CSR activity launched in Middle East region

Canon Middle East has launched a ‘Back to School’ campaign in UAE, that will be extended to Oman, Bahrain, Lebanon and Jordan.  The campaign will offer parents a chance to win back their child’s school fees.
Parents will have to buy any Canon inkjet printer or consumables and create a unique masterpiece with their child, using Canon’s Creative Park tool. They will then have to then share the photos of the masterpiece and the child on Facebook or Instagram mentioning #pixmagination and

Staff Writer, 07 September 2017

Rebsons labels acquires Nilpeter’s Panorama

Rebsons Labels from South Africa moves into digital label printing with their purchase of a stand-alone Nilpeter Panorama – the first of its kind in Africa.
Talking about the investment, owner of Rebsons, Benny Friedmann, commented, “There is a constant and ever growing demand for digitally printed labels; run-lengths are getting shorter, and customers require variable data on labels and demand shorter delivery times. To accommodate all these requirements, we went for Nilpeter Panorama.”
“In

Staff Writer, 16 August 2017

Xerox partner Harel Mallac repositions its business

Mauritian long-term Xerox partner Harel Mallac Bureautique has recently changed its name to EO Solutions Ltd. (EO) as part of its rebranding and repositioning.  The company aims to be viewed as a “one-stop shop” provider for workplace systems and solutions to improve productivity.
At a customer launch event held at Casela World of Adventures, Cascavelle, in May, Alain Ah-Sue, MD of EO explained the company’s repositioning, “Our evolution from year to year has led us to expand our services and

Staff Writer, 13 July 2017

Africa Print donates money

Africa Print have donated R5000, as well as food and necessities to Rotary Club of Knights Pendragon, which is assisting those affected by the Knysna fires.
Africa Print has partnered with Rotary in the past for various charity outreach projects and believe this is an organisation worth supporting. Rotary has a number of initiatives underway to aid those in Knysna. They are on the ground with local knowledge and actively supporting and funding initiatives to make the displaced residents as

Staff Writer, 13 July 2017

Canon unveils concept to help Omani businesses potential

Canon Middle East  unveiled its new concept of ‘Explore, Inspire, Improve’ as part of the ‘Canon for Business’ offering in Oman. The initiative supports businesses in Oman to strengthen productivity, efficiency and sustainable development, and underline their position as a ‘Partner of Choice’ for their customers. The event was part of a series of ‘Canon for Business’ events in the Middle East.
Canon is exploring the changing world of business and data to address their challenges and improve

Staff Writer, 18 June 2017

HP’s advanced printers in Saudi

HP Inc. has introduced new A3 multifunction printers (MFPs) in Saudi Arabia. The next generation portfolio is designed to provide qualified channel partners the ability to offer higher levels of       customization that meet a wider range of customers’ printing needs.
“We set out to offer our partners a robust portfolio of A3 MFPs with disruptive technologies and a range of finishing options to meet current and future printing needs,” said Zakaria El-Sayed, head of Print Business unit, HP Inc

Staff Writer, 18 June 2017

Flexofit Nigeria seminar in Lagos explored market insights

The second edition of Flexofit Nigeria seminar was held in Lagos on 31st March 2017.  The seminar had presentations from major international suppliers like Esko and Chespa. Special guest Professor Pierre Pienaar, vice president of the World Packaging Organization shared insights into packaging developments worldwide and in Nigeria.  
Karla Grey, managing director of Flexofit comments: “The Flexofit Nigeria Seminar was an excellent opportunity to meet with the local industry and it was highly

Staff Writer, 16 May 2017

Tekboy Tekstil steps into high volume digital textile production production

Istanbul, Turkey based Tekboy Tekstil has installed the  6-colour, Javelin digital printer to supplement production capacity, and meet increased demand for shorter-runs, rapid turnarounds and on-demand sample production.
The Javelin printer, manufctured by SPGprints uses Archer technology which enables the firing of variable drops (2pL-10pL) to the substrate. The 4mm distance from print head to substrate eliminates head damage and is suitable for printing the knitted fabrics produced by Tekboy

Staff Writer, 20 April 2017

Redfern Labels sticks to Xerox for ‘consistency and quality’ printing

Redfern Labels from South Africa has purchased a Xerox Versant 80 Press from Oxbow and Bytes Document Solutions to improve the quality and consistency of colour proofing and design work for short-run sheet-printed labels.
Financial director Steven May says the new printer is primarily intended for walk-in customers wanting custom-designed labels from Redfern’s in-house design team, for printing branded stationery lines supplied to retailers, and for varied custom label lines to the fruit export

Staff Writer, 15 March 2017

Fortune7 becomes the partner of Wit Color

Fortune7, the company which believes in Made in UAE concept gets the distributorship of WIT COLOR for GCC. The partnership knot happened during the SGI Dubai 2017. In addition, they are distributors of Lami Corporation - Japan for their large format Laminators. Also, they produce LFP’s with two year warranty.
Talking about their partnership, Sreekumar Rangan, MD of Fortune7, said, “Normally, the traders, bring any of the cheaper printers from far East (especially from China) and address them as

Staff Writer, 16 February 2017

Gulf Print Pack next month

Gulf Print & Pack, slated to be held between 26th - 29th March in the Za’abeel Halls at the Dubai World Trade Centre, is expected to be 10 percent bigger in 2017, say organizers. The exhibition will be used to showcase the latest technologies and consumables from across the entire field of printing. Confirmed major players exhibiting in 2017 includes: AFRA, Ali Alhashemi Trading Co, Bobst, Canon, Heliozid and Prestige Graphics. The lineup of first-time exhibitors features Barberan

Staff Writer, 16 February 2017

IIA with Canon train 22 SMEs in Ghana’s printing industry

Invest in Africa (IIA), in partnership with Canon, has trained 22 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana’s printing industry.
The one-year training programme, which was on the theme: “Professional print excellence”,  was meant to enhance the capacity and ability of these SMEs to meet international standards.
The GM of IIA, Sam Brandful, expressed the hope that the training would set the stage for the selected SMEs to increase competitiveness and drive revenue. He said the SMES were trained

Staff Writer, 16 January 2017

Court overturns newspaper ban

An Omani appeals court cancelled an order to close down a newspaper that had reported on alleged corruption within the judiciary.  The privately-owned Azamn newspaper covered a series of corruption cases in 2014 in which several company executives were convicted.
The Court of First Instance said in September this year the paper had undermined the prestige of the state and disturbed public order, ordering it to be closed indefinitely and jailing three of its journalists, following a series of

Staff Writer, 16 January 2017

Quality Printing Press invests in ImagePress C10000VP

Qatar based Quality Printing Press has invested in the digital press from Canon -  imagePRESS C10000VP, the first such printer in Qatar.   The printer is suitable for commercial printers, in-plants, production hubs, direct mail and transaction print service providers to produce a range of applications in shorter turnaround times.
According to Shamsudheen Olakara, the chairman of Quality Group International, the new technology will help to meet the demands of their customers who have been looking

Staff Writer, 22 December 2016

QuadTech, Odak enter deal

QuadTech has appointed Odak Kimya as its new sales agent and ColorTrack software dealer for Turkey and the Turkish Republics.  Founded in 1998, Odak will  be introducing the newly-launched ColorTrack with InkControl, a colour management software for flexo and gravure packaging applications to the Turkish region. 
Ayla Çuhadaroglu, general manager, Odak said: “At Odak, we partner with manufacturers who are global leaders in their product range, to provide best-in-class solutions across the

Staff Writer, 22 December 2016

Kodak unveils enhancements to its CTP portfolio

Kodak has announced enhancements to its automated thermal CTP portfolio for newspaper printing at the Wan Ifra World Publishing Expo in Vienna.
Kodak has introduced a 16% laser power improvement for both the Generation News and the Trendsetter News Platesetters, meaning newspaper printers can image more plates in a shorter time.
Due to the additional laser power, the throughput of the Generation News Platesetter Z-speed version has increased from 258 to 277 Sonora News processfFree plates per

Staff Writer, 14 November 2016

Cisco appoints Ziad Salmeh

Cisco Middle East has announced the appointment of Ziad Salameh as managing director of its West Region. In his new position, Ziad is responsible for leading Cisco’s business and operations in Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, the Levant and Iraq to capitalize on the opportunities created by digitization.
At Cisco, we are playing a leading role in helping countries, industries and businesses develop and implement digital roadmaps and transformations that deliver tangible outcomes. This is a time of great

Staff Writer, 14 November 2016

Big growth in Africa as IIJ sales soar worldwide

Industrial Inkjet Ltd’s made expansion into Africa with Konica Minolta’s printheads helping to develop new business opportunities.
Additional major new African clients are set to sign with the company, known as IIJ, which announced its entrance into Africa in April last year. The company  supplies inkjet solutions into a range of applications, such as labels, packaging, document and security printing.
IIJ, which has worldwide operations, is also the official sales and technical support centre

Staff Writer, 16 October 2016

Honeywell unveils new industrial label printer

Honeywell has launched its new PM42 mid-range industrial label printer, aimed to help Middle Eastern businesses address evolving operational needs for information technology, networking and automation.

According to the company, with its intuitive user interface, the PM42 printer is easy to use and convenient to maintain, which saves time and reduces costs. The printer features enhanced processing capability and flexible open operating architecture to easily integrate into most IT

Staff Writer, 15 September 2016

Sign Istanbul to exhibit 3D tech

The 18th International Adver-tising Industry and Digital Printing Technologies Trade Fair - SIGN Istanbul 2016, will open its doors on September 29th 2016 hosting some 450 companies from 32 countries. In excess of 21,500 professional visitors will take this opportunity to view and compare a comprehensive range of innovations for the advertising and digital printing industries during four hectic days of business activity.

As last year, SIGN İstanbul will host this 3D printing technologies show

Staff Writer, 15 September 2016

Universal Graphic partners with TKM Group to sell Anti Glue knife

Universal Graphic Trading, Dubai partners with TKM Group, Germany to sell their Anti Glue Knife for Paper Guillotines across GCC. The product was recently launched in Drupa.

Talking about the product, V Seshadri, BDM from Universal Graphic Trading, commented, “The product was lauched in the Drupa which has received overwhelming response over there. After seeing the response, we decided to sell this product in the GCC region. Here, there are many cutting products are available but there is no

Venkat Raghavan, 15 August 2016

Qatar uses 3D printers to make World Cup stadiums ‘desert-proof’

Scientists at Qatar University are testing 3D-printed      models of football stadiums that Qatar is building for the 2022 World Cup to see if   they can endure the state’s desert climate.

Qatar has sought to allay concerns about its summer heat and moved the competition to the cooler month of November. It also announced details of five stadiums with built-in air conditioning. But Qatar still experiences sand and dust storms in winter months.

It also wants the stadiums to be used all year

Staff Writer, 18 July 2016

Sun Chemical opens state-of-the-art factory

Sun Chemical has opened a $30 million production centre in Turkey to cater to increased demand from Turkey and the Middle East for solvent-based flexible packaging products.

The 50,000sqm site emp-loys over 90 staff and is dedicated to the production of solvent-based inks serving both local and international customers. The multi-million dollar investment provides a brand new state of the art production facility, which is fully automated with the latest equipment and technology.  

Says Arinc

Staff Writer, 28 June 2016

Nation Media Group invests in web press from Manroland

Nairobi, Kenya based Nation Media Group has enhanced its capacity significantly with its new investment in the super fast web offset COLORMAN e:line from Manroland.

On March 17, 2016, an  event was organised to celebrate the installation of the new Colorman e:line on the Nation Media printing grounds in the presence of The Aga Khan, high-ranking individuals from politics, including Dr. Alfred Mutua, governor of Machakos County, and Nation Media Group CEO Joe Muganda as well as the chairman

Staff Writer, 28 June 2016

Konica Minolta ‘satisfied’ with last year’s performance in ME

Konica Minolta has announced that they are satisfied with their performance in  GCC in 2015, having established a market share of 14.3%. 

Kazuo Kobayashi, managing director of Konica Minolta said, “We are delighted to report that in addition to robust numbers in KSA, our Kuwait business maintains number one position with 25.9% in 2015, retaining its market leadership position for the second year running. Our long-term commitment to clients and partners is one of the main reasons for this

Staff Writer, 18 May 2016

HP unveils entry level, flatbed Scitex 9000 industrial press

HP has unveiled an entry-level Scitex industrial flatbed and a new inkset at Fespa Digital targeted at mid-level sign and display printers or established outdoor printers looking to move into point-of-sale. The new Scitex 9000 Industrial Press essentially uses the same chassis, HDR 300 printheads, bed size and High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology as the Scitex 11000, but with less automation and a significantly lower price point.

Prices start at around $738,725 for the 9000 compared with

Staff Writer, 14 April 2016

HP will have the largest booth at the most awaited Drupa ‘16

Ahead of its participation in the most awaited exhibition in 2016 - Drupa, HP’s Gido van Praag, vice president & general manager Graphics Solutions Business Printing and Personal Systems Group Europe, Middle East and Africa made a familiarization trip to the Middle East region.  

In an exclusive interview  with PrintWeek MEA,  van Praag explained: “The biggest growth opportunities are expected from Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, while for the HP’s graphics business Turkey and

Staff Writer, 15 March 2016

Mimaki is set to acquire Italian textile kit specialist

Mimaki looks set to acquire Italian textile machine manufacturer La Meccanica Costruzione Tessili in a move that would expand its position in the textiles printing market.

 The acquisition was first mooted in July 2015, when an Italian sales agent introduced Mimaki to La Meccanica, a manufacturer of conventional and digital textile printing machines.

La Meccanica, which is located in Bergamo, Italy, was established in 1977. It has 32 staff and a turnover of $6.65m.

Bergamo is also the home

Staff Writer, 15 February 2016

Canon ME organise round table on trends of large format print

Canon Middle East hosted a  round table event for a discussion on the scope an d potential of large format printing in the Middle East region.

Sharing insight at the event were Wouter Kingma - independent photographer, Canon LFP brand ambassador;  Shadi Bakhour, general manager for Canon Emirates;  Ayman Ali, marketing manager and Yasser El Farra, managing director, Tenaui Middle East Trading.

Initiating the discussion,  Bakhour said: “Customers are knowledgable and aware of what exactly

Staff Writer, 17 January 2016

Arab Health on benefits of 3D

Arab Health Exhibition & Congress taking place from the 25-28 January 2016 in Dubai, UAE will discuss the impact 3D printing has on patient’s lives.

The global 3D printing market, which was worth US$2,183mn in 2012 and is set to reach US$8.6mn by 2020, is becoming an increasingly popular method of treating patients among doctors.

“3D printing will change patients’ lives and facilitate previously seemingly challenging surgeries; the ability to provide custom design, patient specific

Staff Writer, 17 January 2016