Manufacturing & Retail

The minister backed JVs to process Pakistani agricultural goods for Middle East markets, while the commerce ministry pursues investment in processing, packaging, cold storage, and certification instead of raw exports.

Extending its engineering, manufacturing, and service platform into Europe, the new entity serves European customers and integrators, grounded in Monoflo’s five-decade legacy of precision injection-moulded containers, trays, and pallets in North America.

Ardagh Holdings, denied a chance to present its case beforehand, called the application meritless, and is challenging the order while seeking its withdrawal.

Izmir covers the Aegean/western Türkiye and Adana the Mediterranean/south-east, together enabling short lead times, flexibility, and reliable consumer goods supply.

The machine—run by Unique Timber Plastics in Johannesburg’s Heriotdale industrial area, removes plastic and aluminium layers from used cartons, producing pellets reused as industrial inputs.

With the US acquisition and Lumson’s Asian position, the group’s international beauty/personal care packaging scale grows, deepening North American customer ties while Lombardi Design & MFG bolsters wider APAC presence.

With shorter runs, faster turnarounds, SKU growth, and premium aesthetics driving demand, hybrid digital production is increasingly key for label makers, a shift reflected in Artisan Venture’s investment.

Powder recovery and recycling lets unused and residual metal powders be reprocessed, lowering waste and input costs and supporting circular flows on-site.

As chemical recycling projects across Europe grapple with scalability, energy intensity, and cost competitiveness versus virgin polymers, the ownership change arrives.

Reinforcing JK Paper’s packaging growth push, the acquisition adds Radhesham Wellpack, a corrugated and protective packaging player serving industrial and consumer goods customers.