Agthia Group PJSC, one of the region’s leading food & beverage companies, has announced the appointment of Sherif Elfaham as Group Chief Financial Officer. Sherif brings strong strategic, commercial, and operational experience across a range of consumer-facing businesses, having spent over 20 years with Unilever in the UK, North Africa, Middle East, and Turkey, …
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Business owners may be interested to learn how supporting good causes can lead not only to positive social impacts but also an increased bottom line. Packaging MEA contributing editor Doaa bin Thabit explains Have you ever imagined the 80-year-old version of yourself, sitting alone, with your long life passing through your eyes, and you …
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Emirates Food Industries (EFI) has launched Hayatna dairy products in UAE under its subsidiary, National Dairy. National Dairy is an Emirati Company that provides a wide range of food products that are locally and internationally sourced and produced using the latest technology at the highest levels of industrial standards. Newly launched brand Hayatna offers an …
City Centre Deira has launched a one-of-a-kind sustainable pop-up market. Running until 7 February, the mall is taking steps to minimise the industry’s carbon footprint by welcoming a host of sustainable brands as customers continue to put their purchasing power towards responsible retail as indicated in the results of the Big City Centre Vote. …
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SIG to launch ‘Recycle for Good’, an innovative recycling initiative to enable direct household and food service industry collection of used aseptic carton packs through tech-based solutions. This initiative involving SIG and Tagaddod is the first of its kind in the Egyptian market. Consumers can use a mobile app to arrange for their used …
KEZAD Group has announced that it has signed an agreement with Emerging World FZC, the sole importer of PRAN-RFL Group’s products in the Middle East region, to establish a PRAN manufacturing plant to cater to local and regional markets. PRAN’s AED 110 million facility, being developed in multiple phases, will spread across more than …
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Dow and LVMH Beauty, a division of LVMH, the world leader in luxury and home to 75 iconic brands, to collaborate to accelerate the use of sustainable packaging across LVMH’s perfume and cosmetic products. This collaboration would enable both bio-based and circular plastics to be integrated into several of the beauty multinational’s product applications without …
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Almarai Company won the award for the Best Shariah Compliant Deal for the year 2022, during the 4th Annual Business Tabloid Awards held at Dubai, on the 19 January 2023. The Almarai deal that won the “Business Tabloid” award was a long-term loan acquired from Three banks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for …
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Mondi, one of the global leaders in packaging and paper is expanding its unique range of medium, high and very high-barrier paper-based packaging to support customers on their journey to use more sustainable packaging solutions. The company has further evolved its portfolio and now offers a full range of FunctionalBarrier Papers to customers. By …
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Waitrose has announced that it is the first UK supermarket to sell certified own brand home compostable tea bags. All of its Duchy tea bags are now accredited with a TUV OK compost HOME certification so tea bags can be placed directly into a home compost bin or heap. This compost can then be …
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