Teta Pak is investing EUR36m ($49m) to complete a EUR60m upgrade at its packaging material plant in Izmir, Turkey.
Unilever runs eco campaign with UAE supermarkets
Unilever has teamed up with UAE-based retailer Choithrams on a 10-day campaign to promote recycling and water conservation, which coincides with World Environment Day on 5 June.
Queen gets Uteco Diamond demo at Welsh plant
As Uteco prepares to celebrate the opening of its third major plant in Italy as well as the expansion of its ConverDrome centre, its CEO met with the UK’s Queen Elizabeth II at the anniversary of an International Greeting Group plant in Wales.
Award for eco packager with sights on UAE
Vegware, a compostable food packaging specialist now present in the UAE, has been named Scotland’s Most Innovative Exporter for 2014.
Sidel slims CSD bottles
Sidel has launched its StarLite base for carbonated soft drink (CSD) bottles, designed to deliver better performance while cutting weight.
Comexi schools Istanbul on flexible printing
Comexi Group and the Manel Xifra Boada Technological Centre have held a two-day seminar in Turkey on flexible packaging.
Tehran studies gravure with European experts
An international delegation of gravure specialists led by the European Rotogravure Association (ERA) built links with Iran’s printers and packagers at a recent seminar in Tehran.
Sabic looks to renewable feedstocks
Saudi Basic Industries Corp (Sabic) is poised to make plastics from waste fat and cooking oil for packaging food and medicines.
Ti targets luxury packaging with Spanish takeover
Taghleef Industries (Ti), a global biaxially oriented polypropylene film (BoPP) producer, has completed its acquisition of Derprosa Film, a leading Spanish supplier of flexible films for the packaging industry and the graphic arts applications.
Korozo becomes Kodak’s first certified MEA partner
Korozo, the leading flexible packaging and carrier bag producer in Turkey, has become the first Kodak Certified Partner in Turkey, Middle East and Africa through meeting the requirements of a certification programme for Kodak Flexcel NX plates.