Nilpeter Middle East used GPP 2013 to highlight its finishing kit as well as its range of narrow- and mid-web printing presses for self-adhesive labels and flexible packaging.
Kodak spotlights Flexcel NX at GPP
Kodak Middle East and Africa targeted packaging industry professionals with “visibly challenging” samples of its Flexcel NX technology at Gulf Print & Pack 2013.
Metal containers in emerging regions withstand plastic packaging surge
While plastic packaging is grabbing market share globally, metal containers are on a solid upward trend in regional markets such as Africa and the Middle East, writes Debabrata Deb.
Rotary offset makes inroads in package printing
Offset printing and rotary technology have never seemed a perfect match for package printing – where folding cartons are dominated by sheetfed offset and flexible packaging by gravure or CI and inline flexo – but rotary offset is now grabbing a slice of the market, writes Nick Coombes.
Label converters eye expanding markets in the Middle East
Despite the Middle East’s political turbulence, label converters can expect new business opportunities and are gearing for expansion with mergers that could herald a switch to digital, reports Catherine Diamond.
Future Film pushes ahead in plastics technology
Future Film, a subsidiary of the ENPI Group’s Future Plast, is offering an expanded range of speciality films with improved environmental qualities along with practical benefits, reports Benjamin Daniel.
Plasma treatment optimises gluing in synthetic, varnished and metallised packaging
Bobst offers a pre-processing solution that guarantees perfect adhesion of adhesive to the glue flap for synthetic packaging and for laminated and varnished paperboards such as metallised boxes, writes Benjamin Daniel.
