Author: PackagingMEA

Dubai Personal Care (DPC) facility to produce 100,000 tonnes annually, 80% for export UAE CEO Paul Polmaninaugurated Unilever’s Dubai Personal Care (DPC) manufacturing facility in Dubai Industrial Park, UAE, on 21 December. ThefactoryisMENA’slargest personal care liquidsmanufacturing unit in investment, output, andsize,accordingtoUnilever. Set up with an AED1bn (USD270m) investment, this 100,000 sq m facility will manufacture Unilever’s …

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Gallus has unveiled a pre-series model of its new-generation Labelmaster, based on the Gallus Labelfire 340 and targeted at high-quality packaging and label applications.

Packaging is often used to communicate product attributes. ‘Fresh’ is written on packages, or ‘low calorie’ or ‘great taste’ – and consumers have to rely on the printed words to assess the claim. This approach clashes with the axiom of creative storytelling that says ‘show, don’t tell’. A team at the creative agency `Jack the …

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Having secured Esko HD and Full HD Certification, Jordan’s Digital Labels continues to perfect its REVO system in its drive to achieve ever-higher quality Time is the key factor in Mohammad Sabha’s vision of his company’s production. “All the work we are doing is to get the attention of the consumer in those few seconds,” …

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Sunil Jain, president of Rajoo Engineers Limited has his sights on Gulf packagers looking to shift from fivelayer to seven-layer blown films In multifoil production, Indiabased Rajoo Engineers is ready to take on rivals from all continentals in winning installations in the Gulf, according to President, Sunil Jain. “We compete with the best in the …

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Thomas Lengenberg, sales director at Windmoeller & Hoelscher, and Lennart Ederleh, head of technical customer consultancy, extrusion equipment, share their views on setting up and optimising blown film production “In general, the market growth for flexible packaging in the region is in the range of 3-5% p.a. We expect the business to grow at least …

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Jay Nair, SBU Manager at Henkel Adhesives Technologies India Pvt. Ltd, has his eye on the Middle East and Africa’s growing flexible packaging market for his company’s adhesives In regions including the Middle East and Africa, the issue is also fast gaining prominence, he explained. “Food safety in some markets is one of the biggest …

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At the second Packaging MEA Forum, in Dubai on 7–8 March, the regional industry’s leading figures shared insights on achieving quality, profit, and regulatory compliance. Across three busy days, participants in the second Packaging Middle East forum explored a host of important and sometimes surprising developments moulding their industry’s future. Key regional administrators explained how …

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Tetra Pak has released its 2015 sustainability report, which highlights the company’s achievements in environmental performance, social responsibility, and good governance over the past year In its update on progress in meeting sustainability objectives Tetra Pak highlights a series of activities the group carried out in 2015. • The Tetra Rex Bio-based carton hit the …

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Engel has bright hopes in the Middle East, where its market is set for a boost from major events – and ongoing turmoil The Middle East’s many appealing characteristics are often outweighed its one key disadvantage – ongoing crisis. Yet for Austria’s Engel, a manufacturer of plastics processing machinery, there is an upside to supply …

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