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Sisecam, Turkey's biggest glassmaker, said on Monday its Pasabahce unit, which makes tableware and home furnishings, has started talks to acquire shares in Arc International, a French household goods maker.      Read more here.
Viridor has announced today that it has been awarded a 10-year contract to upgrade and operate a new Material Recycling Facility (MRF) at Chelson Meadow by Plymouth City Council that will improve the recycling services to households across Plymouth.
About 70 billion tons of raw materials are extracted world wide annually. That is twice as much as at the end of the 1970s.
As The European Commission's winter forecast foresees a continuation of the economic recovery in most Member States and in the EU as a whole, a ground-breaking new industry report is now available from independent market analysts D&G…
International Innovative Technologies Ltd (IIT), the specialist milling technology company, has produced a new film to demonstrate the feasibility and cost effective conversion of waste glass into powder products for use in a wide range of recycling…
Latest glass recycling figures for the EU show also there is now far more glass recycled than ever before.
Energy savings and clean utilization of raw materials have become the topical issues in modern society.
International Innovative Technologies Ltd (IIT), the specialist milling technology company, has produced a new film to demonstrate the feasibility and cost effective conversion of waste glass into powder products for use in a wide range of recycling…
An additional and currently very important quality of this extraordinary material, glass, is its total recyclability: starting with 100 kg of recycled product, in fact, it's possible to obtain 100 kg of new product.
At the start of the year, we received an order from the container glass manufacturer Wiegand Glas for turnkey delivery of a cullet house and transport system to all four furnaces at the Steinbach am Wald location.
Glassmaker Turkiye Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari (Sisecam) announced that it will hold a tender to sell its 117,018m2 land plot, where its idle Pasabahce plant is located, in the Beykoz district of Istanbul.
Glass container maker, O-I New Zealand (O-I NZ), hosted an education program for glass collectors in Palmerston North to maximise the amount of recycled glass (cullet) recovered from households across the city.
The Aluminum Material Council (AMC) of the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has released a new white paper on aluminum’s sustainability, strength and efficiency entitled, "Aluminum: The Total Solution for Sustainable,…
Having recently set up a growing UK manufacturing facility, the largest specialist insulated glass component manufacturer and distributor in the UK is a finalist for the Component Supplier of the Year Award in the up and coming G13 Awards.
Miglass Ltd, a UK based specialist glass processor, is delighted to have been nominated in the forthcoming G13 awards for the glass and glazing industry.
Are beer drinkers more environmentally conscious than wine drinkers? Not to whine about wine, but the recycling rate for wine bottles is 34 percent nationwide versus 41 percent for beer and soda bottles, according to the Glass Packaging Institute.
LIFE+ Environment Policy & Governance projects are pilot projects that contribute to the development of innovative policy ideas, technologies, methods and instruments.
A Gateshead-based milling equipment manufacturer has secured important new investment as it targets further growth in international bulk materials, glass recycling and powder processing markets.
Hindusthan National Glass & Industries Ltd ("HNGIL") and other promoters of HNG Float Glass Limited ("HNGFL") had signed a joint Venture Aggreement ("JVA") with M/ s.
Within the framework of the celebration of the World Environment Day, Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: VITROA) (“Vitro” or “the Company”), leading glass manufacturer in Mexico, released its 2012 Sustainable Development Report, which includes the actions,…
Turkey's leading glass maker Sisecam plans a series of share sales by its publicly traded companies, hoping to attract new long-term investors, its CEO Ahmet Kirman said.   * Group to seek long-term investors for listed units * Share sales…
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FORMAX, a leading global manufacturer of speciality composite reinforcements, has launched a new recycling initiative at its UK production facility.
Glass producer Sisecam has received its award for being Turkey’s “Top Exporter of the Year 2012,” at a ceremony organized daily Dünya and DHL Express, sponsored by Akbank and Vodafone.