El Farasha is already Egypt’s biggest flexible packaging firm, but it has exciting plans to offer more

R&D & technical support manager Ahmed Anwar tells Packaging MEA why his company stands out from the competitors and how continued investment is leading them to new services. Packaging MEA (PMEA): You have an ITQ system from AST for 100% inspection, a solvent recovery system and two factories for flexible packaging print where you have …

Huhtamaki starts flexible packaging manufacturing in Egypt

Packaging MEA team takes a closer look at the company with a 100-year history. Huhtamaki continues to grow, looking to reach deeper into Africa, and has invested in a multi-million-euro new plant near Cairo Huhtamaki, a multinational food packaging specialist headquartered in Finland with a century-long history, has launched a new, start-of-the-art flexible packaging unit …

In just one year, Jamjoom jumps into the lead in Saudi Arabia

As KSA marches forward in a period of growth and change, Jamjoom PP General Manager Mohammed Kashif Awaan tells Packaging MEA Editor Ben Daniel about an impressive opening 12 months Jamjoom Printing & Packaging (JP&P) launched a little over a year ago, and already its GM, Mohammed Kashif Awaan, reckons the company is already the …

Koehler paper group: huge increase in demand for barrier paper

When the Koehler Paper Group presented the first packaging made of the innovative Koehler NexPlus® Seal barrier paper at the FachPack trade fair in September 2019, the new production line 8 was on the verge of being commissioned. Now the Black Forest-based family company has taken a giant leap forward. With the successful commissioning of …

UPM Raflatac expands portfolio with new recycled content film

UPM Raflatac has expanded their product portfolio with the new UPM Raflatac PE PCR White TC 85 label material, made with 30 percent post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic from household waste and a minimum of 55 percent post-industrial (PIR) plastic. The film supports the circular use of materials and helps brand owners reach their sustainability goals. …

Mondi launches first sack kraft paper mobile app – the first app of its kind

Leading global packaging and paper manufacturer Mondi has launched an innovative new mobile app for the sack kraft paper market. The ‘Go2Sack’ app provides information and real-time calculations and is a market first for the paper and sack kraft industry. The app helps users to select the best paper grade for a specific product and …

Avery Dennison joins SABIC in developing a recycled polypropylene (rPP) label facestock

Avery Dennison has taken an important step towards supplying a recycled polypropylene (rPP) label material, collaborating with SABIC in the TRUCIRCLE™ initiative, which encompasses circular materials and technologies to enable product manufacturers to reach their sustainability goals. Rob Groen in ‘t Wout, senior marketing manager film EU for Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials, said …

Coveris, launches sustainable, high-performance version of its CPP film.

Coveris’ latest invention is a cast polypropylene film (CPP), the Coveris Print Layer (PP CPL), designed for flexible packaging of a wide range of food, pet food and non-food products. It boasts of an improved structure and outstanding stiffness for product protection. The key factor behind CPP’s excellent performance is the ability to withstand re-shrinking …

Smurfit Kappa continues sustainable innovation by adding new Vitop tap to its Bag-in-Box range

Smurfit Kappa has introduced an innovative new Vitop® tap to its Bag-in-Box range as part of its ongoing sustainability activity. The Natural Vitop® tap does not contain any carbon black pigment, which is classified as an unwanted component by many recycling facilities due to the fact that it is not always detected by the optical sorting near-infrared (NIR) …

Sappi expands barrier paper range with new additions

Sappi has expanded its portfolio of barrier papers and is now offering businesses a vast range of innovative packaging paper solutions. A 91 g/m² version was recently added to the high-barrier paper range. It opens up additional applications for manufacturers of branded goods. All high-barrier papers from Sappi ensure that the product quality of foods …