OpenColor 2.0.6 offers separation and preview profiles plus function to calculate separations Germany GMG has released a new version of OpenColor, its award-winning multichannel profiling software. GMG OpenColor 2.0.6’s highlight is the ability to dynamically create and deliver best-quality separation and preview profiles to Adobe Photoshop and PACKZ from HYBRID Software, said GMG. OpenColor’s latest …
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dubaiTaghleef Industries (Ti) has launched a new version of its CZVB Product with modifications based on user feedback. The barrier metalised CPP film is designed to offer a consistent MVTR (Moisture vapour transmission rate) of less than 0.30g/ sqm/day while maintaining high barrier levels against oxygen and light. The new version offers very low seal …
Jagannath M Wagle, managing director of Ajman-based Sigma Middle East Labels Industries LLC, shares with Packaging MEA the challenges and triumphs of his career to date. How did you enter print? I started working in sales in January 2004. I was new to labels or printing because I had an IT background. The owner had …
Company aims to make Head & Shoulders container with 25% post-consumer waste switzerland At the World Economic Forum (WEF) on 19 January, P&G announced that its Head & Shoulders brand would partner with recycling experts TerraCycle and SUEZ to pioneer a new approach to produce the world’s first recyclable shampoo bottle made from up to …
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Group seeks assistance from FMCG industry to achieve ‘fully circular’ plastic packaging netherlands Unilever has announced a commitment to ensure all plastic packaging is fully reusable, recyclable, or compostable by 2025 and has called on the FMCG industry to accelerate progress towards the circular economy. Treating plastic packaging as a valuable resource to be managed …
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Coca-Cola to buy out bottler’s stake and seek new owner dubai Coca-Cola Company and Anheuser-Busch (AB) InBev have reached an agreement over AB InBev’s 54.5% equity stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) for USD3.15bn. CCBA includes the countries of South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Ghana, Mayotte and Comoros. In addition, the companies …
Unit renamed from Sadia Halal to cover the Islamic market dubai Brazil-based BRF launched the operations of OneFoods, its subsidiary dedicated to the halal market, in January. Previously called Sadia Halal, OneFoods will operate in an estimated market of 1.8 billion people whose economic and demographic growth exceeds the world average. “By creating a local …
Demographics are region’s bright spot as its costs rise and new taxes target the sector Uae Saudi Arabia’s Aujan Coca-Cola Beverages Company, one of the Middle East’s largest drink makers, believes the region’s demographics can enable it to double its revenue to $1.5 billion by 2020, according to a report in Gulf Newws. TolgaSezer, who …
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UK manufacturing facility to be set up with GBP50m and to act as Europe head office dubaiHotpack Packaging Industries, a leading producer and wholesaler of quality disposable food packaging materials in the UAE, has announced an investment of GBP50m (USD62m) to develop a facility in Wrexham in Wales in the UK. Abdul Jebbar P B, …
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In a deal that aims to combine annual revenues exceeding $2 billion, the Klöckner Pentaplast Group has signed an agreement to acquire LINPAC Group Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, announced the two companies. Wayne M. Hewett, CEO of KP, said, “This is a highly complementary acquisition that will help KP expand our technological …
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