INVISTA, a producer of integrated polymers and fibers, is now offering its PolyShield® resins for PET barrier packaging applications to the U.S. market. This monolayer PET barrier technology is already used extensively in Europe for beer, juice...
Sunoco, Inc. announced today that it will permanently close its polypropylene manufacturing facility located in Bayport, Texas, no later than April 30, 2009. The facility can produce approximately 400 million pounds of polypropylene each year...
Scapa 815 is a heat-resistant, nonsilicone tape that withstands temperatures up to 350 deg F. The tape is designed to mask and hold tools, forms and parts for metal and composite bonding and masks PCB contacts during conformal coating. The tape...
RPC Bebo Plastik has manufactured an innovative two-part container for the new Pasta Pronto brand, which delivers a fresh pasta and sauce combination that is ready to eat within minutes.Developed by food manufacturer Buss, based in Ottersberg...
Vivo! Touch digital color label printer includes a new web server, a new enterprise printer driver for NiceLabel software, and the new TouchPeel in-line label rewinder and Matrix TouchPrint in-line label rewinder and removal system...
Michelex Corp. has announced that its Plastics Division expects to resume operations at its Massena, New York facility early next year. The division manufactures and distributes CD and DVD packaging, and plans to reopen the facility with...
Rohm and Haas has launched a new manufacturing facility in the Ramenskoye region of Moscow. The plant was developed from a greenfield site with close proximity to key customers and with excellent access to local and imported raw materials and...
The Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance on July 13, 2009, covering the use of inks, pigments, flavors and other physical-chemical identifiers (PCIDs) by manufacturers to make drug products more difficult to duplicate by...
Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC) is about to get a little greener. The College and PepsiCo have installed two Dream Machines and several recycling centers to campus for students, faculty and staff to recycle their plastic bottles and...
Desicorr VpCI(TM) is the latest addition to the co.'s high-performance corrosion-protection packaging. It is a unique combination of desiccant and Vapor phase Corrosion Inhibitor (VpCI(TM)) specifically designed to absorb moisture. It features...
