Richard Roth, new general manager for Esko EMEA

Richard Roth has been appointed to the role of General Manager EMEA for Esko, the global developer of integrated software and hardware solutions that digitize, automate and connect the go-to-market process of consumer goods.   The move follows Eddy Fadel taking the position of Global Commercial General Manager, where he will oversee global sales, services, …

Durst Group partners with Masaka Business Solutions

Durst Group, manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies, has announced with Masaka Business Solutions, based in Casablanca/Morocco, on a distribution partnership for the successful Tau RSC label printing systems in the North and West Africa region.   Masaka Business Solutions is headed by Houssine Chekkar, who has more than 20 years of expertise …

Mondi acquires production assets of Lafarge Cement Egypt

Mondi Paper Bags, part of Mondi Group, a leading global packaging and paper manufacturer, has acquired the paper bag converting lines from National Bag and Egypt Sack, two subsidiaries of Lafarge Cement Egypt, a major cement producer in the country. The acquired production lines will increase Mondi’s capacity by around 150-180 million bags annually and …

Greenglass invests 10 million EUR in recycling facility

Greenglass Recycling, one of the market leader in the industry of glass recycling in Romania, has invested 10 million EUR in a new post-consumer glass waste recycling plant, as well in the modernisation of existing facilities, thus increasing its production capacity to 260,000 recycled tons/year.   The plant will be built in the proximity of …

Aptar and PureCycle achieve testing milestone

Aptar has announced its progress in testing and transforming PureCycle Technologies’s Ultra-Pure Recycled (UPR) plastic.   Aptar and PureCycle aim to work to determine the right material combination to create hinged closures for food, beverage and cosmetics applications made with UPR. Recently, Aptar converted prototype material from the PureCycle Feedstock Evaluation Unit into multiple colors …

Herma develops chemical free thermal printer labels

Herma has announced an adhesive material, named Hermatherm nature for thermal printer labels which is fully approved for food contact and thought to be the first of its kind worldwide.   Hermatherm nature (grade 900) is guaranteed to be completely free from chemical developers- the substances generally used to create an imprint.   Labels made …