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Lebanon based engineering company XOL Automation, serving the converting and web handling industry in the MENA region, have been appointed as resellers for Cloeren Incorporated, Martin Automatic and Switzerland based, Pantec GS Systems.
Egypt based publishing house GEBO has ventured to upgrade its printshop with two Heidelberg installations. The publisher, with 24 outlets in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia, KSA and Jordan, has invested in the SM102, 4-colour 70-x100 press this year, in addition to the SM 2-colour press purchased in 2010.
Development & Media Freedoms (MADA) and WAN-IFRA, has launched the debut issue of MADA El-E'lam, the first specialised magazine on media affairs in Palestine.
Kodak and its distributor Typotech Imaging Systems launched its Graphic Communications Group (GCG) in Ehtiopia during a ceremony hosted at the Hilton Addis Ababa.
Advanced Interactive Media Solutions (AIMS), the Middle East partner of SCALA noted that there is a surge in demand marked by an 18 per cent growth of the digital media sector in the GCC in Q1 2011 compared to Q4 2010, a growth trend driven by the strong ROI of digital signage solutions.
Jordanian newspaper Al Ghad invests in software package for correction and last-minute editing of PDFs, as well as an ink saving tool, at the WAN-IFRA Middle East Conference in Dubai.
UAE based manufacturer, Al Bayader has opened a new showroom and warehouse in Damascus, Syria to cater to packaging market in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq.
The Print Media Academy (PMA) and experts of Heidelberg will be hosting a print workshop at the Golden Tulip Hotel de Ville Beirut, from March 14th-March 17th, 2011.
Uflex, India's largest flexible packaging company is expanding into Egypt and Dubai to be in close proximity to its markets.
Leading label printers from Lebanon, Label Plus have invested in their third Mark Andy this year. Haytham Sinno, owner and Managing Director of Label Plus says, "We acquired our first Comco narrow web press in 1999, the year Label Plus was established. Comco has been acquired by Mark Andy Inc. In recent years. Our next investment was the Mark Andy 2200 in 2006 at the Labelexpo in Brussels and last year expanded its machine park and bought a Mark Andy 2200 XL. A few months later in 2010 we purchased its third Mark Andy machine, also a 2200 XL. What makes us loyal to these machines is their performance, particularly the speed and quality of work produced."
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