UAE: Siegwerk Turkey has signed a distribution agreement with Printech Middle East LLC by which the latter will become the first official ink distributor for Siegwerk’s flexible packaging inks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Siegwerk Turkey’s tie-up with the regionally well-known solution and service provider further expands the presence of the global supplier of …
Lombardi is gearing up to meet the labelling challenge
The flexo press manufacturer is upbeat about the Middle-East market, and is scaling up its technology to break into CI Flexo and Roto Gravure markets. Nicola Lombardi and Ranesh Bajaj share their thoughts with Ben Daniel Italy-based Lombardi Converting Machinery’s flexo journey in this part of the world began with Vinsak, the India-based company with …
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Al Madeena Printing Press doubles its B1 format Heidelberg CD 102 investment to meet growing packaging print demand
Dubai: Al Madeena Printing Press, Dubai has invested in a Heidelberg CD 102 five-colour press with coater in a bid to expand its existing capacity to meet the demand within the region. According to NP Mohammed Ashraf, general manager at Al Madeena Printing Press, 20% of its production is for captive consumption of the Al …
The innovative thinking behind RB-Finish’s new recyclable packaging
UAE: As Finish celebrates the launch of its new recyclable product pouch, the team reflect on the market-leading innovations that led to its creation – and some of the major challenges faced along the way. “With this project coming to life after more than a year, it’s like talking about our baby,” says Krzysztof Krajewski, …
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Good packaging design for greater shelf impact
A small portion of consumers are loyal when it comes to brands, but there is a larger chunk who are swayed aIway by many other factors, packaging design among them is one, Kaunain Shahidi of Packaging MEA finds out Imagine yourself walking down the aisle of a supermarket looking for your favourite brand on the …
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GMG OpenColor is now packed with easy and thrifty colour profiling solutions
The new multi-colour separation software can create a profile with a minimum of 20 patches, Simone Viscomi and Andreas Stephanali of GMG Color tell Benjamin Daniel GMG Color is recognised as a proofing company, right? Yes, not just that. “We want to let everyone know that we are mainly a colour management company,” says Simone …
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A report on the state of labels in Middle East & Africa region
AWA Alexander Watson Associates examines one of the label industry’s most intriguing regions, one with a diverse geographical region, offering real growth opportunities for technical know-how and business expertise of every kind The Middle East and Africa is a combination of both technologically-advanced and underdeveloped countries. There are an estimated 60 languages spoken here – …
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Tunisian Comptoir National du Plastique boosts production with W&H automation retrofit
Tunisia: Comptoir National du Plastique (CNP) claims an increase in production of its blown film line by 20% with a retrofit from W&H. The Tunisian film manufacturer CNP has modernized its 2007 blown film line (2,400 mm) with a new MAXICONE C three-layer die head (size: 315/500) by W&H. CNP also retrofitted the existing machine with the …
Milliken is making the process of producing packaging material clear, vibrant and safe for the environment
Benjamin Daniel gathers more information about the clarifiers, nucleators and colourants that Milliken has introduced to this region’s markets from Sami TK Palanisami, the company’s commercial manager for EMEA Why is packaging important? Because it helps deliver a product to the customer, in precisely the way the brand desires, safely protecting the contents while making …
Bidders prepare for Bosch packaging buy
Germany: Italy’s engineering group Coesia and German industrial holding Koerber are preparing offers for the packaging machinery unit that German auto supplier Bosch has put on the block, people close to the matter said. Private equity firms such as Triton, Bain, KKR, Cinven and Onex are also expected to hand in first bids for the company which …