Techno Converting Services (TCS), which serves printing and converting customers in flexographic and rotogravure printing houses, film production and packaging, has opened an office in Dubai. Since 1996, TCS has expanded from Egypt to cover the Gulf region, recently extending its relationship with Windmöller & Hölscher (W&H) to cover the entire Gulf.
TCS Director Abed Zain Alabedin told Packaging MEA that the company is mainly focused on flexible packaging.
“We started in Egypt in 1996,” he said.
“In 2001 we opened our office in Syria, in 2006 in Saudi Arabia, and in 2013 in Dubai.”
TCS has 50 employees, mainly electronic and mechanical engineers.
Before its recent agreement with W&H covering the entire Gulf, TCS had already represented the firm in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Jordan, he said.
“For the last three years we have more than 30 installations of various W&H machines for the entire Gulf region,’ he said.
The market for flexible packaging is increasing within the region, he added.
“I think it’s growing, because everything needs packaging now,” he said.
“We sold really a lot in this region, especially in Saudi Arabia and even in Egypt. We even sold a lot of FFS (form, fill and seal) machines for petrochemicals and sugar industries.”
At the recent Arabplast 2013 tradeshow, TNC sold to ENPI’s Future Flex a Heliograph 10-colour rotogravure press and a Duplex Compact 450 Solventless Laminator from Nordmeccanica Group, he added.
TCS also sold a 10-colour W&H MiraFlex CI flexo press in Egypt to Kobusch, he said.