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Green regulations raise Chinese plastic prices

The tightening of environmental laws in the Asian nation is causing a spike in prices of high-performance plastics. According to Nikkei Asian Review, companies such as Toray Industries and Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics are raising the prices of polybutylene...

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RA releases Quality First Report

  The Recycling Association (RA) has released its 2018 Quality First Report, which calls for a simpler approach to packaging. As PCL Direct reveals, the Association is calling for “simplified packaging design, materials and collections” in order to “improve...

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Canon rolls out new printer paper varieties

Coco Chanel once said, “In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different” and to encourage the spirit of originality, Canon U.S.A., Inc. says it has announced three new consumables for select PIXMA series printers. These consumables consist of Restickable...

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Thai firm licenses anticounterfeiting ink

  TKS Siampress Management has signed an exclusive agreement with Haydale Graphene Industries PLC, allowing TKS to license Haydale’s anticounterfeiting ink for “an initial period of three years and three months.” As Proactive Investors reports, this exclusive...

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Complete Business Solutions buys Irongate

The Wakefield, England-based business supplies and services group has acquired Derby’s Irongate Group, including RAM Print. According to Insider Media, the move has added £20 million ($26 million/€22.9 million) in turnover to the CBS group, bringing it up to a total...

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Single-Use is Word of the Year

The Collins Dictionary has named single-use as its Word of the Year for 2018. Defining the term as “adjective; made to be used only once”, the choice highlights the planet’s increasing awareness of the danger posed by plastic pollution, and its incremental efforts to...

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Lexmark honours Vietnam vets

Honor Flight Kentucky recently dedicated its third flight of the year to Vietnam War veterans, and Lexmark helped make the day extra special.  While the veterans were flown to Washington, D.C., for a one-day, all-expenses-paid visit to the...

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DocuWare announces ski racer sponsorship

Lena Dürr will sport the company’s logo on her kit throughout the 2018-19 FIS World Cup season. The German athlete, who competes in slalom, giant slalom, and parallel slalom races, becomes the latest beneficiary of the cloud solutions for document management company’s...

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ICCE cautions against counterfeits

The Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa, which was formed over 20 years ago, has been issuing warnings and advice on counterfeits and how to avoid them.

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New remanufactured drum unit from Gikar

The Chinese company has announced the release of the new remanufactured DR310 drum unit. This new remanufactured drum unit is designed for use with Brother HL-4150CDN, HL-4570CDW HL-4570CDWT, MFC-9460CDN, MFC-9560CDW and MFC-9970CDW devices.  According to Gikar,...

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