Avery Dennison promotes Hassan Rmaile to EMEA VP and GM

Avery Dennison has promoted Hassan Rmaile to vice-president and general manager of Label and Graphic Materials Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Mr.Rmaile replaces Jeroen Diderich, who has relocated to the US to take the role of VP/ GM, LGM North America. In his previous roles, Mr.Rmaile delivered a strong long term vision for …

Why Heidelberg can be labelled a success

  Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) is continuing to systematically focus on its core business. In the growing labels sector, it will concentrate on end-to-end digitised solutions in sheetfed offset printing. Speedmaster sheetfed offset presses, the XL 106-DD rotary die cutter, and the label systems of Heidelberg partner Polar are perfect for making wet-glue labels, cut-and-stack labels and …

DS Smith wins Award for Cheerios Bio

  Display and packaging manufacturer DS Smith has won the German Packaging Award 2020 in the category ‘Product Presentation’ for Nestle’s new organic cereals of the Cheerios Bio Brand. As one of the campaigners for the “Germany Hums!” initiative of the Foundation for People and the Environment organisation, the long-standing Nestle supplier developed a creative …

Double delight for Kodak as two technologies awarded

    Kodak is delighted to have received two very prestigious InterTech Technology Awards – one for the Uteco Sapphire EVO M digital web press powered by Kodak Stream Inkjet Technology, and one for Kodak Prosper QD Packaging Inks and Film Optimizer Agent (FOA).   The awards recognise innovative technologies which in the view of …

Smithers forecasts global functional additive sales for plastic packaging

    Global functional additive sales for plastic packaging are forecast to grow during 2020-25 at an annual average rate of 5.3% to approximately $2.3 billion from $1.7bn in 2019. Global barrier coating sales for plastic packaging meanwhile are forecast to grow at an annual average rate of 4.9% to $2.4bn to $1.8bn in the …

Nestlé sharpens water focus while exploring strategic options

    Nestlé’s board of directors has approved a new strategic direction for its Waters business. The company will sharpen its focus on its iconic international brands and leading premium mineral water brands, and invest in differentiated healthy hydration, such as functional water products. The board also confirmed its intent to explore strategic acquisitions, while …

Organisers reduce running time of rescheduled Drupa event from 11 days

    Drupa, the world’s leading trade fair for printing technologies, having already postponed this year’s event due to coronavirus, will also reduce the running time of the rescheduled 2021 from 11 days to nine. The revised dates are April 20-28, 2021. In cutting the length of the event, Drupa is responding to the wishes of …

PepsiCo Egypt announces $100m investment in new production lines

    Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, Chairman of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones, met with Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo Egypt Mohamed Shelbaya to discuss the group’s investment plans. New developments include the expansion of production lines for the two subsidiaries of the group, Pepsi and Chipsy Food industries, as well as investments in …

Two of Drupa’s biggest-name exhibitors withdraw

    Two of the biggest names on the Drupa lineup, Bobst and Xerox, have pulled out of next year’s event. “We have started to virtualise the customer experience with live streaming demonstrations across all equipment in our existing Competence Centers providing an engaging customer experience with less traveling constraints,” Bobst said in a statement. …

Prati plants trees in Kenya as part of Global Treedom initiative.

  Just when our planet needs everyone’s support, Prati has stepped right up. The Italy-based company has always paid close attention to sustainability, driving technological innovations to improve the efficiency of its solutions and, consequently, optimise energy consumption. For several years, Prati has been taking part in the global Treedom initiative.   Founded in Italy …