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Aluminum Association Announces Highest Used Beverage Container Recycling Rate in 2009

The Aluminum Association, Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) today announced the 2009 Used Beverage Container (UBC) recycling rate at 57.4 percent. This is the hig...

15 Sep 2010

North American Papermaker’s US-Based Mills Become Energy Star Partners

Cascades Inc. (CAS on the Toronto stock exchange), a leader in the recycling and manufacturing of green packaging products and tissue paper, has received confirmation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) t...

15 Sep 2010

Sonoco to Provide Packaging Services for Henkel’s Consumer Adhesives

Sonoco (NYSE: SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, has agreed to handle European packaging requirements for Henkel’s consumer adhesive products from Sonoco’s service center in Wroc...

15 Sep 2010

Sonoco’s Subsidiary to Exhibit New Products at Packaging Trade Show

Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, will exhibit a number of new products at the PacTec Exhibition, September 21-24, 2010.

15 Sep 2010

Freescale Inks Deal with Korean Semiconductor Materials Specialist

Freescale Semiconductor announced today that it signed a licensing agreement with Nepes Corporation, a leading Korean semiconductor parts and materials specialist, who will manufacture Freescale’s redistributed chip packaging (RCP) technology in a lower cost 300mm format.

15 Sep 2010

W. R. Grace Signs Merger Agreement with Fine Chemicals Producer

W. R. Grace & Co. and Synthetech, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Grace will purchase Synthetech, a manufacturer of fine chemicals specializing in organic synthesis, biocatalysis and chiral technologies.

14 Sep 2010

Glass Packaging Helps to Reduce Carbon Emissions: Study

The North American glass container industry has taken a pioneering step in producing the first complete and thorough cradle-to-cradle life cycle assessment (LCA) ever conducted for the industry. The LCA, coordinated b...

14 Sep 2010

Packaging Product Developer Shiner International Partners with RedChip Companies

Shiner International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEST) ("Shiner" or the "Company"), an emerging global supplier of anti-counterfeiting and advanced packaging products, today announced that the Company has engaged ...

14 Sep 2010

New Tetley Tea Packaging Release Begins on September

Tetley Tea, enjoyed by tea drinkers in more than 70 countries, has developed a new look to invigorate and unite the well-loved brand on a global level.

14 Sep 2010

GTEC to Exhibit Mobile Water Packaging Systems at Modern Day Marine Show

Global Defense Technology & Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: GTEC), a provider of mission-critical, technology-based systems, solutions and services for national security agencies and programs of the U.S. government, today ann...

13 Sep 2010

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