Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) and Coca-Cola Middle East has announced the introduction of 100% recycled PET (rPET) bottles for Coca-Cola’s range of beverages across official FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 venues, including stadiums and fan zones. Aligning with the SC’s key initiatives on responsible plastic recycling, Coca-Cola Middle East’s pilot …
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Reflecting on the company’s success over the past 16 years, Simply Cartons Managing Director, Craig Mather, credits technological innovation combined with a skilled team of people as key performance drivers, and the root of its excellent reputation for managing complex projects. Following a machine demonstration in Mex, Switzerland in 2015, and discussions between the …
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Alpla has been active in the national market for high-quality beverage packaging with an in-house production plant for customer and partner Refriango in the Luanda suburb of Viana since 2018. By opening a second plant, Alpla is highlighting its ambitions for the Angolan market. With success, because quality increases demand. And after Refriango was …
Beeah Group, the Middle East’s pioneer in sustainable, smart solutions for future-ready cities, has signed the ZEV Declaration at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt. Around 200 signatories to the declaration, initiated by the UK Presidency, are now setting a roadmap so that by 2040, all new van and car sales …
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Gulfood Manufacturing and GulfHost continued into a second day at Dubai World Trade Centre, with discussions on the regulatory landscape and investment opportunities in the F&B sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as well as the pressing issue of global food price inflation. The three-day event kicked off at 8 November and boasted …
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Aptar Pharma, one of the global leaders in drug delivery systems, services and active material science solutions, has announced that it has delivered the first phase of its previously announced expansion program of approximately $180 million USD to meet growing customer capacity needs for injection system solutions. The multisite, international expansion project began in 2020 …
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Beeah Environment Services, the environmental consulting, research, and innovation business of Middle East sustainability pioneer Beeah Group, announced the launch of Marasi, a new online platform that will streamline, track and profile different types of waste from ports. Marasi is a complete solution that integrates all waste management requirements, from the point of arrival …
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In the presence of the South African Environment Minister, the Alpla Group opened a state-of-the-art production site in Lanseria near Johannesburg. In the new headquarters for Sub-Saharan Africa, the internationally active plastic packaging specialist is merging five previous locations in South Africa under one roof. All Alpla technologies, processes and materials are combined in …
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Stefan Thulin, Vice-President of Sales, tells Packaging MEA why Lüscher’s new imaging line offers the perfect combination of quality and flexibility as the transition to flexo gathers pace Packaging MEA (PMEA): Please tell us briefly about Lüscher Technologies. Stefan Thulin (ST): Lüscher was founded in 1946 in Obstalden, Switzerland, and has been engaged in …
Building on its decades of experience in digital inline printing, Atlantic Zeiser to present its first system for full-color inline printing of flexible narrow web materials at the Pack Expo in Chicago, USA (Booth 2501-South Hall). The new DigiLine Vario allows the user to capitalise on the advantages of on-demand printing and late-stage customisation …
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