Machinery & Equipment

Using strict safety protocols like controlled access and real-time monitoring, the facility turns most hazardous industrial waste from landfill fodder into valuable energy.

Polytag’s detection units at MRFs capture real-time barcode-level data as tagged packaging enters recycling streams.

The acquisition of the six‑colour press enhances GPCL’s current machinery lineup, allowing the company to provide higher‑value printing solutions to corporate clients, publishers, and government agencies.

The new metallizer will enhance IPAK’s production capacity for premium metallized packaging films, which are widely used in food packaging, pharmaceutical blister foils, decorative packaging, and industrial applications.

The new operation is intended to help customers manage shorter lead times, changing forecasts and the move towards paperisation.

The glass packaging produced at the factory is fully recyclable, reducing the environmental impact of pharmaceutical packaging waste while supporting Kenya’s circular economy objectives.

The plant manufactures glass vials and ampoules in multiple sizes and formats, in line with China’s Good Manufacturing Practices for pharmaceutical packaging.

The acquired facilities include corrugated packaging plants in Alzey, Wolnzach, Eberswalde, Castrop-Rauxel and Northeim in Germany; Tychy and Skarbimierz in Poland; Všetaty in the Czech Republic; and Sibiu in Romania.

The installation comes as manufacturers across the Middle East continue to navigate supply chain disruptions and geopolitical instability affecting the region.

Under the partnership, Itochu Metals will collect used Daikin commercial air conditioners, oversee dismantling and separation of components such as heat exchangers and motors, and coordinate with specialised scrap processors to recover high-purity aluminium, iron and copper.