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First Class Post secures contracts following green certification trio

News | www.printweek.com | 12 hours 58 minutes ago

The Leeds-based company said that, while it wanted to strengthen its green credentials for genuine environmental reasons, it found that an increasing number of clients were specifying certified products.

http://www.printweek.com/RSS/News/969612/First-Class-Post-secures-contracts-following-green-certification-trio/

Nampak head delivers warning as profits slump

News | www.foodproductiondaily.com | 15 hours ago

Nampak announced a 60 per cent fall in profits in 2009 as its chief warned that 20 per cent of its operations must either turnaround or face being closed or sold off.

http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Packaging/Nampak-head-delivers-warning-as-profits-slump?utm_source=RSS_text_news

Tetra Pak to trial green plastic for carton closures

News | www.beveragedaily.com | 15 hours ago

Tetra Pak has agreed to carry out a limited trial to source green plastic from Brazil for use in its carton packaging in what the company said is a first for the sector.

http://www.beveragedaily.com/Industry-Markets/Tetra-Pak-to-trial-green-plastic-for-carton-closures?utm_source=RSS_text_news

Labels critical for pharmaceuticals

News | www.packworld.com | 15 hours 24 minutes ago

Often overlooked during product/package development, labels communicate with consumers, address regulatory matters.

http://www.packworld.com/webonly-28736

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WINA webinar highlights online resources

News | www.processingtalk.com | 17 hours ago

A free live webinar and tour of WINA's online resources on 1 December at 1pm will be presented by Dave Kaufman, vice president of WINA and director of business development at Honeywell.

http://www.processingtalk.com/news/wis/wis105.html

Wooden Pallets Contribute to Reforestation, Not Deforestation

Press Release | www.prnewswire.com | Nov 24, 2009

VINELAND, N.J., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- To hear the claims that wooden pallet producers have clear cut, raped and pillaged their way through America's old growth virgin forests, stripping them of trees, leaving them bald and naked. Sounds like a horror movie. Scary, but fictitious.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wooden-pallets-contribute-to-reforestation-not-deforestation-72886412.html

Packaging Briefs

News | www.packagingdigest.com | Nov 24, 2009

PMMI Names Benjamin Garvey its youngest board member ever Garvey Corporation is proud to announce that its General Manager, Benjamin Garvey, has been appointed to the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute's Board of Directors.

http://www.packagingdigest.com/article/390215-Packaging_Briefs.php?rssid=20026

Obama picks Xerox CEO Burns for education role

News | members.whattheythink.com | Nov 24, 2009

NORWALK, Conn. -- President Barack Obama today named Ursula Burns , chief executive officer of Xerox Corporation, to help lead a national program aimed at honing students' skills in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

http://members.whattheythink.com/news/index.cfm?id=41169

Low-Cost Bioplastics Emerge for Solar Cells

News | www.designnews.com | Nov 24, 2009

New films made of cellulosic polymers and castor-oil-based nylon 11 are emerging in the fast-growing photovoltaic market in a bid to displace materials that are made from petroleum.

http://www.designnews.com/article/390668-Low_Cost_Bioplastics_Emerge_for_Solar_Cells.php?rssid=20546