HP commits to everything-as-a-service, growing contractual channels

Announces breakthrough solutions, expanded A3 and A4 portfolio, industry leading security offerings for the channel.

At HP Reinvent, the company’s largest global partner event, HP Inc. unveiled its next wave of Office Printing innovations empowering partners with seamless integration into the modern workplace.

“We continue to lead and innovate around products and solutions for our partners – no matter where they are in their journey with HP,” said Tuan Tran, general manager and global head of

Staff Writer, 21 March 2019

Packaging manufacturer TNA opens its new regional office at DAFZA Industrial Park

One of the leading global supplier of integrated food processing and packaging solutions, TNA successfully held the opening ceremony for its Middle East operations at DAFZA Industrial Park.

The official opening ceremony was held at the new headquarters, in the presence of Nasser Al Madani, assistant director general, Dubai Airport Freezone Authority, Mukul Shukla, general manager MENA & India, TNA and Nadia Taylor, director and co-founder, TNA, along with DAFZA and TNA senior executives

Staff Writer, 21 March 2019

Jamalon continues to disrupt Arabic publishing

Jamalon, one of the largest online Arabic book retailer, announced that it has successfully completed the first leg of its Series B funding round, raising over $10M in investments from existing and new shareholders. It is the largest amount ever received by an e​-commerce retailer in Arabic publishing.

This latest funding round secured further investments from leading investor Wamda Capital, followed by Aramex, and new investments from Anova Investments, 500 Falcons, Endeavor Catalyst​, and

Staff Writer, 21 March 2019

Epson unveils two new WorkForce Pro A4 RIPS models

Epson has announced the launch of two new WorkForce Pro A4 RIPS models (Replaceable Ink Pack System), building on the success of the WF-C5000 series A4 business inkjet printers launched earlier. The 4-in-1 WF-C579RDTWFand single-function WF-C529RDTWprinters help increase productivity in the workplace and reduce environmental impact. They bring a very low total cost of ownership to businesses with high monthly print volume needs, making them ideal for managed print service contracts. A 60ipm

Staff Writer, 17 March 2019

Reproflex3 believes the “Future is Flexo”

Reproflex3 (R3) were established in the North East of England in 1996 by Andrew Hewitson and Trevor Lowes. One of the largest Kodak plate consumers in the UK, they are pre-press packaging and flexographic plate manufacturing specialists. R3 expanded their operations to give a wider reach with bases created in Dubai back in 2014 and more recently Mumbai - enabling a ‘Global Studio’ capability for pre-press studio work and flexo plate manufacturing. Additionally, R3 have recently agreed a

Venkat Raghavan, 17 March 2019

SGI Dubai 2020 to include new categories

Signage and Graphic Imaging Dubai, one of the region’s largest and premier exhibition for the signage and large format printing industry announces the inclusion of new categories. With the upcoming 23rd edition of the show International Expo Consults, the organisers of the show would like to unveil a new format of the show, which is relevant and caters to the latest trends in the marketplace. SGI Dubai 2020 is scheduled to take place from January 12th to 14th in Halls 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 at the

Staff Writer, 13 March 2019

Epson launches awareness campaign in UAE and KSA for cost saving EcoTank printers

Until the end of March, UAE and KSA residents can experience first-hand the benefits of Epson’s EcoTank printers by visiting Epson kiosks in major shopping malls in both countries; and at Universities in Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam.

According to Nikola Aksentijevic, head of sales-consumer, Epson Europe B.V: “We want people to know that there is an EcoTank printer for their every printing need, whether it is for printing your favourite photographs, important study reports, personal documents or

Staff Writer, 09 March 2019

Jumbo and Dubai SME join hands to strengthen 3D Manufacturing operations in the UAE

Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development in Dubai mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, and Jumbo 3D Manufacturing LLC, part of Jumbo Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to drive awareness about 3D manufacturing technology. It should also be noted that on October 2018, Jumbo Group has unveiled a detailed 3D manufacturing strategy with the launch of its latest company Jumbo 3D Manufacturing LLC. During the same time, the Group

Staff Writer, 26 February 2019

Giffin Graphics hosts an open house event

Giffin Graphics hosted an open house event in Dubai on January 14th and 15th. The event took place for a span of two days at Grand Millennium Hotel from 10 am to 7 pm. It should also be noted that they had kept a similar event in Dubai in last January. They invited around 400 to 500 visitors across the GCC.
During the event they displayed products like Ricoh Pro C5200s, Ricoh Pro C9200 that is an updated model of C9100, Ricoh Pro C7200x, graphics arts edition that is again an updated model of

Venkat Raghavan, 20 February 2019

Epson launches UAE recycling program

Epson has launched a recycling programme in the UAE to enable their customers to send back used Epson products for recycling, free of charge.

All customers purchasing an Epson printer or projector until the 30th April 2019 can trade in their old printer or projector and receive up to AED 1,600 ($435) cashback. The old products will be taken into Epson recycling programme.

Jeroen Van Been, director of sales, Epson Europe BV said, "At Epson, we recognize the importance of preserving our

Staff Writer, 18 February 2019

3M hosts a special Illuminated Signage Institute event in Dubai

3M conducted a special Illuminated Signage Institute event on 13th February 2019. The full day training event was held at the 3M Innovation Center in Dubai Internet City, Dubai, UAE. 50 of the region’s biggest signage professionals were in full attendance at the informative event. Attendees to the event included 3M SELECT Platinum, Gold and Silver partners and they came from UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Pakistan.

The focus of the training event were 3M films and overlaminates. These are designed

Staff Writer, 18 February 2019

HP and Dubai Cares launch Recycling campaign

HP has launched a new campaign, in partnership with Dubai Cares, titled ‘Reinvent Hope’, which aims to provide vulnerable children and young people with access to quality education, while addressing the region’s growing e-waste challenges.

Aligned with HP’s global ambition of enabling better learning outcomes for 100 million people by 2025, the partnership with Dubai Cares focuses on improving access to quality education. This will result in having improved education and safer learning

Staff Writer, 17 February 2019

SGI Dubai to extend into allied fields by 2020, announce organizers

The 22nd edition of Sign and Graphics Imaging 2019 show was officially inaugurated by Mona Ghanem Al Marri, director general of Dubai Government media office. One of the largest shows for the graphics and signage industry in the region was held from 13th-15th January, at DWTC exhibition halls.
  This year had reduced participation from many key players, attributed partly to the slower economy and increased cost of exhibiting.
Among the major brands that participated were Canon Middle East, Epson

Staff Writer, 13 February 2019

Epson highlighted 'Value Added Signage Solutions' at SGI

With the theme ‘Value Added Signage Solutions’, Epson  participated for the tenth year at SGI Dubai 2019, the region’s largest event for Signage, Digital Signage, Retail Signage Solutions, Outdoor media, Screen and Digital printing industry. Epson showcased their new digital signage solutions, latest video projectors line and software solutions for signage.
On display at Epson’s stand was the latest innovations in printing for signage, graphics, dye sublimation, textile, and labels. These

Staff Writer, 13 February 2019

OKI Middle East highlighted ‘The Power of Innovation’ at SGI

OKI Middle East showcased a wide range of innovative products catering to varied needs of the print businesses underscoring its theme for the show ‘The Power of Innovation.’
OKI’s range of solutions for the retail segment created a buzz at the event as attendees were able to experience an exciting variety of the products in the Retail Section and through our own Virtual Reality showroom at the stand. Retailers at the show commented on how OKI’s compact and powerful application & solutions

Staff Writer, 13 February 2019

Konica Minolta to take part in Gulf Print and Pack 2019, Dubai

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Middle East will be taking part in the Gulf Print and Pack 2019 running from 15th to 18th April at Dubai World Trade Centre. As one of the leader in the commercial printing and packaging industry Konica Minolta will display its integrated offering for the commercial and packaging industry. In addition, the company will also give live demonstrations of its latest technologies and products which aim to shape the future of the printing and packaging industry in

Staff Writer, 12 February 2019

Canon Middle East unveils the smallest five-ink single function printer

Canon Middle East recently announced its smallest five-ink single function printer. The Canon PIXMA TS704, perfect for the home or small office, includes a 350-sheet capacity across a 2-way paper feed, an array of connectivity options and compatibility with a range of paper and creative apps for limitless personalization.

Compact in size is 18 percent smaller than its predecessor, the PIXMA iP7240, the Canon PIXMA TS704 packs a punch with features including voice control, connectivity and

Staff Writer, 05 February 2019

H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan joins 14th WAN-IFRA Middle East Conference

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, (WAN-IFRA) has announced that His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, the Minister of Tolerance of the United Arab Emirates, will be the guest of Honour for the 14th Middle East Conference, which takes place on 6 and 7 March 2019 in Dubai, UAE. His Excellency will also give the opening keynote presentation for the conference.

His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan is the Minister of Tolerance in the new Cabinet

Staff Writer, 30 January 2019

HP and UAE authorities seize over 450,000 illicit items

HP and United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities conducted a number of highly successful operations throughout 2018, to disrupt the trade of counterfeit HP branded cartridges across both the UAE and internationally.

From July through to December 2018, UAE officials raided a number of clandestine workshops and private residences in the Emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai, where significant volumes of illicit, HP-branded products were concealed. As a result, these anti-counterfeiting successes have

Staff Writer, 30 January 2019

Ardagh Group introduces new Can for luxury Iced Coffee product

Gaya Gold Coffee, a UAE-based luxury coffee brand, is currently in the news for unveiling an eye-catching metal can packaging for iced coffee. Reportedly, the exquisitely-designed coffee packaging, is manufactured at Ardagh Group’s plant in Deventer, Netherlands, and has already taken over the United Arab Emirates (UAE) market. Reports claim that it is likely to be introduced in other Middle Eastern markets soon.

According to sources familiar with the development, the unique can was developed

Staff Writer, 29 January 2019

Digital signages embedded with artificial intelligence will command a larger market share

Digital signages, LED and other related industries can increase their market share by adopting an artificial intelligence framework.  This is a work in progress, however, International Expo Consults (IEC) believes that the players with the AI vision will have the first mover advantage and the impact can be witnessed in a span of 2-3 years.

According to the IEC, the organisers of ‘SGI Dubai 2019’, Middle East’s largest sign and graphic imaging show, some of the exhibitors have already started

Staff Writer, 24 January 2019

Toil & Tinker takes GCC’s first six-colour Xerox Iridesse

Toil & Tinker, Dubai has installed the first six-colour Xerox Iridesse Production Press in GCC. Iridesse is equipped with six toner stations and can print metallic gold or silver dry ink, CMYK and white or clear dry ink in a single pass.

Speaking about the reason for choosing the Iridesse, Paul Green from Toil & Tinker, said, “We started Toil & Tinker four and half years ago. We opened a tiny shop in Dubai Garden Centre with one small printer and 3 employees. I was working in

Venkat Raghavan, 21 January 2019

Agfa ME to focus on JETi-Mira LED

Agfa ME to focus more on Middle East and Africa with their JETi-Mira LM, a UV LED curing flat bed printer.
 Speaking about the JETi-MIRA, Som John, GM of Agfa ME, said, “JETi-Mira LM, is an award winning & versatile UV LED curing flat bed printer. It can virtually print anything and even on all rigid substrates with strong adhesion of inks and wide colour gamut. In addition, it can print on flexible substrates with the usage of RTR option. The product is targeted towards digital wide format

Staff Writer, 21 January 2019

Masonlite plans to focus more on the latest technology equipments

Masonlite, Dubai has planned to focus in exploring the metal industry with latest technology equipment like Fibre Laser, CNC Routers, and many more.
Talking about Masonlite, Sunil Purushothaman, general manager from Masonlite, said, “Since 1980, we were there in the market and we were one of the pioneers in this industry. We have always tried to bring innovative products to this market and it’s going good until now. Recently, we have introduced many products like UV Flatbed Printer, CCD Router

Venkat Raghavan, 17 January 2019

Four Kuwaiti newspapers to go off shelves

Four leading Arabic newspapers have announced their joint decision to go off shelves for economic reasons. Al-qabas, Alrai, Aljarida and Alanba agreed to grant their personnel a day off every Friday, which means that their print papers will not be available for readers on Saturdays. The four daily Kuwaiti newspapers said that their sizes would also be changed early February to cut costs. They announced that their online digital Arabic papers would continue operating everyday as usual.

Staff Writer, 02 January 2019

Wishing all our readers a happy New Year

Thank you to all our readers, advertisers and partners for their invaluable support over the past 12 months; we really couldn't do what we do without you all.

The year had its own ups and downs due to the trends in global market. As long as readers are there print industry will evolve. Finally, everyone is hoping to have a big boost from EXPO 2020 and with the UAE governments initiative we are hoping to have an excellent 2019 in terms of prosperous business. 

As a short brief, PrintWeek MEA

Venkat Raghavan, 31 December 2018

MENA printing business forecast to grow to $32bn in 2019

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) continue to present one of the world’s key growth regions for printing.

In 2019, the total value of the commercial print business in MENA is forecast to reach $32 billion, according to exclusive research from Smithers Pira, the worldwide authority on the packaging, print and paper supply chains. They released the data ahead of the 2019 edition of Gulf Print & Pack, the leading industry event for the commercial print and packaging industry in the

Staff Writer, 29 December 2018

The 10th edition of Paper Arabia 2018 ends with positive sign

The 10th edition of Paper Arabia which happened from 16-18 December 2018 at DWTC ended with positive sign for the organizers and industry. It should also be noted that until 2018 the show was conducted annually and from this edition it was moved to Biennial.
Region's one of the leading suppliers displayed products, machinery and equipment at the exhibition which showed a huge amount of deals contracted than the previous edition.
Cementing its reputation as the leading fair for industry

Staff Writer, 20 December 2018

Epson highlights the importance of photo printing for professional photographers

The digital era has transformed the field of photography. Many photographers now offer ‘digital photo libraries’ to customers instead of photo albums and prints. And while this may have a positive impact on the bottom line, according to Epson, there is a lot to be said for the printed photograph as a tool to help photographers grow their skills, and turn leads into a loyal customer base. 

Printed photographs as an addition to professional photography service will be well received by

Staff Writer, 19 December 2018

Neenah announces strategic distribution partnership with Sona Commercial LLC

Continuing its mission to be one of the leading global manufacturer of fine paper and packaging, Neenah, Inc. announces a new strategic distribution partnership with Sona Commercial LLC to distribute its products in the Middle East, Africa and Indian subcontinent. Earlier, Neenah was distributing its products through Papers Worldwide in these markets.

Based in Dubai, Sona Commercial LLC is a decade old organization engaged in the marketing and distribution of fine papers. Sona Commercial LLC

Staff Writer, 19 December 2018