fluting paper which produced from nssc pulp is the most important lignocellulosic sources for production of packaging papers. the usage of paper is prefered to other sources for packaging purposes considering some properties such as cheapness, being enviromentally friendly and recyclability. in this research, production of nssc pulp from populus deltoides clone 69-55 for packaging purposes and ...

BACKGROUND This study investigated the relationship between job type and the risk for spontaneous abortion to assess the reproductive toxicity of female workers in the semiconductor industry. METHODS A questionnaire survey was administered to current female workers of two semiconductor manufacturing plants in Korea. We included female workers who became pregnant at least 6 months after the st...

nanotechnology in manufacturing of sensors with small dimensions, evaluate a lot of the parameters carefully. the applications of nanosensors include three important branch in nan biotechnology (medical, agricultural and food industries). nan osensors technology as a new science is a powerful substitution for conventional analytical techniques in the field of agricultural sciences. sensitivity ...

This paper addresses a practical scheduling problem arising in the packaging department of a pharmaceutical industrial plant. The problem is modeled as a parallel machine scheduling problem with setups, release and due dates and additional constraints related to the scarce availability of tools and human operators. The objective functions are minimization of makespan and maximum tardiness in le...

The quality of packaging plays a critical role for the product overall. Color, finishing and surface must satisfy the highest demands. It is absolutely crucial that the information found on packaging is accurate and clearly legible. This especially the case when it comes to folding boxes in the pharmaceutical, food and cosmetics industry. That is why each individual manufacturing process – from...

In recent years, consumers have become more health conscious in their food choices but they also have less time to prepare healthy meals. As a result, minimally processed (MP) products have become an important sector of the food industry because of their ‘fresh-like’ qualities, convenience and speed of meal preparation. In this study, the physical qualities of MP potatoes (‘Désirée’ variety) st...

BACKGROUND In the face of comprehensive bans on the marketing of tobacco products, packaging has become an increasingly important promotional tool for the tobacco industry. A ban on the use of branding on tobacco packaging, known as 'plain' packaging, has emerged as a promising regulatory strategy. The current study sought to examine perceptions of cigarette packaging among adults in France. ...

Nowadays food preservation, quality maintenance, and safety are major growing concerns of the food industry. It is evident that over time consumers' demand for natural and safe food products with stringent regulations to prevent food-borne infectious diseases. Antimicrobial packaging which is thought to be a subset of active packaging and controlled release packaging is one such promising techn...

In this commentary we consider the validity of tobacco industry-funded research on the effects of standardised packaging in Australia. As the first country to introduce standardised packs, Australia is closely watched, and Philip Morris International has recently funded two studies into the impact of the measure on smoking prevalence. Both of these papers are flawed in conception as well as des...

Background—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Design for the Environment (DfE) Program, the University of Tennessee (UT) Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies, and Western Michigan University (WMU) partnered with the Gravure Association of America (GAA), gravure printers from the packaging and prod­ uct sectors, and other industry experts to iden­ tify 1) common environ...