Africa

Africa | Label Converting Equipment

Rotocon appointed DYM Machinery distributor in South Africa

The Chinese company's portfolio includes automatic butt splicers, nonstop cold stamping film systems, nonstop waste matrix collectors, and turret rewinders.

10.22.24

Africa | Europe | Middle East | Prepress | Prepress Equipment

Bellissima DMS expands into Turkey

Hamillroad Software has partnered with Bilse Uluslararası to bring its screening solution to new markets across North Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

10.15.24

Africa | Asia | Europe | Middle East | Substrates

The Griff Network opens new facility in Malaysia

Strategically located to service Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, the new facility will specialize in producing paper, film, nonwovens, and more.

09.18.24

Africa | Flexo Presses | Flexography

Kenya's Platinum Packaging invests in Bobst oneECG technology

The Nairobi-based converter has recently added two new Master M6 inline flexo presses equipped with oneECG and DigiFlexo automation.

06.25.24

Africa | Beer Labels | Beverage Labels | Flexible Packaging

Ethopia's QuaLabels installs Bobst gravure press

The shaftless gravure printing press has been designed specifically with sleeve print cylinders for fast and efficient operation.

04.02.24

Africa

Vetaphone bolsters Viet Spring with corona treatment

The Ho Chi Minh City-based company needed surface treatment for substrates that include PE, PP, and PET.

01.31.24

Best of the Best L9 WLA label award winners announced

Judges applied strict criteria as these labels represent the pinnacle of quality from the international label industry.

11.27.23

New AWA report forecasts global growth for PSA market

Asia accounts for the largest proportion of volume when analyzing regionally with 47% of the market, followed by North America with 23%.

11.13.23

AWA releases updated report on release liner market

Going into 2023, AWA forecasts a growth rate of 2.6%, despite the market seeing a significant downturn in the second half of 2022 and the start of 2023.

07.19.23

Africa | Digital Printing

Dantex announces digital distributor partnership for South Africa

The collaboration with Kamboo Marketing aims to deliver digital print technology to the region.

07.13.23

Africa | Wine Labels

Rotocon announces wine label design competition

Students will develop a wine label that factors in design process and strong ideation that must also speak to contemporary printing and finishing processes.

02.03.23

Africa | Flexography | Prepress | Prepress Equipment

ALFT Packaging Company invests in flexo with Miraclon

A new flexo packaging production plant in Kotugoda, Sri Lanka, features a Kodak Flexcel NX 4260 system.

01.02.23

Africa | Shrink | Sustainability

MCC partnership brings recyclable shrink sleeves to South Africa

RecycLABEL, developed with Extrupet and Coca-Cola, is a floatable polyolefin film shrink sleeve that easily separates at the container grinding stage.

11.28.22

Africa

DataLase supports Kenyan children’s home

DataLase's donation of laptops will be used by the Oakridge Center of Excellence, an on-site primary school that provides education for 127 children.

10.26.22

Africa | Finishing | Label Finishing Equipment

Rotocon wins 2022 African Excellence Award

MEA Markets has awarded Rotocon in the "Best Printing & Converting Equipment Supplier—South Africa" category.

09.19.22

ePac Flexible Packaging announces global expansion

Eleven new sales and manufacturing locations will be established across Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East/North Africa, and North America.

08.17.22

Africa | Finishing | Label Finishing Equipment

Rotocon wins AI Business Excellence Award

The finishing equipment supplier was honored in the "Best Label Printing & Packaging Solutions Specialists" category.

05.24.22

Africa

Rotocon set to debut at Propak East Africa

Rotocon will present the Ecoline series of equipment for label printing, inspection and finishing, in addition to auxiliary solutions for print production.

04.13.22

AWA announces Labeling and Product Decoration Annual Review 2022

It explores all the different facets of the subject across the main labeling formats – PS, glue-applied, sleeving, IML – and their supply chain characteristics.

04.07.22

Africa | Digital Printers & Presses | Digital Printing | Flexible Packaging