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POKER OF TEA BAGS AT THE TEA AND COFFEE TRADE FAIR IN VIENNA
Packaging 02/29 2012 18:47
Many are the novelties that Tecnomeccanica – the Tea division of Acma SpA – will present at the Tea & Coffee trade fair, to take place from 25th – 27th next March in Vienna. The event will be an opportunity to introduce the market to different packaging solutions, including the most eagerly awaited novelty of the year: the tea bag produced by machine model T4, which will be launched in 2012.
The "poker of bags" exhibited by the company from Bologna in Vienna will highlight the solutions exploited for the widest variety of requirements.¡¡» Read More
Solar Frontier Sets New Efficiency World Record
Solar Cell 02/28 2012 18:02
TOKYO, February 28, 2012 – Solar Frontier announced today that it has achieved 17.8% aperture area efficiency on a 30cm x 30cm CIS-based photovoltaic submodule in joint research with Japan¡Çs New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). This new record for thin-film CIS technology was accomplished at Atsugi Research Center (ARC), Solar Frontier¡Çs dedicated research laboratory in Japan that is the cornerstone of the company¡Çs integrated research and production framework. After a string of major deals and production milestones unveiled in the past few months, today¡Çs announcement underlines the company¡Çs fundamental capability in R&D with focus on practical commercial applications.¡¡» Read More
Plastics professionals visit Npe in Orlando
Plastic 02/27 2012 18:58
NegriBossi and Sacmi fly to Florida to present their latest range of products, from the revolutionary EOS to the innovative CHS vision system used to eliminate closure defects.
Npe, the most important exhibition in the world for the plastics industry, will take place from April 1 to 5 at the OrangeCountyConvention Center in Orlando, Florida. This occasion is not to be missed by the Sacmi Group(West Hall LevelI – booth 925), with its several decades of experience in the sector and important innovations launched in the market in 2011.¡¡» Read More
Brenntag Opens New Head Office in India
Company Information 02/18 2012 08:56
Mumbai, India. February 17, 2012 – Brenntag, the global leader in chemical distribution, inaugurated its new head office in Mumbai, India. This new office represents Brenntag¡Çs continued commitment to invest in India and to ensure the company has ample room for its planned growth over the next few years.
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Printed Electronics Asia event returns to Japan
Printed Electronics 02/15 2012 07:17
IDTechEx will host the Printed Electronics Asia conference and tradeshow on 2-3 October in Tokyo, Japan. The event, part of the IDTechEx global series of events on the topic, focusses on a region that has invested more in printed electronics than any other territory. Highlights include OLED manufacture, where sales of OLED display modules exceeded $3 Billion in 2011 thanks to their use in Samsung smart phones. Progress is now rapid, with LG recently unveiling a 55 inch 4mm thick OLED TV. IDTechEx estimates that between Japanese and Korean organizations more than $10 billion has been invested in OLED development.
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CROWN TO INCREASE BEVERAGE CAN CAPACITY IN MALAYSIA
Packaging 02/14 2012 18:48
Philadelphia, PA – February 14, 2012. Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown), (http://www.crowncork.com), a leading supplier of metal packaging products worldwide, announced today that it will install a second two-piece beverage can line in its existing facility in Bangi, Malaysia.¡¡» Read More
CROWN CONTINUES EXPANSION INTO CHINA
Packaging 02/14 2012 18:46
Philadelphia, PA – February 14, 2012. To respond to growing demand for beverage cans in China, Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) (http://www.crowncork.com) today announced plans to build a new two-piece beverage can plant in Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Province in Southern China. With a population of 6.6 million, this prefectural city is strategically located, bordering Guangdong to the East and Yunnan to the West.
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DELPHAX ANNOUNCES SALE OF IMAGGIA IM300 TO D+H
Printing ≫ Digital Printing 02/13 2012 19:24
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 8, 2012¡½Delphax Technologies Inc. (Pink Sheets:DLPX.PK), a global provider of high-speed digital printing equipment,today announced the sale of an Imaggia IM300 digital print system to D+H Limited Partnership (TSX: DH), a leading payments and lending solutions provider to the North American financial services industry. As Canada¡Çs largest check program provider, D+H has been a major user of Imaggia systems purchased over a 13-year period.¡¡» Read More
KIEFEL: Focus: Cup forming – time for SPEED and performance
Packaging 02/09 2012 21:34
Yogurt cups, drinking cups, cups for use with snap-on lids or plant-pots, KIEFEL¡Çs Thermorunner KTR 5 SPEED Cup Forming Machine combines intelligent technology, perfect quality and optimum production rates with low costs.
KIEFEL will present its ¡ÈThermorunner KTR 5 SPEED¡É at Chinaplas 2012 with a high-speed demonstration producing drinking cups from PET material. Come and see the perfect integration of a new innovative Inline Stacking System.¡¡» Read More
ISRA VISION AG: Large strategic orders for inspection of banknote paper
Inspection 02/08 2012 18:01
Darmstadt – ISRA VISION, one of the world¡Çs leading companies of industrial image processing (Machine Vision), global market leader for surface inspection systems, and one of the leading 3-D machine vision providers, has received strategically important orders from two renowned customers in Europe, amounting to significantly more than 2 million Euros, for automatic surface inspection of banknote paper. It allows ISRA to further expand its worldwide position in this particularly demanding area. The company has been validated in various countries throughout the world with its innovative BANKSTAR product for the inspection of security features of different banknote papers. As strong partner of most banknote papermills ISRA is operating in an international market. Based on this leading market position, ISRA is striving for portfolio expansion with additional complex applications in the area of banknote production in the future.¡¡» Read More
European Bioplastics announces 7th European Bioplastics Conference
Plastic 02/07 2012 20:02
Berlin, 06 February 2012. European Bioplastics, the association of the bioplastics industry in Europe, announces the 7th European Bioplastics Conference to take place on 6/7 November 2012 at he Maritim proArte Hotel in Berlin.¡¡» Read More
FESPA welcomes Xaar as Global Technology Partner
Printing ≫ Inkjet 02/03 2012 18:36
FESPA is proud to announce that Xaar is Global Technology Partner for the 4th consecutive year.¡¡» Read More
3M Commercial Graphics Joins Sustainable Green Printing Partnership as Platinum Patron
Printing 02/03 2012 18:31
Bohemia, NY -- February 2, 2012 -- Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), a non-profit organization providing sustainability certification in the graphic communications industry, today welcomes 3M Commercial Graphics as its newest Platinum Patron. Minnesota-based 3M is a technology and product leader in the large format graphic materials industry.¡¡» Read More
nyloflex® FAM Digital plates now globally available
Printing ≫ Flexography 02/03 2012 18:25
After the successful launch of the nyloflex® FAM Digital printing plate into the North American market, Flint Group Flexographic Products now introduces the medium hard plate on a worldwide scale. The digital photopolymer printing plate is ideal for clean printing of fine image elements and smooth solids.¡¡» Read More