City Centre Deira launches sustainable pop-up market

City Centre Deira has launched a one-of-a-kind sustainable pop-up market. Running until 7 February, the mall is taking steps to minimise the industry’s carbon footprint by welcoming a host of sustainable brands as customers continue to put their purchasing power towards responsible retail as indicated in the results of the Big City Centre Vote.   …

KEZAD Group partners with Emerging World to establish PRAN plant

KEZAD Group has announced that it has signed an agreement with Emerging World FZC, the sole importer of PRAN-RFL Group’s products in the Middle East region, to establish a PRAN manufacturing plant to cater to local and regional markets.   PRAN’s AED 110 million facility, being developed in multiple phases, will spread across more than …

Dow and LVMH partner to improve sustainable packaging

Dow and LVMH Beauty, a division of LVMH, the world leader in luxury and home to 75 iconic brands, to collaborate to accelerate the use of sustainable packaging across LVMH’s perfume and cosmetic products. This collaboration would enable both bio-based and circular plastics to be integrated into several of the beauty multinational’s product applications without …

Finat reports sharp drop European labelstock demand in Q4

In the fourth quarter, labelstock demand in Europe dropped sharply, after a poor first half of the year caused by strike related paper shortages from Finland, and a rebound in Q3. For the year as a whole, European self-adhesive labelstock demand decreased by 4.7% compared to 2021.   Compared to the fourth quarter in 2021, …

Xerox Emirates commits to a green future with its sustainability initiatives

With sustainability at the core of its values, Xerox Emirates to contributing to a green future with the success of its sustainable initiatives launched in the recent years that include the Toner & Cartridge Recycling program with Enviroserve, the Print Releaf program and other internal Recycling initiatives.   In a press release received by Packaging …

Avery Dennison signs agreement to Acquire Thermopatch

Avery Dennison has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Thermopatch, a leader specialising in labeling, embellishments, and transfers for the sports, industrial laundry, workwear and hospitality industries. After the deal closes, which is expected to happen in the first quarter of 2023, Thermopatch will become part of the company’s Retail Branding and …

Alpla Group records turnover of 5.1 billion Euros

The Alpla Group has announced a successful financial year 2022 in spite of the crisis. Sales of 5.1 billion euros exceeded the previous year’s figure by 27.5 per cent. In addition to the company’s growth strategy, the record turnover reflects the significantly higher costs for energy, materials, staff and transport.   In 2023, the packaging …

Mondi expands range of FunctionalBarrier Papers

Mondi, one of the global leaders in packaging and paper is expanding its unique range of medium, high and very high-barrier paper-based packaging to support customers on their journey to use more sustainable packaging solutions.   The company has further evolved its portfolio and now offers a full range of FunctionalBarrier Papers to customers. By …