OMET launched its Varyflex V2 Offset mid-web flexible packaging press and its iFlex UV flexo label press on 19 May.
Xeikon’s Cheetah sprints to industry award
Xeikon has bagged the EDP Association’s Award for Best Label Printing Solution with its recently launched Xeikon Cheetah digital printer.

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Sabic helps make drinks cartons more eco-friendly
Europe’s consumers will soon enjoy more eco-friendly beverages through Sabic’s development of plastics from totally renewable feedstocks that pose no competition with the food chain.
Report: Gulf petrochemicals head downstream
Amid global economic challenges, the GCC’s petrochemicals sector is adding capacity and extending its portfolio towards specialist products for areas such as food packaging.
UAE-based printer speeds up production with Mark Andy
UAE-based Stars Printing & Labels LLC has boosted its output through installing a Mark Andy 2200 press.
Kodak moves into corrugated
Kodak is rolling out its “game changer” NX technology for wider prints but has more developments in store for the currently overlooked corrugated sector, says Kris Capiau, packaging director for the Middle East, Africa, Turkey and Eastern Europe.
Printed electronics connect with label printers
Label printers, especially those working in flexo, should explore how printed electronics can promote brands, combat counterfeiting, and even ensure patients take their medicine as instructed, says the trade association FINAT.
Ghana-based labeller picks a Performance Series P3 press
Flexo Image Graphics (FIG) has announced that Type Company, a leading label converter and packaging specialist in Ghana, has installed a Mark Andy Performance Series P3.
Interview: Sigma Middle East
Jagannath M Wagle, managing director of Ajman-based Sigma Middle East Labels Industries LLC tells Packaging MEA about his company’s strategy and recent investments in production capacity.