Gallus launches new digital inkjet label press

Gallus has announced the launch of its first fully digital label press, the Gallus One. The company has also announced a new Gallus Experience Centre designed to increase cross industry collaboration, innovation and success.   Marking a new addition to the company’s conventional and hybrid portfolio of label presses, the Gallus One has been specifically …

Heidelberg makes a positive start to 2022-23

Heidelberg has announced a successful start to the new 2022-2023 financial year. The first quarter saw significant improvements in both sales and operating profitability with a continued recovery of the markets in almost all regions. The group’s sales figures between April and June grew by 20 percent year on year to €530 million. This significant …

Rwenzori and Century unite as Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) has announced to the official change of name of its Uganda operations to Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda Limited (CCBU).   This follows the recent consolidation of the operations of its bottling subsidiaries through the amalgamation of Century Bottling Company Limited (CBC) and Rwenzori Bottling Company Limited (RBC) to form a single operating …

Jumeirah Beach Hotel installs onsite bottling plant

Jumeirah Beach Hotel celebrates the single-use plastic ban by installing a top-of-the-range Nordaq glass bottling plant at the resort.   With roughly 300 million tonnes of plastic produced each year and nearly 8.8 million tonnes dumped directly into our oceans, the Dubai family resort to contribute by replacing single-use water bottles in its rooms and …

Royal Gulf to construct UAE’s first used battery recycling centre

Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) has announced the welcome of Royal Gulf Industries, a state-of-the-art lead acid battery recycling company, to its dynamic industrial ecosystem.   A subsidiary of Hyderabad Castings Limited and part of Nakhat Group, the new company is set to invest AED 62.4 million (USD 17 million) to construct the UAE’s …

Smurfit Kappa’s circular approach to benefit local community

The Smurfit Kappa paper mill in Nettingsdorf, Austria, has launched a sustainable district heating project that will benefit 20,000 homes across three communities when completed. The scheme will capture excess heat generated from the Nettingsdorf paper mill to provide heating for local homes, businesses and schools.   Civil works have commenced on the ambitious project …

Buhler and Al-Hazaa open flour mill in Jordan

Swiss technology group Buhler and Jordanian Al-Hazaa Investment Group celebrated the opening of the Red Sea Flour (Ayla Mill) in Aqaba, Jordan in July 2022.   With the opening of Ayla Mill, powered by Buhler’s state-of-the-art technologies, both companies take another major step in addressing challenges in food security. Products from the new mill will …

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 …