Xeikon, a division of Punch Graphix announces that high profile Turkish label printing specialist, Canpaş, has invested in the Xeikon 3000 digital printing press to help boost efficiency, increase productivity and spur company growth. The new system will improve the turnaround times of short and medium runs of labels and variable data printing, enabling the company to provide an even better service to its customers.
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Headquartered in Athens, IFANTIS SA is the leading Greek meat processor. Its main products include smoked and processed meats, in both slices and portions – salami, sausages, turkey and hams. The group includes a number of food
companies active in five main businesses, with frozen foods, bakery, fresh pasta and cheese in addition to the leading processed meat business.
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The pickle and edible oil industry in Turkey were suffering from serious leakage problems of their package by using the conventional closure solutions without TE- band. Tightness of the package could not be achieved with the existing closure profile. Therefore producers of both markets were searching for a closure solution with a good non-leaking profile and with a tamper evident band (TE-band) function to secure their products against potential counterfeiting. Following the demand, BERICAP has designed the new SK 110/37 closure.
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Düsseldorf-based etma - european tube manufacturers association is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation this year. Despite the economic crisis, the association’s 52 member companies from 19 European countries reported good figures for 2008. But the association will not only be celebrating at its annual congress, which will be held from 10-12 June 2009 in Istanbul. Innovative strategies and greater flexibility are called for in order to successfully master the increased challenges that European tube producers are now facing.
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MM Packaging continues expansion and has acquired
a 60 % shareholding in the Turkish folding carton producer Superpack, located in Izmir.
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Heineken has established a joint venture with Efes Breweries International N.V. (“EBI”) in order to invest in the Uzbek beer market through the acquisition of breweries.
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Mondi Group (‘Mondi’) has announced that it has completed the transactions to acquire a majority interest in Tire Kutsan, a Turkish corrugated packaging and containerboard business, and 100% of Unterland Flexible Packaging, a consumer flexibles business based in Austria.
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Husky Injection Molding Systems has announced the opening of its new Vienna sales office. Sales activities, service management, project coordination and customer training are among the offerings at the new facility, which will serve as a gateway to Central and Eastern Europe, and will be headed by Christian Kapsamer, Husky’s General Manager, Central Europe.
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