UK manufacturing facility to be set up with GBP50m and to act as Europe head office dubaiHotpack Packaging Industries, a leading producer and wholesaler of quality disposable food packaging materials in the UAE, has announced an investment of GBP50m (USD62m) to develop a facility in Wrexham in Wales in the UK. Abdul Jebbar P B, …
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In a deal that aims to combine annual revenues exceeding $2 billion, the Klöckner Pentaplast Group has signed an agreement to acquire LINPAC Group Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, announced the two companies. Wayne M. Hewett, CEO of KP, said, “This is a highly complementary acquisition that will help KP expand our technological …
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Omet has set its sights on Iran, whose packaging printing market is showing “huge interest” in its technology, claims the Italian press manufacturer.
Delta Group has opened a 20,000m2 multi-service facility gathering its subsidiaries at Dubai’s National Industries Park and is poised to open a similarly sized plant at the freezone to launch corrugated packaging operations.
His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Bin Hassan Al Shaikh’s perspective on print and packaging carry the weight of an impressive academic as well as commercial background. Dubai- based Modern Printing Press’s managing director graduated with a political science degree in the UAE before completing a master’s then a doctorate in economics in the UK. In the …
Turkish entrepreneur sparks development with plan for used kit Palestine Turkish plastics executive Yavuz Eroglu has told plasticsnews.com how a factory he set up in 2008 in Hebron has triggered the emergence of several packaging plants in the West Bank. While Ergolu’s initial goal was to dispose of equipment from his Istanbul-based thermoforming and extrusion …
Combibloc RS expected to replace standard structure for dairy products and drinks Germany: SIG Combibloc has launched combibloc RS (resilient structure), a compos- ite structure that it claims further improves system stability during processing while contributing to even better environmental performance. In the medium term, this new laminate will become the standard composite structure for …
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Graduates compete to take part in Abu Dhabi printing contest Germany Germany’s print industry has picked its representative at the WorldSkills printing competition, being held in Abu Dhabi on 14-19 October next year. Three newly graduated printers vied for the role at a preliminary selection round on 23-24 November 2016. Florian Kraus from AZ Druck …
Germany Mars, Rodenburg, and Taghleef have been announced as the joint winners of the bioplastics industry’s leading prize for 2016 with a bio-based film made from potato waste starch. The innovative packaging solution is a joint development by Mars, Rodenburg Biopolymers, and Taghleef Industries. Mon- di’s Consumer Goods Packaging plant Solec in Poland was the …
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Dubai Almarai took the Best Employer trophy in LinkedIn MENA’s private-sector category at a ceremony in Dubai held under the patronage of Shamma Al- Mazrui, the Emirati Minister of State for Youth Affairs, and attended by more than 200 CEOs from the region. Faisal Al-Fahadi, Almarai’s general manager of human resources and support services, said …
