Despite the Middle East’s political turbulence, label converters can expect new business opportunities and are gearing for expansion with mergers that could herald a switch to digital, reports Catherine Diamond.
Future Film pushes ahead in plastics technology
Future Film, a subsidiary of the ENPI Group’s Future Plast, is offering an expanded range of speciality films with improved environmental qualities along with practical benefits, reports Benjamin Daniel.
Plasma treatment optimises gluing in synthetic, varnished and metallised packaging
Bobst offers a pre-processing solution that guarantees perfect adhesion of adhesive to the glue flap for synthetic packaging and for laminated and varnished paperboards such as metallised boxes, writes Benjamin Daniel.
Octal targets UAE with DPET sheet for whole dates and paste
Octal, an Oman-based supplier of food packaging materials, has announced its entry into the UAE date packaging market through contracts with leading date producers.
FFEI aims to take on Esko in the Middle East
FFEI is poised to launch its RealPro Toolkit at the Gulf Print & Pack show in April as it seeks to wrest market share from Esko in the Middle East.