Author: PackagingMEA

Taghleef Industries (Ti), a global biaxially oriented polypropylene film (BoPP) producer, has completed its acquisition of Derprosa Film, a leading Spanish supplier of flexible films for the packaging industry and the graphic arts applications.

Korozo, the leading flexible packaging and carrier bag producer in Turkey, has become the first Kodak Certified Partner in Turkey, Middle East and Africa through meeting the requirements of a certification programme for Kodak Flexcel NX plates.

US-based Color-Logic is now focusing on bringing its Process Metallic Color System to the Gulf region, says Mark Geeves, director of sales and marketing for Color-Logic.

Dubai-based premedia, CGI, digital printing and prepress services company NDigitec has launched its web-to-print platform, DubaiPrint.com

Dubai-based Afra Asianray Printing Equipment Trading LLC is now the regional distributor for Mohr paper guillotines.

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.

Sharjah-based Future Card has installed what it describes as the Gulf’s first Kodak Approval half-tone digital proofing system.

Richelle Wiley and Malcolm Keightley tell Benjamin Daniel how Workz supplies 20 million metres of finished board products yearly – going from blank paper to finished SIM card in two and a half minutes – and now aims to expand from telecom markets into areas such as pharmaceuticals. 

India-based PET bottle and preform supplier Manjushree Technopack – an exporter to Africa and the Middle East as well as Thailand – has announced its revenue for the 12 months to 31 March totalled Rs4.38bn ($745m), a 21% year-on-year rise.

Unilever aims to invest $150m to open a Kenyan plant, the company’s largest investment in Africa.