The leading Japanese snack-food manufacturer Calbee has made headlines through its announced switch to black-and-white packaging for some of its products due to naphtha shortages, which are having a growing impact on a wide range of industries.
As the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz chokes off essential raw materials, Japan’s top crisp maker is stripping the colour from its iconic bags to keep production lines running.
Before the advent of electricity in the home made electrically-heated clothes irons a possibility, ironing was a cumbersome process, with self-heated irons being an arguable improvement over solid …
