Muscat Printing invests in Xerox’s Versant 80

Oman based Muscat Printing Press has invested in the digital press from Xerox, the Versant 80, earlier this year, purchased from Xerox’s agent in Oman - Bishara Establishment. 

The Versant  can print on coated, uncoated, tabs, envelops, polyester/synthetic, textured, coloured, custom media and mixed-stock printing media.

Commenting on their decision, deputy managing director Rajan Pillai said: “We are happy with our choice. Xerox, with their innovative digital printing solutions and with

Staff Writer, 22 December 2015

Narsingh Dass Group aims to provide one stop solution

Narsingh Dass Group of company ‘Artica International DMCC’ has been distributing in the MENA region since November 2014 and they look forward on completing their first successful year.

Speaking about their company, Vedansh Gupta, Jr. solution provider from Artica International added, “We deal in commodities and amazing media. We aim to provide our customers a one stop shop to cater to all their needs with a crystal clear supply chain process. We also provide solutions in wood and pulp based

Staff Writer, 14 November 2015

Al Suwaidi Paper to establish its new factory in 2nd half of 2016

Established in 2001, Al Suwaidi Paper factory is the first paper manufacturing unit established in Qatar to manufacture Kraft paper and board  from recycled waste paper.  They have been exporting paper into the UAE since the last 14 years, exporting about 500 metric tonnes of 0.7 mm unbleached paper.  The manufacturers will be launching its second paper machine with a capacity to produce 80,000 tonnes of core board per anum (amounting to 250 tonnes a day).

Explains marketing manager

Shilpa Jasani, 14 October 2015

First 3D printing exhibition 3D Print hosted at DWTC in Dubai

The first ever 3D printing conference cum exhibition ‘3D Print UAE’ took place on 17th and 18th August 2015 at Dubai World Trade Centre, UAE which attracted a number of like-minded 3D Printing professionals from over 40 nations.

3D Print UAE exhibition cum conference is a concept aimed at providing a broad scale platform for the manufacturing sector and consumer world across the ME region. 

3D Print UAE gave an opportunity for the additive manufacturing experts from across the globe to

Staff Writer, 08 September 2015

Absolute Print becomes the 1st to install Anapurna M2500i in Kuwait

Kuwait based company Absolute Print turns out to be the first company in Kuwait to install the new Anapurna M2500i roll-to-roll printer from Agfa Graphics.

The 6-colour Anapurna M2500i hybrid wide-format printer is a perfect fit for sign shops, digital printers, photo labs and mid-size graphic screen printers printing outdoor and indoor top quality wide-format jobs, on a wide range of rigid and roll-to-roll media. A more accurate dot positioning, an enhanced curing system and higher

Staff Writer, 12 August 2015

KSA based MMD Display purchases an inkjet printer from Durst

The Saudi based MMD Display purchased its fifth Durst machine, the P10 250 HS at Fespa 2015. The company supplies display stands and advertising materials in KSA.

The new printer will boost the capacity of the company which already boasts a fleet of Durst printers including Rho Pictor, Rho 700, P10-200 and P10-250.

“Opting yet again for another printer from Durst was not a difficult decision to make. We are quite familiar with the quality and productivity of Durst machine through our existing

Staff Writer, 09 July 2015

Tinkerine in agreement with Precise Group

Canadian printer manufacturer Tinkerine Studios  has entered a distribution agreement with UAE’s 3D printing company Precise Group to offer the region’s customers a complete 3D printing bundle, Saudi Power reported. 

Precise group president Lothar Hohmann said, “Our goal is to be the one-stop shop for 3D printing and services in the Middle East region. I strongly believe that our partnership will allow us to grow into the educational sector with Tinkerine, with the STEAM-based Tinkerine U

Staff Writer, 08 June 2015

Transcon showcases its whole range at GPP ‘15

Transcon General Trading LLC was incorporated in UAE from 2003 to provide a ‘total solution’ to the printing industry in offset & digital, other material and services for UAE, Qatar, Oman and Africa has participated in the Gulf Print & Pack.

Talking about their participation, Anoop Nair, DGM for technical support & procurement commented, “We are participating for the second time in Gulf Print & Pack. This year seemed to be dynamic with increased interest among customers not

Staff Writer, 11 May 2015

Qatar based Digital Print Centre has invested in Konica Minolta

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Middle East FZE, has delivered its first consignment of the newly launched bizhub PRESS C1100 series, to its distributor channels in the Middle East. Among one of the first customers to take delivery of the new C1100 was “Digital Print Centre” in Qatar.

Wassim Aldayah, GM, Digital Print Centre, said, “Konica Minolta is the leader in the digital print business, and we are thrilled to have such a prestigious brand as our partner, we continue to serve our

Staff Writer, 09 April 2015

Al Dana launches three new machines under name ‘Xtreme’

Al Dana Vision has announced that it would be launching a non-woven bag making machine, flexo printing machine and glitter machine under the brand name Xtreme. Al Dana Vision is a trading company of machineries on printing, packaging, digital, binding and finishing.

Explained Ammar Taha, MD - Al Dana: “The non-woven bag making machine can produce different types of bags with online handle attachment like box-type bag; flat bag with side gazette, D-cut bags, and T-shirt bags (U-cut). The

Staff Writer, 12 March 2015

Signtrade International inaugurates JAFZA head quarters

Signtrade International inaugurated it’s premises in JAFZA, UAE on January 12th, 2015. Designed and built, the new premises will give them 20,000 sq meters more and it has a proximity to sea and airport. Signtrade was established in 1988, in Dubai, U.A.E.

Speaking about the geographical location and advantages of the head quarters, Yasin Merchant, MD of Signtrade, commented, “This is strategically located at the cross roads of Asia, Europe and Africa, JAFZA has become the central hub, of the

Staff Writer, 15 February 2015

Canon ME’s ‘Makaseb’ rewards scheme for its printing business in Egypt

Canon ME recently launched ‘Makaseb’, a loyalty and rewards program for all its customers involved in the printing and publishing sector in Egypt.

‘Makaseb’, an Arabic word for gains or profits, is a scheme aimed at incentivising Canon’s B2B partners in Egypt. The event held in Cairo recently saw the participation of various companies involved in graphic arts, Print-for-Pay (P4P), banking and other corporate sectors who have all been using Canon’s printing solutions for a considerable amount

Staff Writer, 07 January 2015

Al Dana’s venture into digital as well as the finishing machines

Al Dana Vision was established in the year 2002, and it’s totally focused on providing a wide and integrated range of services in the book binding materials and machineries. Recently they have extended their services to digital printing and textile industry.

Al Dana is geographically based in Sharjah Industrial area where it is the sole agent of Velvet material from  France, PU material from Italy, PVC material from Finland, binding cloth from Germany, binding  accessories and all printing

Venkat Raghavan, 15 December 2014

Zebra launches printers designed for healthcare sector in ME

Zebra Technologies has launched new healthcare printers designed to operate in sterile clinical environments at Gitex 2014, adding to its healthcare portfolio. 

Zebra has also launched a new mobile printer for specimen collection that will help enhance patient safety in the region. Designed for use in sterile environments, the GK420 Healthcare printer can withstand regular cleanings with disinfecting solutions and allows healthcare professionals to label medications and specimens before and

Staff Writer, 10 November 2014

Svara will distribute Swedish company’s products in GCC

Svara General Trading  (STG) company has confirmed that they have signed a deal with Sweden-based Fortex International BV to sell packaging boards  like PE board, food board, coated kraft back, duplex board and other speciality board  from various mills in the Far East and Europe to all the countries in the GCC region.

Explains director Abbas Jani, “SGT has marketing roots in UAE, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia for packaging boards.  We have a strong hold  in the region to sell container

Shilpa Jasani, 15 October 2014

35,000 fake printer ink cartridges seized by authorities in Riyadh

A total of 35,000 fake printer ink cartridges have been seized by the Ministry of Commerce in Riyadh, KSA, local media reported.

The authorities during the raids seized more than 5,000 packs of fake ink cartridges. Over 4,000 empty ink cartridges were about to be refilled, the paper said, adding that nearly 8,000 labels carrying HP trade marks were also confiscated. More than 25,000 packs, carrying HP and Canon brands, were seized.

In another campaign, the ministry’s field inspectors

Staff Writer, 15 September 2014

Samsung announces its first assembly line in Ethiopia, Africa

Samsung has recently announced that it has opened its first ‘assembly plant in Africa, in Ethiopia’, with the factory established to manufacture up to 70 printers a day, the first models of which will be the ML-2160, SXZ-3405W, ML5015ND and SL-M8320D - a mixture of monochrome and MFP machines.
The plant was inaugurated by both Samsung’s African subsidiary, Samsung Electronics East Africa, and Tana Communication PLC.
At the inauguration ceremony, Tana’s CEO Sium Adugna stated that the plant, “in

Staff Writer, 13 August 2014

Saudi converter adds two new FA-4 presses from Nilpeter

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia based manufacturer of labels, Raqam International, has added two new FA-4 10-colour Nilpeter flexo presses to its operation to meet the increasing demand for labels.
These two Nilpeter multi-substrate flexo presses are an addition to their two Nilpeter offset MO-Lines already in production.
“To confront the imminent need for more volume in our production, we went looking for a flexo press with a consistent quality in repeat jobs, the fastest possible setup, optimum printing

Staff Writer, 23 June 2014

QuadTech appoints Dynagraph as Middle East sales, service agent

Manufacturers ofautomated auxiliary control systems sold in 100 countries to  web offset newspaper, packaging, converting markets, and publication gravure market QuadTech has appointed Dynagraph as its sales and service agent in the Middle East. 

Jamal Kanaan, general manager, Dynagraph Dubai, commented: “We believe that our new partnership with QuadTech is important, especially to the future of the Middle Eastern flexible packaging market, which is currently experiencing double-digit growth

Staff Writer, 26 May 2014

Printkom hosts workshop on publishing in Lebanon

Printkom (Canon’s distributor in Lebanon) an event which saw over 400 industry professionals converge to discuss the latest trends in the Lebanese book printing and publishing industry. 

The event, aimed at industry players explored the
latest technological innovations as well as trends shaping the local book printing landscape.

Keynote speech was delivered by Professor George Nubar of Helwan University of Applied Arts, who discussed the trends in the region and how this will affect the

Staff Writer, 14 May 2014

Juffali, Heidelberg host seminar in KSA on ‘versatility of print’

Juffali Printing systems and Heidelberg Saudi Arabia conducted a seminaron “The Press Versatility from Commercial to Packaging” at the Riyadh Intercontinental Hotel in Saudi Arabia, attended by 55 participants from private and public sectors.  

Two speakers from Germany Felix Müller,  senior vice president for Sheetfed Product Management and Ralph Schoenfeld, regional business management -Dealer Network Area sales manager Postpress spoke on various topics including commerical finishing

Staff Writer, 10 March 2014

HP’s new strategies in Africa/Levant for cartridges

HP launches new anti-counterfeiting strategy in Africa, the “Three-pronged” strategy involves creating awareness, enforcement and product packaging.
HP cartridges are now protected with security technology such as holographic properties and Quick Response (QR) codes which enable customers to validate the product using a smartphone or HP’s website. Furthermore, HP Authentication Software, which can be downloaded from HP’s website, offers support to customers so that they know not to choose

Staff Writer, 14 November 2013

Turkey puts warning labels

Bottles and cans of alcohol sold in Turkey must soon bear warnings similar to those on cigarette packages, including the phrase "Alcohol is not your friend." Companies have 10 months to comply with the regulations, which were released last month.
The new regulations about the labels result from a law passed in May that restricts the sale and advertising of alcohol.
The law was one reason a wave of anti-government protests hit Turkey in June.
The labels also must indicate that only people over the

Staff Writer, 21 October 2013

Global Graphics take new distributorship

Kuwait based graphics art supply company Global Graphics has recently signed a business collaboration with Germany-based, Gerhard Busch and Schneider Senator, to distribute cutting systems from Schneider and paper processing products from Busch in Kuwait.
General manager of Global Graphics Ayman Abou El Farag said, ”This is another remarkable step for us and we hope to expand our services for our customers in Kuwait.  We also sent our engineers to be trained at both Schneider and Busch.  
Sales

Staff Writer, 06 August 2013

KSA based government printers buy 8-colour perfecting press

One of the biggest
government printers in Saudi Arabia, Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMBSU),   has purchased a new eight-colour ROLAND 700 HiPrint perfecting press. IMBSU now owns eight Roland presses.
Ibrahim Al Moheimeed, printing press manager of IMBSU said : “It is all because of the short make-ready time, consistent premium print quality, low waste rate, and the high efficiency, that we decided to buy the 8-colour perfecting press.”
The printing house of Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn

Staff Writer, 07 July 2013

Iraqi delegation trains at Print Media Academy

Print Media Academy Cairo (PMAC), held a training, in cooperation with Heidelberg Middle East, for an Iraqi delegation. The training was held in PMAC , in Cairo for 12 days from the 3rd till the 14th of February 2013.
The Iraqi delegation consisted of 10 members, mainly in entry levels. They were representatives from alJazeera printshop and elAttaba print shop in Baghdad.
The course covered “Printing Basics” with practical training to explore the details of the printing process.
“We had expert

Prashant Chaurasia, 02 May 2013

Général Emballage selected for ‘Trophée de la production’

Algeria based Général Emballage was selected for the “Trophée de la production” (Production Award) by the Euro-Development SME programme out of 450 candidate companies.
Général Emballage specialises in the production and conversion of corrugated board, producing 60,000 tons annually. The company also exports 12% of its total production capacity, with plans to increase this quantity to 20% by 2014.
Général Emballage’s manager, Ramdane Batouche says, “We pay close attention to any shifts in the

Prashant Chaurasia, 13 March 2013

Al-Sabah Newspaper in Baghdad chooses KBA single width Comet

Iraqi newspaper Al Sabah has purchased a KBA single width, double circumference Comet press.
The coldset/heatset press will primarily print the country's popular national daily, Al-Sabah part of the Baghdad based Iraqi Media Network (IMN). Like 200 newspaper, semi-commercial and book printers throughout the world IMN cites print quality, output and reliability as reasons for choosing the Comet.
The addition of a thermal dryer allows 8 of Al-Sabah's 48 full-colour pages to be printed in heatset on

Staff Writer, 17 February 2013

Canon hosts partner conference on imaging technology in Morocco

Canon Middle East hosted its 2012 Partner Conference from 5th to 7th December 2012 in Morocco under the theme: "Build the Future". Over 100 Canon partners from 45 countries in the Middle East, North, West and East Africa region participated in the event that focused on the future of imaging technology.
Anurag Agrawal, managing director, Canon ME said: "In an ever changing environment, new technologies are constantly being integrated in everyday life. From input through cameras, to output through

Staff Writer, 17 January 2013

Sinapse sells multi lingual press simulators to Obeikan, KSA

Suppliers of training simulators for flexo, gravure, and offset presses, Sinapse Print Simulators has sold multi-lingual press simulators to Obeikan in Saudi Arabia.

Obeikan has installed flexo and gravure simulators to complement the existing sheetfed simulator at the Riyadh Polytechnic Institute in Saudia Arabia.

Riyadh Polytechnic Institute (RPI) based in Riyadh, is a private-public initiative launched by the government of Saudi Arabia (Technical and Vocational Training Corporation) to

Shilpa Jasani, 11 November 2012