Packaging

For its first initiative, UPM is partnering with Ingredion and Paramelt to explore how starch-derived barrier systems can support recyclable food packaging made from paper.

Built on CellShield Protopia, the system is available in lamination and dispersion coating formats, suited to different packaging structures and end-of-life requirements.

VerraPak CEO Hazem Moussa said the plan is a larger, AI-driven packaging factory by 2030, featuring 100% in-house recycling to serve all other AWR business units.

Sappi argued that losses from falling global newsprint demand, overcapacity, and rising cheap imports threatened Ngodwana Mill, requiring tariff protection.

The partnership backed by 125,000 sq m KEZAD site (packaging/warehousing), boosting pharma contract manufacturing, packaging, logistics from UAE.

The merged entity, Silgan Metal Containers and Closures, is described by advisers as a global supplier of metal packaging for essential consumer products, operating across North America and Europe.

Designed with 60,000 tonnes of annual capacity, the plant will produce biaxially oriented polypropylene packaging fil

Built into packaging films, the direct food-contact biotechnology extends shelf life while preserving clarity, seal performance, and physical properties.

Divestment focuses resources on core, high-growth, high-value products/sectors in target markets.

The exhibition seeks to grow Jordanian industry presence in foreign markets, open new investment and trade collaboration channels, and build business-investor-entrepreneur networks.