ETOBICOKE, Ont.— Sustainable initiatives, from closed-loop bottle recycling to new green chemistry, were awarded this week by the Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA).

Leading beverage and liquid-food packaging products manufacturer Tetra Pak has announced plants to cap its GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions at 2010 levels by the end of 2020 as pat of a newly-unveiled global strategy aimed at minimizing its environmental footprint and becoming a true “zero waste” company. In addition, the globally-operating Swiss-Swedish group is planning to double the recycling rate for its used beverage cartons by the end of this decade, while intensifying efforts to switch all of its  packaging products to renewable resources.

On June 7-10, DMG held the Productivity Days at the International Manufacturing Center of the University of Warwick in the UK.On this four-day occasion, the machine tool manufacturer reportedly received orders worth a total of

On June 7-10, DMG held the Productivity Days at the International Manufacturing Center of the University of Warwick in the UK.On this four-day occasion, the machine tool manufacturer reportedly received orders worth a total of

According to news on the website of AFM – the Spanish Association of Machine Tool Manufacturers, Spanish cutting line manufacturer Athader has received new orders from Eastern Europe, indicating that it now has a stronger presence in the area. As reported, these news orders were mainly from Polish companies and included a cut-to-length line 2000 x 12 which will include a continuous cutting and processing system based on a flying shear and a double station bomb-door stacker. Maximum working speed is 45m per minute while a noticeable feature is the elimination of stoppage between different stacks of sheet formats.A slitting line 2000 x 10 with working speed up to 200m per minute were also included.It is reported that 90% of Athader’s sales is from its business, following the opening up of new markets in Europe, South America and Centra America.

According to news on the website of AFM – the Spanish Association of Machine Tool Manufacturers, Spanish cutting line manufacturer Athader has received new orders from Eastern Europe, indicating that it now has a stronger presence in the area. As reported, these news orders were mainly from Polish companies and included a cut-to-length line 2000 x 12 which will include a continuous cutting and processing system based on a flying shear and a double station bomb-door stacker. Maximum working speed is 45m per minute while a noticeable feature is the elimination of stoppage between different stacks of sheet formats.A slitting line 2000 x 10 with working speed up to 200m per minute were also included.It is reported that 90% of Athader’s sales is from its business, following the opening up of new markets in Europe, South America and Centra America.

Koganei and Humphrey (Kalamazoo, MI) introduce the iB Series, which includes the iB Move and the iB Flow. The iB Move is a Linear Stepper Motor Actuator which boasts high speed yet quiet operation for lightweight work — in an affordable design. The iB Flow is a digital flow controller that optimizes the cycle time settings of a cylinder or pneumatic actuator

OTTAWA: Canada’s wood products industry will record a second consecutive year of profitability, according to the Conference Board of Canada’s Spring 2011 outlook for the industry. The Ottawa think tank said momentum is slowing this year following a solid rebound in 2010, the result of ongoing weakness in the US housing market and a slowdown in residential construction activity in Canada

CALGARY: Positive business conditions in Canada are giving oil and gas companies the confidence to invest this year, although rising inflationary pressures could crimp their plans, says an Ernst & Young report. Of the 1,000 worldwide company executives polled by the global consulting firm, 75% said they are more optimistic about prospects in 2011. “With political unrest in the Middle East putting pressure on companies to develop energy sources in new regions, and economic growth amplifying global demand, it’s no surprise that the vast majority of oil and gas companies are on the prowl for new growth opportunities,” said Kevan Holroyd, executive director in Ernst & Young’s Oil & Gas Transaction Advisory Services group.

The pre-recession boom years saw Asian countries emerge as the world’s manufacturing workshops, with consumers in America and Europe buying enormous quantities of their attractively priced offerings, driving astounding Asian economic growth. Conventional wisdom predicted, however, that when the financial meltdown ended the debt fuelled shopping spree, Asian growth would come to a halt. It hasn’t happened: Asian economies, led by China, have remained strong.