Machinery & Equipment

OMET’s Cold Foil Saver technology selectively applies foil only where the design requires it, cutting consumption by more than half.

Ravi Jaipuria stated that the company is putting up a recyclable PET plant, noting that after putting that plant, imports will reduce substantially, and the company will be exporting to other countries from Zimbabwe.

The hub’s repackaging centres are designed to address a fundamental packaging failure: food arriving from multiple smallholder farms in varied, non-standardised containers must be sorted, cleaned, and repackaged into uniform.

The system supports real-time data printing during production, allowing each label or package to carry distinct information for supply chain use.

A stake in Sohar Aluminium would secure off-take from a smelter that already sells approximately 60% of its output to local downstream customers.

The mill, built on a 59,000-square-metre site, has an annual production capacity of 135,000 tonnes and operates using 100 percent waste paper recycling, supporting the UAE’s circular economy and sustainability objectives.

The LX-D400 launch follows Canon’s introduction of the corrPRESS iB17, an industrial inkjet system for large-scale corrugated packaging printing presented at the FEFCO Technical Seminar 2025 in Rome.

Esin Güral Argat, Vice President of the Turkish Gürok Group, affirmed commitment to expanding its investments in the Egyptian market, describing Egypt as a major gateway for exports to the Middle East and Africa.

The SpeedSet Orca press combines digital primer, water-based inks, and inline varnish, handling paper and micro-flute substrates to allow different packaging applications to be produced on the same digital platform.

The new converting line aims to support work for current and future customers through updated technology, higher efficiency, live quality monitoring, and the ability to make additional packaging formats.