Egyptian packaging company Express Plast has credited an expansion in its productivity to its investment in BOBST flexo technology. The impact of which prompted managing director Ashraf Hassan to remark: “You could say we were a category D company in terms of our size and scope. But after we invested in the flexo machines, …
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Unilever has announced it will convert its entire global toothpaste portfolio to recyclable tubes by 2025. After four years of development, the recyclable tubes will be available later this year in two of Unilever’s biggest oral care markets: France and India. First launching in France with the company’s leading oral care brand Signal, the …
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Kimoha Entrepreneurs FZCO has installed a new RFID Smart Label manufacturing facility, the first of its kind in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The move means the firm will cater to both the RFID requirements of customers in the UAE and to those based out of the GCC too. The installation was celebrated with an …
At the end of last year, Vision Foods & Packaging in Lahore took delivery of a six colour Rapida 106 with coater and extended delivery. With the installation of this highly automated sheetfed offset press for the 3b format, the company has significantly expanded its print capacity, just five years after its founding. The high-end …
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Gulf Packaging Industries and Brückner Maschinenbau have joined forces again: A state-of-the-art 10.4m BOPP line will be added to the manufacturing complex in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia, in autumn 2022. Nader Al Dakheel, Gulf Packaging’s Chief Executive, said: “We are excited about our new expansion and we will continue on our growth path …
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A young company in Nigeria with plans for growth has opted for Dortmund-based systems supplier KHS for its new PET line. Nigeria is projected to have the world’s third largest population by 2050, yet already its supply of drinking water is inadequate, Nigerians are continuing to have to resort to buying water in bottles – …
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When Henriette Thomas, now the Africa and Middle East General Manager for Point Group, launched her career in print, it was a different world. She is happy to see how women have risen in the industry since then Packaging MEA: Tell us about yourself and your career. Henriette: I started my journey in …
Diversification over the decades and an effective coronavirus response last year accounts for the country’s past and present successes The UAE economy has expanded 57 times in the past five decades, rising from AED6.5billion to about ED353.9bn in 2020. In 2021, gross domestic product is expected to swell to AED373.15bn, as per International Monetary Fund …
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Surface treatment manufacturer Vetaphone has opened a new high-tech showroom and demonstration facility at its headquarters in Kolding, Denmark. Designed to showcase the company’s range of corona technology, it includes treatment units for applications including extrusion, high-speed printing, converting, and narrow web – for demonstration in person as well as online. Vetaphone CEO …
It’s always been important to have proofs that are as close as possible to the final product. After all, an accurate proof allows important decisions and corrections to be made before going to press and reduces the risk of unpleasant surprises in the final print. While accurate colour reproduction is often considered the most …
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