Author: PackagingMEA

Europe-based Colep has inked a joint venture with UAE-based Scitra, part of the Albatha Group, to set up an aerosol contract manufacturing operation in the UAE.

H.B. Fuller has won a ‘New Product Innovation Leadership Award’ from Frost & Sullivan for its hot melt adhesive product innovation and technical leadership in the nonwoven hygiene market.

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) in Pakistan has called on the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) to set up an institute for printing and packaging.

South African JSE-listed can maker Nampak Bevcan claims its Angola operations have topped expectations, prompting the installation of a second can line.

Nestlé has invested 26m Swiss francs (200m Egyptian pounds) to extend its ice cream factory in Egypt.

Mark Andy has revealed details of its widely anticipated entry into digital print: the Digital Series, a full-colour inkjet solution aimed at providing fast changeovers, web handling, inline converting and other label and package decoration options.

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Sidel is to set up a complete PET water bottle line in Oman for the local producer Barzman.

Saudi Arabia-based Sabic has optimised its high-quality collation shrink films for the beverage market, enhancing its multi-layer film concept to support film packaging applications with five or more layers.

Media and advertising company Printlink has embarked into thermal roll production and advertising for 150 supermarkets in the UAE through a purchase of a Mark Andy 2200 six-colour flexo press.