SIG Combibloc, in partnership with Languiru, Rio Grande do Sul’s second largest production cooperative, is launching a digital solution that will provide transparency for quality and food safety, optimise production processes and enable personalised digital marketing promotions. The project started with the launch of the Languiru “Qualidade do início ao Fim” (“Quality from Beginning to …
Unilever to acquire Hourglass
Unilever announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Hourglass, the luxury colour cosmetics brand. Alan Jope, President Personal Care, Unilever, said, “We are delighted to be adding Hourglass to our portfolio of Prestige brands. The colour cosmetics category has been showing high growth-rates, driven by social media content, channel diversity and democratisation of …
Tetra Pak launches new in-line blender
Tetra Pak has launched a new in-line blender Tetra Pak® In-line Blender D that helps dairy manufacturers improve consistency, ensure product quality and cut costs. At the heart of the new Tetra Pak® In-line Blender D is a sophisticated automation platform that continuously collects data and controls the precision of blending. “Ingredients for formulated products …
Dow Announces Easy Packaging Solutions is New Licensee of PacXpert™ Packaging Technology
Easy Packaging Solutions, a leading converter in the French packaging market, is the newest licensee of Dow’s PacXpert™ Packaging Technology, announced the Packaging & Specialty Plastics Business of the Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW). As a licensee, Easy Packaging Solutions (EPS) will be authorized to manufacture and sell the PacXpert™ Packaging Technology across Southern Europe (France, …
Heidelberg takes over Fujifilm’s coatings and pressroom chemicals operations in the EMEA
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) announced last week that it is taking over the coatings and pressroom chemicals operations in the EMEA region of its strategic partner Fujifilm Europe BV and is expanding into the attractive growth segment for consumables. This transaction is another step in pursuing the company’s growth strategy of developing a fully comprehensive …
Century Packages moves up with a KBA RAPIDA 105 PRO
Pakistan based Century Packages has invested in a KBA RAPIDA 105 PRO and moved up to a medium format by joining existing three half format Rapidas. The company has been investing regularly in sheetfed offset technology from KBA for a number of years. His company already operates three half-format Rapidas: Two Rapida 72 presses and …
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Workz declared the world’s largest scratch card producer
Dubai based Workz Group, the mobile product and solutions manufacturer and serialized software developers announced today that they have been ranked as the number one scratch card manufacturer in the world by the Nilson Report, having shipped 1 billion prepaid phone cards. The report also recognised Workz as the 13th largest manufacturer of mobile SIM …
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Konica Minolta debuts its digital label press for the region
Konica Minolta launched its bizhub digital label press C71cf in the region during the recently held Gulf Print & Pack show in Dubai earlier in March this year. The bizhub Press C71cf is a new machine aimed at the labeling and packaging industry. This digital press particularly targets label printers that need to move print …
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Nyloflex® Xpress Thermal Processing System introduced in EMEA
Flint Group Flexographic Products debuted the new nyloflex® Xpress Thermal Processing System for flexographic printing plates in Europe, Middle East and Africa at the Xeikon Café in Lier, Belgium. Friedrich von Rechteren, Vice President Sales EMEA & Global Marketing of Flint Group Flexographic Products, says “We believe our new, integrated solution, is in a class …
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Flint Group launches its new generation of Sheetfed UV Low Migration inks.
Flint Group today launched its new generation of Sheetfed UV Low Migration inks; UltraCURA® Sens, UltraCURA® Sens Plas and UltraCURA® Sens Bases worldwide on the 9th of this month. Created out of a new resin technology system, these inks are the first in a series of advanced energy curing products from Flint Group to be …
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