SIG invests in new recycling technology for aseptic cartons

SIG has announced a BRL 10 million investment in innovative recycling technology that will enable polymers and aluminium from used aseptic carton packs to be recovered and sold separately for the first time on an industrial scale in Brazil.   By expanding the range of applications for recycled materials from used aseptic cartons, SIG expects …

Coca-Cola uses Navilens’ on-pack tech for visually-impaired

Coca-Cola becomes UK’s first beverage brand to pilot NaviLens technology for visually impaired.   The beverage company has rolled out NaviLens codes across 24x330ml and 30x330ml packs of its Christmas can multipacks.   The new boxes will allow a smartphone to easily detect a unique on-pack code and play back labelling information to shoppers. The …

Almarai launches investments worth 1.2 billion SR for Al-Jouf region

Almarai Company has announced an investment of 1.2 billion SR in Sakaka Governorate in the Al-Jouf region to develop a poultry hatchery production facility.   This came at a signing ceremony of an agreement between Almarai Company and the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture under the patronage of HRH Prince Faisal bin Nawaf bin …

Almarai and ABEGS honour winners of Academic Excellence Award

Almarai Company and the Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States (ABEGS) honored the academic excellence of general education students in the Gulf Cooperation Council states, 84 students who won the Academic Excellence Award in the Arab Gulf, with a ceremony held in the Bahraini capital, Manama, on 3 November, under the patronage of …

Almarai donates food baskets to 13 charities

Almarai Company recently donated food baskets to 13 charities serving the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in various areas as part of its CSR effort.   Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Complex for the memorisation of the Quran in Riyadh, The Supervisory Office of the Qur’an Circles in Hubuna Governorate – Najran, Charitable Society for Orphans Care …

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa empowers 50 young women

Fifty women plastic waste collectors have completed training in health and safety standards, and received guidelines for collection and waste management, which in turn is expected to empower over 500 waste collectors across the country.   The women were awarded their graduation certificates at a handover ceremony at Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) Mozambique’s plant in …