Résultats de recherche

  • Briefs: Non-PVC Food Wrap

    Diamant Film, a Canadian company, is responding to banning of PVC stretch films used for foods and now has exclusive marketing and distribution rights for its non-PVC films in China, South Korea and Thailand. PVC films contain DEHA, a carcinogenic...

    • Date de publication : 26/07/2006
  • News from the space: ammonia air conditioning for International Space Station

    Astronauts from the space shuttle Discovery completed a 6-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station in September 2009, installing a new ammonia refrigerant tank. They removed an 816 kg ammonia tank from a cargo carrier attached to the...

    • Date de publication : 09/12/2009
  • CAL, le cryoréfrigérateur de l'espace de la NASA

    CAL (Cold Atom Lab), qui devrait permettre d'atteindre des températures de l'ordre de 100 pico-Kelvin, sera utilisé pour l'étude de gaz quantiques ultra-froids dans l'environnement de microgravité de la Station Spatiale Internationale (ISS). (en...

    • Date de publication : 03/07/2014
  • Le marché des frigorigènes en Asie-Pacifique

    Le marché des frigorigènes en Asie-Pacifique a été évalué à 5,67 milliards de dollars américains en 2013 et est estimé à 9,12 milliards de dollars américains en 2019.

    • Date de publication : 16/12/2014
    • Sujets : Chiffres, économie
  • Packaging innovations

    Plant-based food packaging Biodegradable packaging looks set to be the way of the future. A sharp rise in demand for natural products and healthier food added to the stability of maize prices versus those of petroleum-based polymers have...

    • Date de publication : 05/05/2006
  • Brief: Tetrapack

    Tetrapak has launched a low-temperature ice-cream innovation based on a unique cold-kneading freezing process that creates fine-structured ice cream of improved quality and paves the way to production of new and healthier products. The Hoyer...

    • Date de publication : 05/05/2006
  • Le marché des hydrocarbures en Asie-Pacifique (en anglais)

    Selon une étude de MicroMarket Monitor, le marché des hydrocarbures en Asie-Pacifique devrait atteindre 128,5 millions de dollars américains en 2018

    • Date de publication : 11/12/2014
    • Sujets : Chiffres, économie
  • NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

    Cryogenic testing has now been completed for the final 6 primary mirror segments and a secondary mirror that will fly on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

    • Date de publication : 03/08/2012
  • Briefs: biodegradable packaging

    The use of biodegradable packaging (such as starch and polylactic acid) in Eastern Europe is taking off: in 2006, 821 tonnes of such packaging were consumed in Eastern Europe, compared with 19 350 tonnes in Western Europe and 16 047 tonnes in...

    • Date de publication : 04/05/2007
  • Nanotechnology applications: Nanopackaging

    Nanopackaging market worth billions Global sales of nanotechnology-related products approached 739 million € last year, and the food packaging industry could be worth as much as 22 billion €, according to a new study that provides an insight into...

    • Date de publication : 05/08/2007
  • Cold storage capacity in Australia

    In 2007, the total number of cold stores amounted to 32 000, 30% of which were in farms. Most existing facilities in the state are currently operating at full capacity after a substantial decline in business between 2008 and 2010.

    • Date de publication : 03/06/2013
    • Sujets : Chiffres, économie
  • Edible carrot films display food packaging potential

    Barrier properties exhibited by carrot-based edible films demonstrate potential for their use as packaging for a variety of food types, according to recent research from China.

    • Date de publication : 27/12/2011
  • Active, intelligent and smart packaging sales trends

    Visiongain, a business information provider, forecasts that increasing health awareness, rising food and safety concerns and improved purchasing power in emerging economies will drive growth on the active, intelligent and smart packaging market.

    • Date de publication : 30/01/2013
  • Global cold storage capacity in 2012

    According to the 2012 IARW Global Cold Storage Capacity Report, the total capacity of refrigerated warehouses was estimated at 460 million m3 in 2012. Total capacity increased roughly by 10 million m3 over 2010.

    • Date de publication : 24/05/2013
    • Sujets : Chiffres, économie
  • Refrigerated warehouse capacity and urban development

    Among other data, the 2012 IARW Global Cold Storage Capacity Report focuses on the relationship between refrigerated warehouse capacities and urban population levels.

    • Date de publication : 28/05/2013
    • Sujets : Chiffres, économie