Author: PackagingMEA

UK: Bobst, one of the world’s leading suppliers of equipment and services to packaging and label manufacturers, has been chosen as the first Bellissima Digitally Modulated Screening (DMS) press manufacturer partner (PMP). Bellissima DMS is Hamillroad Software’s multi-award winning flexo screening technology. Using Bellissima, customers can produce high-quality prints equivalent to 350-450 lpi, achieve fades …

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India : Uflex has been recognised for innovative packaging in the category of Excellence in Packaging – Beverages (Large Enterprises) for Asepto Spark ‘Fresca’, at The Economic Times Polymers Awards 2019 held on 12 February 2019 in Mumbai. The company won the award for Fresca packaging, the first holographic pack of the era. On receiving the …

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USA : DuPont announced that five of its scientists were recognized with the prestigious American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Heroes of Chemistry Award for their discovery and development of DuPont™ Cyrel® EASY. The DuPont scientists are Adrian Lungu, Robert Blomquist, Mark Hackler, Violeta Lungu and Raj Subramanian. This annual award sponsored by the American Chemical Society …

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Industrial printing inks are increasingly being billed as ‘green’, but Sherry Washburn, business unit manager at Videojet Technologies takes a closer look at the green aspects of industrial printing inks and asks: are the inks really green? Industrial printing inks are increasingly being billed as ‘green’, but what does that mean in reality? How does …

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USA: Montagu Private Equity has completed the acquisition of Kodak flexo business, a deal which is valued at USD 340-million. The flexo division, though now a part of Montagu’s portfolio will be a standalone company, and will be known as Miraclon. Thus, Kodak’s flexographic leadership team has transitioned as part of the deal and will …

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Speaking on the sidelines of Xeikon Cafe event held from 26-28 March 2019, Xeikon’s president and CEO for digital printing solutions Benoit Chatelard, tells Benjamin Daniel why Xeikon, in the digital space, is a player to reckon with Benjamin Daniel (BD): Xeikon in the Middle East, What’s your strategy? Benoit Chatelard (BC): As a global …

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UAE: Members of Coalition Circle (Coalition of Innovation in Recycling towards a Closed Loop Economy) including BASF, Borouge, TetraPak, Carrefour, Coca-Cola, Dow, Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association, McDonald’s UAE, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, PepsiCo, Unilever and Emirates Nature – WWF have signed a pledge with the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) to develop …

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Germany: Messe Düsseldorf is all set to enter Egypt’s packaging market after its CEO Werner Dornscheidt met Amr Nassar, Minister of Trade and Industry of the Arab Republic of Egypt recently and discussed the topic. The Egyptian government, it was stated, is keen to see carefully planned, sustainable trade fair models that will attract investors …

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UAE:  Siegwerk Turkey has signed a distribution agreement with Printech Middle East LLC by which the latter will become the first official ink distributor for Siegwerk’s flexible packaging inks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Siegwerk Turkey’s tie-up with the regionally well-known solution and service provider further expands the presence of the global supplier of …

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The flexo press manufacturer is upbeat about the Middle-East market, and is scaling up its technology to break into CI Flexo and Roto Gravure markets. Nicola Lombardi and Ranesh Bajaj share their thoughts with Ben Daniel Italy-based Lombardi Converting Machinery’s flexo journey in this part of the world began with Vinsak, the India-based company with …

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