Gulfood is fast gaining a reputation of being a tailor-made trading platform for F&B special- ists from around the world to display their latest innovations. The 24th edition of the world’s largest annual food and beverage trade show, Gulfood 2019 saw over a thousand exhibitors reveal new-to-market products, rolled out across the 10,00,000 sqft exhibition …
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French dairy company Lactalis has taken a major step forward in expanding its presence in Africa after the company’s buy- off of the Cairo-headquartered Greenland Group for Food Indus- tries from Americana Group. Lactalis’ other brands, however, are available across much of fran- cophone Africa. The acquisition was made through Lactalis’ joint-venture operation, Lactalis-Halawa (which …
Discount purchase to encouraging recycling and collecting plastic to placing a welding machine at different retail outlets, Agthia is firm on walking the talk, Agthai’s CEO Tariq Ahmed Al Wahedi tells Benjamin Daniel Dubai: Agthia, a regional company has taken the initiative to commit itself to a plant-based PET of 5% and 10% post-consumer recycled …
Turkey has taken a major step in tobacco control by passing an amendment to adopt plain packaging for all tobacco products effective as of 5 December 2018 according to the WHO Europe. According to the amendment, tobacco products shall be marketed “in plain and standard packaging” based on uniform design including brand typeface, font and …
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Global toymaker Spin Master has created an innovative packaging design using Eskos Studio software, a unique set of tools for 3D packaging design made specifically for packaging artwork professionals. Studio is a powerful tool for designers, allowing them to work faster, more creatively and with technical accuracy, without the need for physical mockups. “We focus …
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Food processing and packaging solutions provider TNA has appointed Matthew Walters as branch manager to head up its African operations. Based inTNA’s Johannesburg (South Africa) office, Matthew will be responsible to support food manufacturers across the African continent with TNA’s portfolio of cutting-edge packaging equipment VFFS packaging systems and end of line solutions. At the …
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Food processing and packaging firm Tetra Pak has introduced new Tetra Classic aseptic 65ml cube package for dairy, juice and liquid food products. The new Tetra Classic packaging solution has been provided with dimensions to enable every six packages to form a cube, enabling to optimize the use of space in distribution and storage. The …
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PureCycle Technologies has partnered with global industrial manufacturer, Milliken & Company, and the food and beverage global giant, Nestlé in South Africa, to open its first plant to restore used polypropylene (PP) plastic to ‘virgin-like’ quality with a revolutionary recycling method. PureCycle’s patented recycling process, developed and licensed by Procter & Gamble (P&G), separates color, …
Spanish based, Saica Group, manufacturers of recycled paper for corrugated cardboard in Europe, with a production of 3,3 million tons of paper, has reached an agreement with the group Norm Ambalaj to acquire their plant in Sakarya, Turkey. This acquisition would provide an increase of 75 million square meters in Saica´s corrugated board capacity while …
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All three locations in the Middle East to continue operations Austria based, packaging solutions specialist ALPLA, has completed a 100 per cent takeover of Zamil ALPLA. ALPLA and Zamil founded a joint venture in 2008, of which ALPLA previously held a 49 per cent share. After ten years of close collaboration as part of a …
