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Smurfit Kappa has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Artemis, a bag-in-box packaging plant located in Shumen, Bulgaria. Artemis focuses on food and beverage packaging and makes the bags for bag-in-box products as well as films and caps for wine. Artemis will join Smurfit Kappa’s network of bag-in-box operations in Europe. The acquisition…
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From July, Dutch meat business Van Loon Group will start using a blockchain and CO2 footprint calculator from ImpactBuying, an independent data platform. “We are using the blockchain step by step, first we will connect all our pig farmers and chain partners of Pig at Best, such as feed suppliers, genetics suppliers and veterinary practices.…
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Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings (MHB), through its wholly owned and major subsidiary Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE), has secured a subcontract to build an HVDC offshore substation (OSS) platform from Petrofac in support of TenneT’s 2GW project in the Netherlands . This OSS platform comprises a topside, weighing approximately 30,000 tonnes (including…
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PolyU-Autosun Joint Laboratory for Sustainable PowerTech Research in Modern Grid is officially inaugurated. Image courtesy PolyU The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has established the Research Centre for Grid Modernisation (RCGM). The Centre aims to foster innovations and applications for modernisation of the power grid and the development of novel electric power systems. In a…
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In a move to help the environment, the supermarket will trial the scrapping of barcode stickers currently on extra large avocados and replace them with a bold laser etching. At the same time it is also trialling replacing the plastic tray packaging for two of its most popular avocado lines and moving to a cardboard…
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Microalgae protein company Brevel has opened its first commercial plant to serve the flourishing global alternative protein space. The new facility covers 27,000 square feet [2,500 square meters] and has the capacity to produce hundreds of tonnes of microalgae protein powder This protein is also clean, non-GMO, and planet friendly. The new site located in…
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This June sees Three Robins extend its award-winning oat milk range with the launch of two game-changing, oat milk-based smoothies for 3-12 year olds, offering the holy grail of health, taste, and convenience. If that wasn’t exciting enough, these fibre-rich smoothies have no added sugar and are packed with beneficial veg (carrot, parsnip, courgette &…
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Image courtesy 123rf Finnish TSO Fingrid is building a new 400kv main grid transmission line from Kalajoki to Jämsä to transmit electricity from the major wind power production hub on the west coast to consumption sites elsewhere. The transmission line, known as the Lowlands Line, will be completed in 2027. It will enable new customer…
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Image by Jose Antonio Alba from Pixabay The EU co-funded project ELEXIA has reported advancing flexibility functions to model not only prices as inputs but also other variables such as temperature or time of day. With flexibility a key solution to integrating and managing the intermittency of variable renewables such as wind and solar, there…
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Alzamora Group has made a significant investment in the latest technology, valued at approximately €7m, including the incorporation of two new printers and an automated in-house logistics system. The manufacturer of sustainable cartonboard packaging has acquired a Heidelberg XL 106 7+LYY-1 printer for its headquarters in Spain and a Heidelberg CX104-6-LYYL printer for its Novotipo…
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