Constantia Flexibles is pumping in a double-digit million Euro, INR 100-crore in its Indian subsidiary Ahmedabad-based Parikh Packaging in Gujarat. The flexible packaging specialist made the announcement during the recently concluded PlastIndia show in Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat. To be built on a new Greenfield site close to Parikh’s existing production site, Constantia broke …
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Flint Group has acquired Italy’s Eston Chimica, in what it has described as a “tactical strategy to grow organically”. Eston manufactures and sells water-based inks for flexo and gravure applications. Kim Melander, vice president and general manager EMEA and global strategy, paper and board, at Flint, said, “Eston’s facility in Italy is fully automated providing …
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Cosmo Films, a global leader in films for packaging, lamination and labelling applications has announced commissioning of its second Cast Polypropylene (CPP) Line and fourth metaliser, both having an annual capacity of 7500 MT. With the installation of these new lines, the company’s annual CPP films capacity will go from 1800 MT to 9300 MT …
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Bobst will bring to the market a new version of DigiMount, its fully automatic flexo plate mounting system. Launched as SmartDigiMount, the new kit claims to further improve efficiency on narrow- and mid-web inline flexo presses and multi-process printing and converting lines that make use of sleeve technology. The new Smart DigiMount features improved speed and …
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Flex Films, the global film manufacturing of India’s multinational flexible packaging materials and solution company Uflex, has engineered a high-barrier metallised polyester film – Flexmetprotect F-HMB. The film is either untreated or corona treated on the other surface, while metallisation is carried out on the specially treated composite surface imparting metal adhesion or bond strength …
Dow Packaging has introduced a new Project Butterfly by which it will engage in a river clean-exercise as well as educate the local communities on the value of plastics and the importance of not littering. Dow has initiated Project Butterfly with Mashemong Primary School, in the township of Tembisa, South Africa’s second largest township after …
Leading folding carton and corrugation box packaging equipment suppliers in the region, Bobst AME held its second ‘Bobst and Partners Leading Innovation Seminar’ in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates from 6-8 November 2017. The packaging industry across the MENA region is growing, with the UAE within, being one of the fastest growing. The growth is …
Leading global supplier of precision instruments and services Mettler Toledo will attend Gulfood Manufacturing with Althika Packaging (partner for UAE, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait) at Sheikh Saeed Hall 1, stand C1-4 and Anasia Trading (partner for Saudi Arabia and Egypt) at Zabeel Hall 5, booth number Z5-F12. Each location will showcase checkweighing, metal detection and …
Saudi Arabia-based Napco National returns to Gulfood Manufacturing 2017 to display its wide range of food and beverage packaging, including specialty brands and sustainable packaging products. According to Sarkis Dagher, Vice President – Market Development, “We’re designing smaller pack sizes to directly meet health concerns for portion control. Many people buy on-the-go products, like confectionery, …
