Author: PackagingMEA

Kodak (NYSE: KODK) has marked its relisting on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) by ringing the exchange’s opening bell on 8 January.

With its latest forecast for Saudi Arabia’s food and beverage consumption – a 5.0% expansion over 2014 – Business Monitor International (BMI) reports an encouraging trend for the Kingdom’s packaging sector.

Growing demand for in-mould labelling (IML) looks set to open markets for the Germany-based converting specialist.

For firms such as Muller Martini, an ‘explosion is SKUs’ spells an opportunity to grab new markets for webfed offset in labelling and flexible packaging.

UK-based Edale sees its FL-3 high-quality flexo press as proof the company now matches the leading brands in performance and innovation.

PJ Desai is continuing his transformation of Mark Andy following the acquisition of the supplies and consumables portion of Presstek with an entry into new areas such as platemaking.

With the launch of its low-temperature toner, Xeikon is determined to win over more converters in the Middle East and Africa to digital technology.

Offering a comprehensive portfolio of kit and software, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) is reaching for a bigger slice of the packaging market, Kilian Renschler tells Packaging MEA.

Chemco Group, an Indian PET manufacturer, is to set up a plant at Bahrain International Investment Park (BIIP) in Salman Industrial City with an expected investment of $20m by 2017.

Polysys Additives Technologies ME (PAT ME) has broken ground on a manufacturing plant in the Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad) in Abu Dhabi.