Author: PackagingMEA

With a distinctive ethos that nurtures employees as well as natural resources, Dubai-based Kimoha aims to lead the Gulf’s packaging sector towards a more sustainable approach in business and technology, reports Piers Evans.

Octal, an Oman-based supplier of food packaging materials, has announced its entry into the UAE date packaging market through contracts with leading date producers.

Esko is confident its sales in the MEA will surge this year after growing by more than 20% in 2012, says Johan Bastiaen, sales account manager Middle East & Africa.

Sharjah-based commercial printer Al Mansoorah Printing Company LLC (MPC) is extending its operations with a packaging facility in Dubai.

In January, Dubai-based Printech Middle East LLC beat its performance for the month last year, despite a fire having gutted its premises in November, said Archana Patel, director of organisational development & quality.

Kodak (Near East) has appointed Emirates Trans Graphics LLC (ETG) as the authorised distributor for Kodak thermal offset CTP plates and allied prepress consumables in the UAE and the Lower Gulf, specifically Oman, Bahrain and Qatar.

Techno Converting Services (TCS), which serves printing and converting customers in flexographic and rotogravure printing houses, film production and packaging, has opened an office in Dubai.

Dubai-based prepress specialist Reprotronics has invested almost €500,000 in a software and hardware overhaul including a switch to HD flexo.

A Pre-Valentines Day Chocolate Tasting event in the UAE highlighted an innovative packaging solution for serving worldwide markets with high-end French chocolates.