial mixing tanks that can handle batches ranging from 30 to 8000 usable gallons in standard sizes. Protectoplas also offers customized sizes for smaller or larger batching requirements.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV has revealed an economic process for producing multifunctional films used for packaging of various products ranging from shrink-wrapped meat loaf to pre-packed Camembert, on a large scale, using whey.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Jan 2012
iSmithers Rapra Publishing has announced the release of Update on Polymers for Oral Drug Delivery.
Interstate Container, a manufacturer of wax-alternative coated corrugated sheets and packaging has announced that it will exhibit its wax-free GREENCOAT corrugated packaging at the Southeast Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference being held in Savannah, GA between 5th and 8th January at booth #226 and #228.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
3 Jan 2012
Powertech Technology (PTI), a Taiwan-based firm specializing in packaging and testing ICs, has purchased a 300 mm Stratus electrochemical deposition (ECD) system from NEXX Systems, a chief supplier of advanced packaging equipment.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
3 Jan 2012