Africa

Nesta Challenges has launched the second strand - Creating Solutions - of the Afri-Plastics Challenge, funded by the Government of Canada. The Challenge is  supporting African innovators with new ideas or early-stage solutions, encouraging…

London-based family run business, Matthews the Printers, is delighted to announce its partnership with charity, Fields of Life. The partnership involves Matthews donating £4,000 to sponsor the construction of a well in Uganda, East Africa.…

Flint Group has acquired the remaining shares in Continental Printing Inks and Eagle Ink Systems. In September 2015, Flint Group Africa was formed through a partnership that combined two of the leading ink and coating suppliers in South…

Comexi, specialist in solutions for the flexible packaging industry, is expanding its presence in Africa. The group has installed a new Comexi F2 MB at Natpak's facilities in Zimbabwe, Africa a clear example of the overall growth strategy…

Effective from September 1, 2017, Dr Jan Breitkopf will join the board of global packaging ink manufacturer, Siegwerk, to oversee the packaging business of the European, Middle East and African (EMEA) region. In this position, Dr Jan…

Comexi, global provider of flexible packaging solutions, and Socipack, one of the leading companies in the Ivory Coast’s flexible packaging field, have strengthened their partnership. The Ivory Coast company has purchased a new Comexi…

With a focus on innovation, Flint Group flexographic products will debut the new nyloflex Xpress thermal processing system for flexographic printing plates in Europe, Middle East and Africa at the Xeikon Café in Lier, Belgium. The…

SABIC regards polymer foam technologies as essential to meet growing needs for improvements in sustainability and efficiencies along global production and supply chains. They offer material and energy savings while retaining or even…

Austrian company, Starlinger, supplier of production lines for woven plastic packaging, has won the contract for a €4.56 million machinery project for Omani flour producer, Salalah Mills. In the exclusive setting of the Business…

MPS has announced that the South African flexographic printing company, GM Graphix, has purchased its third MPS press, a six-colour EF 340 multi-substrate flexo press featuring Phoseon LED UV drying, marking the first press in South…