Rapid fluctuation and high risk create challenging conditions for management of the beverage industry, which is subject to extremely dynamic cycles of change. KHS has trained its focus on the industry with new developments It’s a world of VUCA, which defines a world which is being increasingly characterised by volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. The …
Indian-based Pragati are the badshahs of commercial, labels and packaging
In a freewheeling chat with Benjamin Daniel, Pragati Group’s director Harsha Paruchuri shares the receipe of success PMEA: Being a renowned commercial printer in Asia, what influenced or prompted Pragati to enter into the world of packaging print? Harsha Paruchuri (HP): In the year 2000, we were looking at how internet would change things and …
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Insoft hosts a print software conclave to introduce its layout planning software App in the Middle East region
Insoft Automation India, the software specialist introduced an IMP App for the Middle East market with a knowledge sharing event held recently. IMP is a layout planning software. Among many contributions to printing along with invention of printing press that revolutionised book production, was in planning exact size and sequence of pages for Gutenberg’s Bible. …
How IGB’s ideas coupled Bobst converting technologies are helping it to become a forerunner in pharma packaging
Industrie Grafiche Bressan (IGB)’s Oscar della Stampa as the Best Technology Innovator in 2018 is a testimony of the Italian company’s capabilities to produce quality production as well as innovate, Benjamin Daniel finds out Switzerland : Italy’s Industrie Grafiche Bressan (IGB) is a little bit different company, different from most package manufacturers. It innovates as well …
Sidel’s Cermex WB46 wrap-around case packer rises to Unilever’s skin cream “specific” end-of-line challenges
Unilever is an ambitious customer, and Sidel had to press its entire set of competence to meet the requirement of producing a perfect end-of-line solution for Unilever’s round pots of skin cream product, Benjamin Daniel finds out Dubai : Sidel has commissioned a new end-of-line solutions, which includes one piece of the company’s spearhead equipment, the …
Epple sets new benchmark for food-safe printing ink with its BoFood®MH next generation Ink
Epple Druckfarben has introduced BoFood®Organic an ink system for inner side packaging printing. Helmut Fröhlich of Epple tells Packaging MEA the practicality of its ‘Food-Safe’ and environmentally friendly inks and varnishes German-based ink specialist Epple Druckfarben has introduced BoFood® next generation offset series especially conceived for the safe printing of primary food packaging. The new …
Stora Enso introduces renewable paper cup designed for effective recycling
Finland : Stora Enso introduces Cupforma Natura Solo™, a renewable paperboard for paper cups. The innovative material is suitable for hot and cold drinking cups, as well as for ice cream packaging. It is produced without a traditional plastic coating layer and designed for full fibre recovery in a recycling process. “We see strong demand for …
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Zomato introduces a new packaging for food delivery to curb food tampering
India :Online restaurant guide and food delivery service provider, Zomato has introduced tamper-proof packaging to add extra safety to food deliveries. Here, the food will be sealed by the restaurant and the packet can only be opened by cutting off the top-end strip. The move has come months after a food tampering case in which …
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UAE among fastest GCC economies with 2.9% GDP growth
Packaging MEA editor Ben Daniel takes a closer look at the GCC economy through the World Bank Report released recently. GDP is expected to grow by 2.6% in 2019 and accelerate to 3% in 2020 GCC: As we all head towards a hot and scorching summer, business could slow down as we approach the end …
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Arab PP installs new Koenig & Bauer Rapida 106
Lebanon : Arab Printing Press in Beirut have installed a Koenig & Bauer Rapida 106, a four printing units, inline coater, extended delivery and a perfecting unit for 2/2 production press. The new installation follows the Koenig & Bauer loyalist’s investment in an eight-colour Rapida 106 for 4-over-4 perfecting installed in 2014. Arab Printing Press, …
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