From being an icon packaging for top brands to premium personalised packaging, the Tetra Top has evolved even as it continued to grow, Niels Hougaard, managing director of Tetra Pak Arabia area tells Benjamin Daniel UAE: Tetra Pak developed Tetra Top twenty years ago. Since then it’s become an iconic packaging for top brands like …
Bobst has claimed it has launched an industry-first AR-based helpline
Switzerland: Bobst has launched Helpline Plus AR, which it claimed is the first ever remote assistance service in the packaging industry to incorporate a smart headset with augmented reality (AR) glasses. Customers requiring technical assistance can wear the smart headset and connect with experts who can simultaneously see what the user sees and offer real-time …
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Rumble finds SIG’s new combismile a perfect fit
Sweden: Canadian brand Rumble has found a perfect partner in meeting its mission to – Feed the Good. Relaunching with packaging from SIG, Rumble’s line of enhanced protein drinks, or Supershakes, available in three flavours: Dutch Cocoa, Coffee Bean, and Vanilla Maple are available in the unique Combismile- Big 330ml carton, fueling a broad demographic …
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China’s die-cutters and hot-foil embossing specialist Masterwork to become largest Heidelberg shareholder
Germany: Heidelberg is seeking to improve further improve its market position in the packaging printing segment, and hence has signed an agreement with Chinese post-press specialist Masterwork Group Co (Masterwork) under which Masterwork will obtain an 8.5% stake in the company. The proposed capital increase provides the opportunity for Heidelberg to acquire a further strategic …
Never before, unique packaging helps breakthrough dairy technology deliver fresh milk across continents
It’s a blue ocean affordable, sustainable technology that uses a unique packaging container to deliver fresh milk to the world consumers, Jack Castelein, Partner at Dutch-based MilkWays tells Ben Daniel, editor of Packaging MEA How do you feed a growing population of 10 billion? Dairy – is the obvious answer. It’s nutritious, it deliv ers …
Samir Khoudja: With the advent of automation and new technologies, the regional need of the hour is training
A hundred-year legacy of making converting machines, and yet, evolving, Samir Khoudja, managing director for Africa and Middle East for Bobst tells Benjamin Daniel, editor of Packaging MEA, about the ways of his company It seems the business of packaging converting is becoming more and more elaborate. One manifestation of this is the continued global …
Building competency of packaging industries’ employees, other professionals university students – a WPO initiative
The World Packaging Organisation hosted its first ever packaging training programme in Jordan, and it was an instant success. The purpose was to increase and develop professional knowledge, Benjamin Daniel reports Ammam in Jordon was the city which was the recipient of the first WPO packaging training programme. The programme was held from 3-7 March …
Here are seven challenges for packaging production and what they mean for both printers and converters
Swiss print, packaging and allied equipment manufacturer, Bobst Group takes a closer look to assess the market to ensure that its customers and future clients will have as the solutions they need in a changing environment. The printing and converting industry for packaging production across labels, flexible packaging, folding carton and corrugated boards are undergoing a …
Konica Minolta Middle East to demonstrate new and innovative solutions at GPP 2019
UAE: Konica Minolta Business Solutions Middle East will be demonstrating at Gulf Print and Pack 2019 running from 15th to 18th April at Dubai World Trade Centre. so e of its integrated offerings for the packaging industry. The company will also give live demonstrations of its latest technologies and products which aim to shape the …
Al Shihab Al Thahabi industry thoughts: Key to innovation is smart utilisation of technology
UAE: The plastics industry and plastics in packaging has had its own set of challenges in 2018. The key focus during the year had been on running the operations of the plant more cost-effectively and efficiently. Packaging conversion and fulfillment hasn’t seen a specific growth per se, however, F&B as well as its allied FFS sector …