Towards better boxes

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Smart, lightweight, green boxes are the future. At least that is what Shi Yan Qiu, secretary general of the China Container Industry Associa...

MCID to go 100% waterborne

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Maersk Container Industry (MCI) has announced that it will abandon the use of solvent-borne coatings at its dry freight container manufactur...

CakeBoxx/Valspar team up

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CakeBoxx Technologies, the developer of the CakeBoxx doorless container, has announced a strategic partnership agreement with Valspar Corpor...

Obituary: Don ten Wolde

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It is with deep sadness that we report the death of Don ten Wolde, a well known figure in the container coatings industry, who passed away p...

Self-locking interconnector from Duraloc

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UK-based Duraloc Ltd has launched a new, self-locking container interconnector that is designed to simplify the process of interlocking mini...

Obituary: Juergen Gerlach

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Juergen Gerlach, long time president of US-based container and chassis spare parts supplier Martec International, has died at the age of 74....

Hempel in Indian move

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Hard on the heels of signing an agreement to set up its first paint production facility in Russia (see WorldCargo News May 2011, p25), leadi...

Suraloc signs licence deal with CIMC

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Chinese container door gear manufacturer Shanghai Suraloc Transportation Equipment Components Co Ltd has avoided the risk of legal action ov...

Hempel into Russia

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Leading international marine and container coatings supplier Hempel has signed an agreement with local government officials in the Ulyanovsk...

Fort Vale “U” stamp renewed

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UK-based Tank container component manufacturer Fort Vale Engineering has had its ASME “U” Stamp accreditation renewed following a recent...

Dipping a toe in the water – again

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“Ask any container coatings manufacturer what his major preoccupation is at present and the reply will undoubtedly be the development of e...

New protective coating for door gear

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Saejin Container Components Co, which operates three container door hardware manufacturing plants in China, has developed a new aluminium ce...

Towards waterborne container coatings

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In an effort to introduce more eco-friendly processes to the container manufacturing industry, China International Marine Containers (CIMC) ...