Niels Hougaard, Managing Director of Tetra Pak Arabia, explains Packaging MEA on what the company is doing to make food packaging more sustainable, efficient and better for the planet Packaging MEA (PMEA): Tell us a bit about your new fibre-based barrier to replace the aluminium layer, and how it helps Tetra Pak meet its …
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Doaa Bin Thabit, Contributing Editor, Packaging MEA, grants at insight into her delightful Ramadan initiative, which encourages more fortunare school children to distribute toys to their orphan peers and instill in them a spirit of generosity Since the launch of her social initiative Gift with Love in 2019, Doaa bin Thabit, founder of Packageha, …
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 …
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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 …
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Quantafuel, Dubal Holding and BASF to move to the front-end engineering and design (FEED) stage on the plant for chemical recycling of waste plastics in Dubai. After a six-month feasibility study where the main design parameters have been defined and the site and feedstock secured, the project is now entering the FEED stage with …
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On the occasion of the United Arab Emirates’ 50th national day, OneHive and Skyne have collaborated to design a high-end gift pack for their honey. OneHive is a local honey brand that originated in the mountains of Hatta, under the stewardship of His Highness Sheikh Salem bin Sultan Al Qasimi. The company’s approach …
Carrefour has announced to replace single-use plastic bags at checkout counters with starch alternatives in all stores across Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The supermarket owned and operated by Majid Al Futtaim in the UAE, will offer a sustainable alternative to plastic bags in response to the new government policy banning the use of single-use …
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UAE-based Re.life has announced that it has won three awards within the first quarter of the year. Founded as a next-generation digital ecosystem, re.life develops smart platforms that aim to simplify B2B and B2C transactions, as well as provide individual users better access to services. The awards recognise the company’s innovations as a start-up, …
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Agthia Group PJSC, one of the region’s leading food and beverage companies, held a board meeting to discuss and approve key business decisions, including a greenfield investment in Saudi Arabia. The board of directors approved an AED 90 million investment for the construction of a manufacturing facility for Nabil, one of Agthia’s protein brands, …
In increasingly unpredictable times, retailers need to be ready to react quickly to sudden market changes and emerging trends. The spikes in footfall that supermarkets, grocers and pharmacists are currently experiencing due to the Covid-19 is something many retailers could not have prepared for. As customers flock to stores to pick up essentials, retailers will …
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