Asahi brings flat top flexo plate featuring a premium, clean transfer technology

Europe: Asahi Photoproducts has announced the launch
of the AFP-BFTH plate
in the first half of 2019. The company claims 
that the new plate is
 the only out-of-the-box built-in FlatTop plate in the market that features premium Clean Transfer Technology (CTT) which is designed to facilitate kiss touch printing pressure. This new
plate, available in hard, fits seamlessly …

DuPont Advanced Printing introduces Cyrel DLC plate for the corrugated print-packaging segment

Europe: DuPont Advanced Printing (DuPont) announced the commercial availability of the newest addition to the award-winning DuPont Cyrel plate platform, the DuPont Cyrel DLC. Cyrel DLC is an innovative soft digital plate
that uses a new polymer formulation developed especially for the corrugated market. Its low durometer is designed for better printing on lower quality recycled …

Innovation, sustainability and renewability: Tetra Pak’s mantras to make Tetra Top a popular packaging choice

From being an icon packaging for top brands to premium personalised packaging, the Tetra Top has evolved even as it continued to grow, Niels Hougaard, managing director of Tetra Pak Arabia area tells Benjamin Daniel UAE: Tetra Pak developed Tetra Top twenty years ago. Since then it’s become an iconic packaging for top brands like …

Bobst has claimed it has launched an industry-first AR-based helpline

Switzerland: Bobst has launched Helpline Plus AR, which it claimed is the first ever remote assistance service in the packaging industry to incorporate a smart headset with augmented reality (AR) glasses. Customers requiring technical assistance can wear the smart headset and connect with experts who can simultaneously see what the user sees and offer real-time …

Rumble finds SIG’s new combismile a perfect fit

Sweden: Canadian brand Rumble has found a perfect partner in meeting its mission to – Feed the Good. Relaunching with packaging from SIG, Rumble’s line of enhanced protein drinks, or Supershakes, available in three flavours: Dutch Cocoa, Coffee Bean, and Vanilla Maple are available in the unique Combismile- Big 330ml carton, fueling a broad demographic …

China’s die-cutters and hot-foil embossing specialist Masterwork to become largest Heidelberg shareholder

Germany: Heidelberg is seeking to improve further improve its market position in the packaging printing segment, and hence has signed an agreement with Chinese post-press specialist Masterwork Group Co (Masterwork) under which Masterwork will obtain an 8.5% stake in the company. The proposed capital increase provides the opportunity for Heidelberg to acquire a further strategic …

Never before, unique packaging helps breakthrough dairy technology deliver fresh milk across continents

It’s a blue ocean affordable, sustainable technology that uses a unique packaging container to deliver fresh milk to the world consumers, Jack Castelein, Partner at Dutch-based MilkWays tells Ben Daniel, editor of Packaging MEA   How do you feed a growing population of 10 billion? Dairy – is the obvious answer. It’s nutritious, it deliv
ers …

Samir Khoudja: With the advent of automation and new technologies, the regional need of the hour is training

A hundred-year legacy of making converting machines, and yet, evolving, Samir Khoudja, managing director for Africa and Middle East for Bobst tells Benjamin Daniel, editor of Packaging MEA, about the ways of his company It seems the business of packaging converting is becoming more and more elaborate. One manifestation of this is the continued global …

Building competency of packaging industries’ employees, other professionals university students – a WPO initiative

The World Packaging Organisation hosted its first ever packaging training programme in Jordan, and it was an instant success. The purpose was to increase and develop professional knowledge, Benjamin Daniel reports Ammam in Jordon was the city which was the recipient of the first WPO packaging training programme. The programme was held from 3-7 March …

Here are seven challenges for packaging production and what they mean for both printers and converters

Swiss print, packaging and allied equipment manufacturer, Bobst Group takes a closer look to assess the market to ensure that its customers and future clients will have as the solutions they need in a changing environment. The printing 
and converting industry for packaging production across labels, flexible packaging, folding carton and corrugated boards
are undergoing a …