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.
Sidel introduces matrix technology in the UAE
Dubai Crystal Mineral Water and Refreshments to install Matrix Combi to achieve energy efficiency and cut costs UAE: Sidel, a leading global provider of PET solutions for liquid packaging, will be introducing for the first time its MatrixTM Combi technology in the UAE, after being selected by Dubai Crystal Mineral Water and Refreshments LLC to upgrade …
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SIG Combibloc Obeikan opens Dubai headquarters
New regional base also includes facilities for training customers in MEA and Turkey UAE SIG Combibloc Obeikan, the joint venture between SIG Combibloc and the Obeikan Investment Group, opened in March a new regional headquar- ters in Dubai.The new base in the city’s Sili- con Oasis also features training facilities to serve customers in the …
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Coca-Cola to set up $100m fruit juice plant in Egypt
Factory due to be commissioned in 2016–17 to serve markets such as Algeria and Libya Egypt Saudi Arabia’s Aujan Coca-Cola Beverages Company plans to spend USD100m to build a fruit juice factory in Egypt for serv- ing North African markets. In a statement to Reuters on 23 February, Meshal Alkadeeb, vice-president of strategy and business …
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