Mondelez International has announced that Philadelphia cream cheese sold across Europe is to be made with recycled plastic packaging from 2022. This represents an important step in the company’s goal to reduce its impact on the environment and its commitment to use at least 5% recycled content across all plastic packaging. “It …
Nigerian gravure printer leads the way with Bobst technology investments
Lagos-based flexible packaging converter, Bhojraj Industries Ltd has invested in a BOBST NOVA RS 5003, adding to the already existing top of the range MASTER RS 6003 gravure press from BOBST. The investment is aimed to extend capacity and continue its successful expansion in high-quality printed packaging. As a full-service provider, Bhojraj Industries …
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Domino acquires Lake Image Systems
Domino Printing Sciences (Domino) has today announced its acquisition of Lake Image Systems, a market-leading producer of automated, vision-based inspection systems, for quality control and data verification. The acquisition comes as part of Domino’s ongoing commitment to ‘Do more’ to deliver best-in-class customer experience through products, services, and expertise, that help customers improve …
ACIMGA PROMOTES THE SECTOR IN OMAN
The Federation of Paper and Graphics participated in a virtual meeting and webinar to promote the paper and graphics sector in the Arabian Peninsula and to encourage collaboration between Italy and Oman. The webinar was organised by the Embassy of Oman in collaboration with the ICE Dubai and the ICE Muscat. The general …
Mondi acquires two paper bag lines from Egyptian cement companies
Mondi Paper Bags, part of Mondi Group, a leading global packaging and paper manufacturer, has acquired two paper bag lines from Helwan Cement Company and InterCement Sacs, two major cement producers in Egypt. The acquired production lines will increase Mondi’s capacity by approximately 60-80 million bags annually and strengthen Mondi’s position in the Middle …
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Henkel’s complete oral care tube portfolio to be recyclable by 2021
Henkel has announced conversion of its entire Oral Care tube portfolio to fully recyclable tubes produced by its packaging supplier Albéa by 2021. The transition, to be concluded across all Oral Care brands beginning of next year, will be pioneered by the Spanish toothpaste brand Licor del Polo. To advance the …
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How Alamar is working for good – one pizza at a time
The region’s major Domino’s franchiser explains to Packaging MEA Contributing Editor Doaa Thabit how it helps the needy during Ramadan and coronavirus, and how it adapts its packaging for special events Saudi Arabia-based Alamar Foods, as the major franchise operator for Domino’s Pizza in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan (MENAP) region, has, …
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Raqam buys three Jupiter 670 machines from Prati
Raqam International, a Riyadh-based manufacturer of high-quality labels, has boosted its finishing and converting capacity by installing three Prati Jupiter 670 machines. Raqam’s Managing Director,Khalid Aziz Shah said: “We have invested in three Jupiter 670 mid-web slitter rewinder finishing solutions, implementing top-level quality control. “As for substrate compatibility, the system can convert …
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Kodak announces initiative to create Kodak Pharmaceuticals
DFC to sign Letter of Interest for investment in Kodak’s expansion into pharmaceuticals Eastman Kodak Company (Kodak) to support the launch of Kodak Pharmaceuticals. The new business unit will produce critical pharmaceutical components that have been identified as essential but have lapsed into chronic national shortage as defined by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). …
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Koenig & Bauer Durst beta tests its first hybrid printing system for digital packaging print.
Targeting the folding carton industry, the much-anticipated B1 6,000sph VariJET 106 is at the heart of the collaborative development between Koenig & Bauer and Durst. It integrates inkjet technology into the platform of the high-performance Rapida 106 offset press. The VariJET 106 combines the strengths of digital inkjet with those of classic offset …