In helping organisations across the MENA region plan and achieve their objectives, subject matter experts at Epson are delivering insight into the megatrends that will influence the world of work until 2030. They have identified four key areas that are driving business growth in the region’s public and private sectors: automation, collaboration, sustainability, and …
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Aiming to boost plastic trade between India and UAE, the government-sponsored Plastics Export Promotion Council (Plexconcil) has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Al Fajer, the organisers of Arab Plast. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed in presence of Hemant Minocha, Chairman Plexconcil, Sribash Dasmohapatra Executive Director, Plexconcil, and Nadhal …
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TOMRA’s Autosort sensor-based sorting technology to recover high-quality, high-purity value recyclates at FARZ, the first automated MRF in the United Arab Emirates. The 1,200 tons per day plant has two separate lines – one for MSW and the other for C&I waste. Six Autosort units are spread across the lines and used to identify …
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Esko-Graphics and GMG have partnered to deliver a new connection between GMG’s profiling and colour prediction solution, GMG Open- Color, and Esko’s native prepress editing software, ArtPro+. Creating a smoother and more efficient colour conversion process for packaging and label printers, trade shops and premedia houses, the ArtPro+ GMG OpenColor Connector enhances the connectivity …
Esko has launched a new software solution to help growing brands and small businesses bring quality products to market in a consistent, fast, and sustainable way. Mox is the new cloud-based tool that has been specifically developed to help small-to-medium sized consumer brands (SMB) meet the challenges of today’s omnichannel market, to work more efficiently, …
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Leipzig University of Applied Sciences conducted a study into the present role of gravure and found respondents continue to hail the technology’s reusability credentials. Gravure printing offers great potential for the circular economy: its major ecological advantages are the reusability of the printing cylinder and closed material cycles which enhance the sustainability of the …
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As one of the leading women in packaging, Sara Alexander of Bobst is keen to see more women – and especially more young people – embrace the sector as a career choice Packaging MEA (PMEA): Please introduce yourself. Sara Alexander (SA): I have worked in the packaging industry for more than 20 years, currently as …
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The Alpla Group, together with its joint venture partners Ecohelp (Ecohelp SRL – Romania) and UPT (United Polymer Trading AG – Switzerland), has opened its first PET recycling plant in Romania after a construction time of nine months and investment of around 7.5 million euros. The state-of-the-art plant is now producing around 18,000 tonnes …
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Re.life market, the virtual marketplace for business-to-business buying and selling of recovered commodities, recorded over 150,000 tonnes of recyclable material being traded on the platform in 2022, amounting to over AED100 million in value. This is a major milestone for the platform, which was launched by Re.life in 2021, and a powerful indicator of the …
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Smurfit Kappa has announced a €6 million investment at its Sanguesa paper mill in Spain, which will see the construction and installation of up to 12,000 solar panels on land adjacent to the mill. The solar panels will reduce CO2 emissions by over 3200 tonnes annually and provide significant cost savings Once operational, it …
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