LACHINE, QC: Global Railway Industries Ltd announced that Metrolinx has awarded a contract to its wholly-owned subsidiary CAD Railway Industries Ltd to refurbish railway passenger cars. Global Railway said CAD’s bid for the large, long-term transit refurbishment contract was the lowest price bid of three bidders.

MISSISSAUGA— GreenCore Composites, a natural fiber thermoplastics manufacturer in Mississauga, Ont., has struck a supplier deal with Optima Colour. Optima Colour is a Cambridge, Ont. producer of custom colour concentrates, specialty additive master batches and compounded resin systems

MISSISSAUGA— GreenCore Composites, a natural fiber thermoplastics manufacturer in Mississauga, Ont., has struck a supplier deal with Optima Colour. Optima Colour is a Cambridge, Ont. producer of custom colour concentrates, specialty additive master batches and compounded resin systems

JONQUIÈRE, Que .— Rio Tinto Alcan will double its production of AIRWARE alloys at its Dubuc plant in Quebec. AIRWARE is composed of various complementary, low-density materials that are used in space programs such as NASA’s Orion and Space X’s Falcon 9. Rio Tinto said it is boosting fabrication in order to meet the requirements of a new contract with Constellium’s Global Aerospace division.

JONQUIÈRE, Que .— Rio Tinto Alcan will double its production of AIRWARE alloys at its Dubuc plant in Quebec.

On June 23, 2011, DASANI PlantBottle , the first‐ever fully recyclable PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic beverage bottle produced using up to 30 per cent plant‐based material, took home top honours at the PAC – The Packaging Association ‘s Leadership Awards . The awards—held during the PACKEX Toronto 2011 tradeshow organized by UBM Canon —are meant to recognize outstanding packaging innovations.

Europe’s plastics industry has set new targets to reduce the environmental impact of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Producers have signed on to a new program called VinylPlus VinylPlus. It aims —over the next 10 years— to improve PVC recycling rates, advance new technologies, reduce emissions and promote the use of raw materials and renewable energy

SUGAR LANDTX —Canada’s third-quarter spending has been dominated by renewable energy projects, accounting for more than $3.3 billion of the country’s planned power industry spending. This year, it’s expected Canadian energy industry spending will top $5.2 billion, according to Industrial Info Resources, a global market intelligence firm

Ottawa – Canada and the European Union have reached an agreement on an equivalency in organic products. The move, reports FoodNavigator.com, is expected to boost organic food trade between the two markets. Canada and the EU both reviewed their rules for organic production and their control systems of organic agricultural products, reports EuroAlert.net

KINGSEY FALLS, Que.: Cascades Inc.’s Norampac division is building a $430 million containerboard mill in New York State. Greenpac Mill LLC, a corporation created with the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Jamestown Container and one other industry partner, will construct the state-of-the-art mill on property located adjacent to an existing Norampac facility in Niagara Falls, NY