BASF Introduces Home-Compostable ecovio® for Sustainable Food Packaging

  BASF, a leader in the chemical industry, is expanding its ecovio® portfolio with a new certified home-compostable grade for extrusion coating on paper and board. The latest addition, ecovio® 70 PS14H6, has received food-contact approval and offers excellent barrier properties against liquids, fats, grease, and mineral oil. It demonstrates temperature stability at boiling water …

JAFZA: The ultimate destination for F&B packaging businesses – here’s why

    DP World UAE’s Chief Operations Officer for Parks and Zones, Abdulla Al-Hashmi, has highlighted the company’s efforts to build a resilient food supply chain in the Middle East and beyond, thanks to its state-of-the-art infrastructure and digital trade solutions. The National Food Security Strategy 2051, launched in 2018, has played a significant role …

PepsiCo AMESA’s ‘Filling Hearts Outside the Box’ Program Pledges 3M Meals This Ramadan

    PepsiCo in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia (AMESA) has partnered with the PepsiCo Foundation to launch the ‘Filling Hearts Outside the Box’ program, providing over three million meals to people in need across six countries during the Holy Month of Ramadan. The program is part of PepsiCo Foundation’s ‘Food for Good’ …

ISHIDA Unveils Latest Packaging Innovations at Interpack 2023

    ISHIDA will be displaying its latest innovations with the theme ‘Explore the Future of Packaging’. New products to be showcased include seal testers, a retail-ready case packer, the new IX-PD (Photon Counting Dual Energy) X-Ray series, and the latest edition of the Inspira range, the Box-motion. Four key trends on display at Interpackwill …

Fresh Produce Gets a Sustainable Makeover with MULTIVAC’s Innovative Labelling Solutions at Interpack 2023

    MULTIVAC will show innovative concepts for closing and labelling of fruit and vegetable trays. With its Top Wrap and Top Close labellers, Multivac offers two high-quality and resource-saving solutions for the closing of fresh produce trays with labels. Multivac will be presenting the new L 310 Top Wrap/Top Close conveyor belt labeller, which …

Almarai supports 27 charities programs for Ramadan

Almarai Company supported fasting breakfast programs for 27 charitable societies in the third week of the blessed month of Ramadan 1444 AH in various regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as part of its corporate social responsibility program.   Among the charities that included this support are the Sharia Revival Centers Association in Makkah …

Deliveroo UAE launches web store in partnership with Sineo Packaging

Deliveroo has announced the launch of a web store in partnership with environment-friendly packaging company, Sineo Packaging. The partnership falls under Deliveroo’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategy, and is a result of the company’s commitment to making sustainability a long-term business priority. Through Deliveroo’s web store, restaurants can now purchase sustainable, and customised packaging …

Hotpack to build SAR 1 billion packaging production plant in KSA

Hotpack Global, the UAE-based global leader in food packaging products, has announced its plan to build one of the world’s largest sustainable packaging plants at an estimated investment of SAR 1 billion in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.   The company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for this investment with the Kingdom’s Ministry …

Mondi and ATS-Tanner launch paper band for multipacks

Mondi, one of the global leaders in sustainable packaging and paper, has collaborated with Swiss converter ATS-Tanner to create an innovative paper band, which can hold individually labelled products or bundles reducing unnecessary plastic.   ATS-Tanner uses Mondi’s kraft paper Advantage MF SpringPack and converts it into a band by adding a functional barrier on …

Almarai ranks on Forbes’ top 10 most innovative companies in KSA

Almarai ranked 6th in the Forbes list, which included many major companies in various sectors, including energy, banking, telecommunications, health, and petrochemicals.   Abdullah Al-Otaibi, Head of Corporate Communication and Public Relations at Almarai Company, said, “The classification of Almarai among the list of most innovative companies in the Kingdom comes as part of the …