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(USA) Unisource Worldwide, Inc., one of the leading distributors of paper, packaging and facility supplies in North America, is expanding its packaging business to provide global supply chain support for manufacturers of high-technology products...
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(USA) In the category of unlikely marriages, old-school paper mills and 21st century ethanol plants might seem like an odd couple. But the two share a certain chemistry that makes it possible for paper manufacturing mills to be converted to produce ethanol.
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The concept of electronic paper has been with us for ages. However, its becoming a reality, since E-Ink technology is coming to market with several very interesting products, predominantly e-book readers.
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Boxes that sense the weight of their contents and books that talk back when pages are turned could be developed using technology being tested by researchers at MIT in the US. They are making paper with wires, sensors, and computer chips embedded, a technology dubbed 'Pulp-based' computing...
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Posted by minhr 1706 days ago
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(USA) Tully's Coffee Corporation (Tully's), a fully handcrafted coffee roaster, today became the first major coffee retailer to adopt a fully renewable and compostable paper cup for its hot beverages. Tully's has simultaneously established an in-store collection program to divert the used cups...
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Posted by zhao7 1706 days ago
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(USA) Building on the success of MeadWestvaco’s
EvolutionTM line of luxury folding cartons, the company’s Health & Beauty Packaging business has unveiled Evolution2—a paperboard package that provides the same premium look as a rigid set box (the standard for prestige packaging promotions)...
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(USA) Technology evangelists have predicted the emergence of electronic books for as long as they have envisioned flying cars and video phones. It is an idea that has never caught on with mainstream book buyers.
(India) In a first-of-its-kind venture in India, bamboo pulp is being used in the manufacture of sanitary pads as absorbing material, instead of the regular wood pulp. Bamboo pulp has advantages: one, it is 300 per cent more absorbent and safer than wood pulp; two, it economises on the use of wood..
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