Americas: Researchers turn waste peanuts into battery fuel
Researchers have shown how to convert waste packing peanuts into high-performance carbon electrodes for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that outperform conventional graphite electrodes, representing an...
Americas: Researchers develop nontoxic antifreeze product from food additive
The sweet taste and smell of antifreeze tempts children and animals to drink the poisonous substance, resulting in thousands of accidental poisonings in the...
Americas: Bemis receives two packaging awards for sauce pouch design
Bemis Company has received a gold award in the packaging excellence category and silver award in the sustainability category for the McCormick Skillet Sauce...
Americas: Seniors who eat dark chocolate found to have better stamina, say researchers
Eating dark chocolate could help improve energy levels, raise exercise stamina and improve other measures of heart health in sedentary older adults, according to...
Americas: Zebra Technologies launches rugged mobile printers
Zebra Technologies Corporation launches the ZQ500 mobile printer series for field-based applications.
It will debut the ZQ500 series this month at the ProMat 2015 conference...
Americas: Innovia Films helps create 100% zero waste tea bag
Oregon-based Ecoteas is using NatureFlexT packaging films in the wrappers of their individual tea bags, says Innovia Films.
This flexible packaging material is derived from...
World: Stevia gains regulatory approval as producers need consumer buy-in, says consultant
The global stevia market is projected to account for US$565.2 million of the overall sweetener market by 2020, registering a compound annual growth rate...
Americas: Koelnmesse, PMMI to organize food show in 2017
Koelnmesse and the PMMI Association for Packaging & Processing Technologies have expanded their partnership to a new event on food processing and packaging in...
Americas: Videojet Technologies releases print & apply labeling paper
Videojet Technologies has identified the five most common reasons for Print and Apply Labelling (LPA) downtime: label jams, web jams, ribbon jams, mechanical failure...
Americas: Husky displays mold alignment solution at NPE 2015
Husky Injection Molding Systems will present its new self-cleaning mold technology for the HyPET HPP5 preform manufacturing system at NPE 2015 (March 23 –...