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 …

‪ UK pre-press firm Reproflex3 opens first Middle East operation ‬

 R3 UAE, located in Dubai’s IMPZ is now ready to service the local flexographic print market. UAE: A feature of the open house was the Kodak Flexcel NX plate making technology, a system that the firm has deployed in the Middle East having seen big success in the UK and Europe as an exclusive Kodak …

MPS appoints Anoop Plastics as its agent for the lower gulf region

The partnership provides immediate local support and positions MPS for future growth in the Middle East. UAE: MPS has announced the appointment of Anoop Plastic Products Trading Establishments as agent of MPS flexo and offset printing presses in the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, and Qatar. Based in Sharjah UAE, Anoop is a leading, well-established printing materials …

GIDUE wins innovation award

GIDUE’s Digital Flexo Excellence Project was presented with the Flexographic Technical Association’s (FTA’s)  Technical Innovation Award for 2015 on 3 May at the Annual Awards Banquet at the Omni Nashville Broadway Ballroom.

GCS strengthens presence in the Middle East

Global closure systems joins with Duplas Al Sharq to strengthen presence in Middle East UAE: Global Closure Systems (GCS) has announced the signing of a new licensing agreement with Duplas Al Sharq LLC, a leading FMCG plastic packaging manufacturing company located in Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Duplas, which specializes in high quality HDPE, …