Tag: materials

The Danish food authorities have introduced a guidance value on fluorinated substances in food packaging to reduce the use of these substances, which can...

Intertek has received IEC/ISO 17025:2005 accreditation for the film and packaging industry from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). The accreditation complements Intertek’s existing...

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) has named PolyOne the 2014 recipient of its 2014 Risk Mitigation Supplier of the Year award, which is the...

After having examined the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA's) new health assessment of bisphenol A (BPA), the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark,...

Bisphenol A (BPA) exposure poses no health risk to consumers of any age group (including unborn children, infants and adolescents) at current exposure levels,...

Sidel has introduced an online PET savings calculator that allows beverage producers and bottlers to calculate the savings they could achieve based on their production...

Bioplastics production capacity is set to increase from around 1.6 million tons in 2013 to approximately 6.7 million tons by 2018, according to the...

Bemis Company has reached an agreement to sell its global pressure sensitive materials business MACtac to Platinum Equity, a California-based private equity firm, for...

Rieke Packaging Systems' factory in Hangzhou, China has achieved 'A' grade rating in the British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Standards for Packaging and Packaging...

The Herma Group says it has continued to expand in 2013 fiscal year, achieving growth in sales in its business with self-adhesive materials, labels...