Raqam International, a Riyadh-based label printer and converter specialised in computer-cut vinyl stickers, signage, retail product labels, barcodes and laser and computer labels, has invested $3.5m to develop its converting lines to serve new markets.
Ajanta invests $1.4m in Sharjah plant to boost exports
Ajanta Packaging, a leading packaging provider, has made a AED 5m ($1.4m ) investment into infrastructure and machinery as its operation in the UAE to help it win business beyond the Gulf.
Labelexpo Europe aims for record figures
Labelexpo Europe 2013, set to be the largest in the show’s 33-year history, returns to Belgium on 24–27 September with new features including an Inkjet Trail, a face-to-face showdown of rival technologies.
Tanzania Printers invests in FA-4 Nilpeter and eyes pressure-sensitive labels
Dar es Salaam-based label printer Tanzania Printers has acquired its first Nilpeter flexo press, an FA-4.
Nilpeter showcases finishing kit at GPP
Nilpeter Middle East used GPP 2013 to highlight its finishing kit as well as its range of narrow- and mid-web printing presses for self-adhesive labels and flexible packaging.
Rotary offset makes inroads in package printing
Offset printing and rotary technology have never seemed a perfect match for package printing – where folding cartons are dominated by sheetfed offset and flexible packaging by gravure or CI and inline flexo – but rotary offset is now grabbing a slice of the market, writes Nick Coombes.