While the devaluation of the Egyptian pound has given this Cairo-based business a regional advantage, it offers a lot more to the packaging customer than just competitive pricing, as MD Youssef R Makkar tells Packaging MEA Packaging MEA (PMEA): Tell us a bit about your company. When did you start, and how did you come …
Borouge’s new recyclable packaging solutions spark major interest at Egypt’s Plastex 2020 event
Borouge, a leading UAE petrochemicals company providing innovative, value-creating plastics solutions, has launched a new line of polymers that help the packaging industry advance its sustainability and circular economy commitments. Borstar FB5600 by Borouge was unveiled at the 7th International African-Arabian Exhibition for Plastics Industry (Plastex 2020) in Cairo on January 9-12. Borstar FB5600 is …
Existing players meet talents of tomorrow
Helwan University’s Printing, Publishing and Packaging Conference and Students Innovation Exhibition brought together the best of the industry and the brightest student talents. In December, the Printing, Publishing and Packaging Department at the Faculty of Applied Arts of Helwan University in Cairo, Egypt, organised its annual technical conference, with the main theme “Latest Trends and …
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El Farasha is already Egypt’s biggest flexible packaging firm, but it has exciting plans to offer more
R&D & technical support manager Ahmed Anwar tells Packaging MEA why his company stands out from the competitors and how continued investment is leading them to new services. Packaging MEA (PMEA): You have an ITQ system from AST for 100% inspection, a solvent recovery system and two factories for flexible packaging print where you have …
Cairo-based Elsewedy aims to unfold its potential in the packaging sector
Medhat Elsewedy Print House, a Cairo-based company with 30 years’ experience serving some major international brands, is expanding its operations and placing a greater emphasis on the packaging sector of print. Accordingly, the company has invested in a raft of new technology to help it achieve its goals and to offer its customers greater value …
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Oui by Yoplait recognised as a ‘Breakthrough Innovation’
Oui by Yoplait, the premium French-style yoghurt crafted in a glass jar, has been recognised in Nielsen’s 2019 Breakthrough Innovation Report. Oui was one of the biggest yoghurt launches in recent times, generating more than $100 million in first-year sales and finishing among the top three new products according to IRI’s 2018 New Product Pacesetter …
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Is it the end for non-recyclable plastic packaging?
How Bobst and partners are pioneering high-barrier mono-materials laminates as environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional plastic There is perhaps nothing which defines our consumer-driven society of recent decades better than plastic. Its staggering growth since the 1950s has been driven largely by our industry, which recognises its versatility, durability and impermeability. But these very same …
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Currently no plans to postpone Interpack and Drupa says Messe Düsseldorf
Messe Düsseldorf GmbH has postponed the impending propriety fairs ProWein, wire, Tube, Beauty, Top Hair and Energy Storage Europe scheduled for March and early April. Messe Düsseldorf has reassessed the situation in accordance with the recommendation of the crisis management team of the German government and the recent significant increase in the number of infected persons with the COVID-19 globally. In close …
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Huhtamaki starts flexible packaging manufacturing in Egypt
Packaging MEA team takes a closer look at the company with a 100-year history. Huhtamaki continues to grow, looking to reach deeper into Africa, and has invested in a multi-million-euro new plant near Cairo Huhtamaki, a multinational food packaging specialist headquartered in Finland with a century-long history, has launched a new, start-of-the-art flexible packaging unit …
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In just one year, Jamjoom jumps into the lead in Saudi Arabia
As KSA marches forward in a period of growth and change, Jamjoom PP General Manager Mohammed Kashif Awaan tells Packaging MEA Editor Ben Daniel about an impressive opening 12 months Jamjoom Printing & Packaging (JP&P) launched a little over a year ago, and already its GM, Mohammed Kashif Awaan, reckons the company is already the …
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