Locally developed portfolio covers materials to enhance rigid and fl exible packaging Borouge highlighted at ArabPlast its extensive portfolio of locally developed plastics solutions, raising awareness of its innovations for infrastructure, energy, packaging, healthcare, and agriculture. “Our innovative solutions have been carefully designed and engineered to open new opportunities for the entire value chain,” said …
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Trade show features recyclable packaging and effi cient machines ArabPlast again proved its regional status with its 2017 edition, hosting 972 exhibitors and 19,080 visitors from 39 countries at Dubai’s World Trade Centre on 8–10 January. “For the Middle East, this has become the main show,” Engel’s Andreas Leitner told Packaging MEA. “It’s good to …
Chemicals supplier spotlights clarifi er for polypropylene products at ArabPlast expo Milliken participated at ArabPlast 2017 in Dubai in January under the theme ‘Making polypropylene clearer, better, faster. Together’ with a focus on how its clarifiers and nucleators can improve PP resins and its UV absorber can improve key properties in PET packaging. Milliken’s additives …
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Solvent-free TEGO Wet 285 and 550 are designed to offer a low tendency to migrate. Evonik has launched two new substrate wetting additives, TEGO Wet 285 and 550, which have been specifically developed for printing on food packaging. Thanks to a new technology, both products have a very high molecular weight for substratewetting additives, which …
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ExxonMobil has launched Exceed XP, a flexible packaging film named for ‘extreme performance’ and aimed at applications like films for soft shrink and food lamination packaging One of the standout products at this year’s Arabplast, held in Dubai on 9–11 January, was ExxonMobil’s latest performance enhancing flexible packaging film Exceed XP. Launched in October at …
Dow’s collaboration with Nordmeccanica in adhesives provides a model for the accelerated technological development that the company believes can help operations in the MEA ‘leapfrog’ current practices. Having achieved a breakthrough in its collaboration with Nordmeccanica on Symbiex solventless adhesives, Dow is continuing with a collaborative approach that it believes could prove transformative in the …
Despite losing out to flexo in the United States, gravure has a promising outlook in packaging, strengthening its position in Europe and still dominant in the surging markets of China and India, according to James Siever, secretary general of the European Rotogravure Association (ERA) While its publication print market has wilted, gravure is posting strong …
Indian manufacturer’s security solutions at expo include high-end e-beam technology Uflex Limited is all set to display myriad anti-counterfeiting and brand protection solutions at GPP with a wide assortment of Holographic Wide Web Films including soft embossing, Fresnel lens and Sterling lens embossed, hard embossing, UV embossing, high-refractive index (HRI) and window demetallised films. HRI …
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CTP will appear for fi rst time outside China along with the fi rm’s thermal CTP TP4648G The high-performance CRON HDI Flexo 1600 CTP will be on display at the Monia Group stand (E10) at Gulf Print and Pack this March, highlighting CRON’s advances in flexo packaging and labelling solutions. Launched at drupa 2016, this …
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Italian firm is back with increased space and will host a seminar on in-mould labelling. dubaiOmet has announced that it is returning for the fourth time to Gulf Print & Pack 2017, the main trade fair for all the players of packaging and printing business in North Africa and Middle East. Omet is being represented …
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