Dettol replaces iconic logo with Covid heroes

Dettol, India’s most trusted germ protection brand, has launched a one-of-its-kind campaign, #DettolSalutes.   For the first time in its history, Dettol has replaced its iconic logo with images of Covid-19 pandemic workers and “protectors”, along with their inspiring stories.   The brand has gathered 100 such stories from across India and is carrying them …

Paper not film: KHS launches ecofriendly can packaging

KHS Group has added a further environmentally friendly system to its portfolio. With its tried-and- tested Innopack Kisters tray packers, the systems supplier now enables cans of food and beverage to be wrapped in paper.   The new technology provides an alternative to shrink film or wraparound cartons. Regarding stability the results are the same …

Al Rawabi has announced the launch of Fresh Cold Pressed Juices

Al Rawabi has announced the launch of Al Rawabi’s Fresh Cold Pressed Juices. This new addition to Al Rawabi’s portfolio comes in seven flavours, pressed every day. Al Rawabi Dairy Company is a leading dairy and juice company in the UAE with a wide range of products from milk, yoghurt, laban, juice, and functional products. …

Stora Enso and Tingstad launch formed fiber food bowls to replace plastics

    Stora Enso is introducing its new eco-friendly takeaway bowls for foodservice packaging, PureFiber™. The products are free from plastic and PFAS and are designed to help customers replace plastic on-the-go food packaging. The bowls are being brought to market together with the wholesale company Tingstad. The PureFiber™ product range will expand to other …

Bobst unveils vision to Connect digital and physical worlds

New platform promises to facilitate a seamless process from PDF to package   Bobst has a vision in which brand owners, converters, toolmakers, packers and retailers are all part of a seamless supply chain, accessing data across the entire workflow. Machines and tools will “talk” to each other, transmitting data through a cloud-based platform orchestrating …

Kizad signs AED55 million deal with India’s largest plastics packager

Indian plastic packaging converter Shrinath Flexipack to produce 30,000 metric tonnes of plastics per annum on green field site at KIZAD’s Polymers Park Shrinath Flexipac, India’s leading manufacturer
of plastic packaging materials, has finalised an agreement to build its first factory in the Middle East at Kizad, the UAE’s first industrial free zone. The AED55 million …

Reflecting on Covid-19 pandemic: Its time to change and turn this crisis into a creative opportunity

Packaging MEA team gathers prominent views and perceptions from across the packaging value chain even as the FMCG and other sectors of the industry makes a stand against Covid-19 pandemic The coronavirus pandemic has dampened the spirits of a hitherto burgeoning industry, with Q1 2020 being the toughest quarter for manufacturers since 2009. Amid the …

OKI offers communication on demand solutions during Covid-19

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 …