Royce named as a preferred colorant supplier for Natureworks’
resin products.
Natureworks has named Royce as a preferred colorant supplier for their line of 
PLA resins. Royce will work hand in glove with Natureworks and their customers to develop and supply colorant and additive products to help expand the use and market for resins. While Royce has the ability to supply colorants for virtually any application, the markets that include food contact, cosmetic and pharmaceutical packaging are areas that Royce will specialize in with Natureworks. Where specified, Royce will formulate and produce products to meet any of the numerous compost-ability regulations such as ASTM 6400 3.1 and 3.2 or EN 14432 and EN 14995.
Royce and Natureworks will work with product designers, stewards, processors and final end users to assure that the market is receiving the service and quality that is expected of both companies.
Royce Receives Certified Supplier Status from Carestream Healthcare Corporation.
At this year’s Carestream Healthcare’s Vendor Event, Royce was honored with the receipt of Certified Supplier Status. This status represents less than 4% of Carestream’s overall supplier base. To achieve this ranking the vendor must have virtual perfect record of quality and performance coupled with an ongoing commitment to reducing costs year over year through efficiency programs, product improvement and innovation to mention just a few. In addition, Royce was also nominated to receive the coveted “Quality Supplier of the Year Award”.
S. 593 Proposes Ban of BPA from All Food and Beverage Containers
On Friday, March 13th US lawmakers introduced legislation to ban the toxic chemical Bisphenol-A, suspected of harming human development, from all food and beverage containers.
The move came a week after state officials announced that the six major US baby bottle makers had agreed to stop using the substance popularly known as BPA, which has been blamed for a range of health problems in infants.
"The scientific evidence is mounting that BPA poses serious health risks, especially to children, and manufacturers and retailers have already started to pull items from their store shelves," said Democratic Congressman Edward Markey, one of the bill's lead authors.
"It is time for Congress to act quickly to ban this toxin from all food and beverage containers so that parents can feed their children without worrying that the food contains poisonous chemicals."
Under the measure, reusable beverage containers, such as baby bottles and thermoses, that contain BPA could not be sold, while other containers like food cans or baby formula that contain BPA could not be produced.