Youssef Allam Group organizes open house at PMA in Cairo

With digital printing volumes  growing in Egypt and North-East Africa, and due to customers expecting a quick turnaround for shorter and variable runs, the Youssef Allam Group, a long-standing Heidelberg agency, held a three-day open house event at the Print Media Academy in Cairo to launch the Linoprint C digital printing system.
Sales and service activities for these systems will be the responsibility of the newly founded company Aim, a subsidiary of the Youssef Allam Group.
“We are keen to

Staff Writer, 04 December 2013

Saga digital to resell Mutoh’s large format printers in Africa

Distributors Saga Digital has announced the signing of an agreement to resell large format printers made by Mutoh into the African markets, including West, East, Central and parts of North African nations.
Mehdi Berrada Baby, director of Saga Digital commented, “Mutoh products will allow us to target clients that cannot  invest in the super large format printers immediately. The Mutoh printers are available in ranges upto 2.6 meter wide, roll to roll eco solvent, water based products where as

Shilpa Jasani, 14 November 2013

DigiPro inks Canon deal with International Printing House

DigiPro, a distributor of Canon Middle East in Egypt, has installed the first Canon proofing solution in the country with International Printing House (IPH).
The installation is said to be the first of its kind for Canon in Egypt which will further contribute to the growth of the country’s graphic arts industry.
“Canon is committed to providing the highest standards of support in the Professional Print industry and is a trusted partner to its customers helping them drive profitable business

Staff Writer, 21 October 2013

Youssef Allam Group participates in TechnoPrint 2013 at Cairo, Egypt

Youssef Allam Group  through its participation in Technoprint 2013, announced its completion of printing systems after its recent penetration the field of digital.
Heidelberg Linoprint 901 with Inline Finishers, and various finishing products like paper scissors, by Polar automatic, half-automatic binding machines, creasing machine, by Fastbind & latest cutting business cards, by Uchida were on display.
This is in addition to showcasing the latest digital machines for label printing, as well

Prashant Chaurasia, 05 June 2013

Dar Akhbar Al Khaleej and Technova successful six years

Bahrain-based Dar Akhbar Al Khaleej Printing and Publishing House have been using chemicals and inks from Technova for 6 years now.
Says Samuel Paul, director- operations, “Yes we are very satisfied with Technova products. We follow a stringent, unbiased scientific method of product selection & evaluation. If & only if any product qualifies our quality requirements then only we approve the same for use on our machine. Price is secondary to us, but yes what I can say is that the products

Shilpa Jasani, 02 May 2013

Heidelberg Linoprint launched at Cairo by Youssef Allam at PMA

Youssef Allam Group, at an event in its Print Media Academy in Cairo launched Heidelberg Linoprint. This machine is in the production printing line of Heidelberg, resulting from the strategic alliance between Heidelberg and Ricoh. It will be distributed in Egypt through Youssef Allam’s newly launched company called “Aim”.  
According to Eng. Adel Allam – CEO of Youssef Allam Group, digital printing is growing in volume everywhere as showcased in Drupa 2012, so it was time to introduce it in

Staff Writer, 03 April 2013

HP unveils solution to tackle the counterfeiting problem in Africa

HP plans to roll-out a verification code-technology that could help African consumers detect fake ink, cartridges or toners reported Web Africa.
The verification mechanism will take the form of a Quick Response (QR) code that consumers can use to check the authenticity of equipment.
Alternatively, customers can enter a alphanumeric code printed next to the QR Code into the HP Mobile Authentication website to verify  if the equipment is genuine or fake.
“After checking for the label’s holographic

Staff Writer, 13 March 2013

Bobst MEA subsidiary in Tunis completes 20 years operation

Leader in packaging and finishing machine manufacturing, Bobst recently celebrated 20 years of operation in MEA. Subsidiary of Bobst in Tunisia was created in 1992 to meet the needs for packaging machinery and equipment in Africa and Middle East.
Bobst CEO, Jean-Pascal Bobst, the Ambassador of Switzerland in Tunisia, Pierre Combernous and the Tunisian Vice-Minister to Investment and International Cooperation, Alaya Bettaieb were also present at this event as special guests.
With staff of 33

Pratik Sardesai, 17 January 2013

Four Goss community presses to be installed in Nigeria

Four new presses installed in different printshops in Nigeria takes the total to 200 units purchased since 2008.
Four new presses installed in different printshops in Nigeria takes the total to 200 units purchased since 2008.

Akwa Ibom Newspaper Corporation has installed a 12-unit press with 578-mm cut-off for half- and quarter-page folding capability as well as six Goss reelstands providing the capacity to print multiple webs simultaneously.

"This investment will jumpstart training for Akwa Ibom

Shilpa Jasani, 05 January 2013

Adobe gives discounts to Egyptian businesses

In line with its efforts to reduce software piracy and to make its products more affordable for Egypt’s business sector Adobe Systems unveiled this new pricing strategy for Egyptian businesses aimed at making its leading creativity and business productivity applications

Prashant Chaurasia, 11 November 2012

Three Goss Community presses installed within two months

Goss International undertook three installations of its Community presses, one each in Bahrain, Oman and Egypt.

The first web press was for the Police Press Pension Fund in Cairo, Egypt. A two-tower Goss Community with two SSC folders has been installed. Its configuration allows printing of two webs of 16 tabloid pages or one web of 32 tabloid pages in a single pass, complementing production of eight existing sheetfed presses.

For Apex Press and Publishing, operating in the Sultanate of Oman

Staff Writer, 01 August 2012

Riyadh roadshow by Konica Minolta

Hoshan Group and Konica Minolta organized a road show in Jeddah on June 11, 2012. The objective of this roadshow was to bring together the customers from around the country to focus on colour production series of Konica Minolta.

The roadshow was attended by more than 100 customers from various disciplines including commercial printers, photo shops, large corporate and Government sector.

Press C 8000, Press C 7000 and Press C 70hc were the highlights of the show, however, customers showed a lot

Staff Writer, 01 July 2012

Digimatrix has good sales in ME and Africa

Dubai-based distributors of machinery for signage industry, Digimatrix sees a good first half of 2012 with installation orders from Kuwait, Qatar, Tanzania, Algeria, Rwanda and Ghana.

Bilal Al-Hattab, managing director, Digi Matrix said, "TNA (Binnaji Group) in Kuwait has placed an order for the new & latest CNC router, Digi Cam DRM48A-DCS and the installation will take place within a few days. While Oxy Print from Qatar has confirmed an order for Dilli UVT1604D-WV the UV flat bed printing

Staff Writer, 01 June 2012

Coated paper seminar attracts 40 printers

Youssef Allam's Print Media Academy in Cairo hosted "Nevia Day - the Coated Paper" seminar on 14th March. About 40 print professionals from Cairo and Alexandria attended the seminar on coated paper and the quality of printing.

The seminar was sponsored by art paper mill, Gold East Paper (GEP) and distributors of paper products, Gold Hua Sheng Paper.

Ming Zhang, director of research & development at GEP was lead speaker and assisted by Dr. George Nubar, professor at Helwan

Staff Writer, 01 April 2012

2MMedia invests in flatbed Dilli in order to cater demanding market 2012-03-01 1106

Tanzania based, digital printing and manufacturer of custom signage products, 2MMedia has bought Dilli flatbed Neo Titan machine from Digimatrix.

Talking to PrintWeek MEA, group-managing director, Azim Somji said: "Our market is demanding such advancement in the advertising industry. As we are present in the market for the last 11 years, we would like to move ahead with the help of latest technological investment.

"We are planning to launch printed moulded designs, as we already have a moulding

Pratik Sardesai, 01 March 2012

HP MEA offers training courses

HP has announced a training initiative, named HP Capture programme (Capture) for its Scitex and Designjet machines in the Middle East and Africa.

Workshops and seminars would be conducted in Greece, Turkey and East Africa with further training programmes scheduled to be held in Morocco and South Africa. The HP Capture programme comprises educational events and a comprehensive HP Capture website, available to all HP press and printer owners. Updated materials will be available to clients

Staff Writer, 01 February 2012

25 printers participate in KBA's seminar

Twenty-five printers from Kenya and Tanzania attended a seminar on current trends and advances in the print media industry hosted by KBA in Nairobi.

The seminar was divided into 2 parts. The first half had presentations on personalised print, trends in packaging production and new features of Rapida sheetfed offset presses.

The second part included a tour of Kenya Literature Bureau (KLB), which took delivery of a four-colour KBA Rapida 105 a few months ago, for printing posters and world maps

Staff Writer, 01 January 2012

Comexi conducts first ME seminar for lamination and slitting

Suppliers of flexible packaging machinery Comexi Group jointly hosted a seminar with Al Madina for Advanced Technology in Cairo. The workshop was the first such event hosted by the suppliers for the ME region.

The two-day event was attended by 45 Comexi customers from Egypt and the ME.

Talking to Printweek MEA, Albert Lopez, of Comexi Technology Centre, said: "Our aim to organize workshops like these is to help printers understand new developments in technology and latest trends. That is the

Staff Writer, 01 November 2011

Al Borg reap advantages with Canon's VDP print technology

One of the largest private medical laboratory in the Middle East, Al Borg Medical Laboratories has reported a substantial improvement in its service delivery following the deployment of Canon's print and Variable Data Publishing (VDP) solutions including imageRUNNER and imagePRESS print machines.

Says Dr. Ahmed El Saifi CEO, Al-Borg, "With thousands of patients requiring comprehensive medical analysis reports, we needed a system that will effectively manage our document management and printing

Staff Writer, 01 October 2011

Print training for team from Iraqi Ministry at PM academy in Cairo

The Iraqi Central Statistical Organization, which is part of the Iraqi Ministry of Planning, sent its team for a training course in the Print Media Academy Cairo (PMAC), also known as Youssef Allam Academy.

A customized course was developed based on the customer needs, namely the "Modern Concepts & Stages of Printing Production".This course, conducted in July, primarily focused on - the Printing process, printing of raw materials, quality assurance and problems of printed copies.

A total of four

Staff Writer, 01 September 2011

HP unveils ePrint technology, other innovations in Cairo, KSA

HP Middle East has launched its multi-function web connected e-Printers that allow users to print from anywhere by sending an email to the printer's own email address, either from another computer or a smart phone. Photos, documents, tickets to shows and other such documents can be emailed from the smart phones or tablet PC's directly onto the HP enabled ePrinter, can be printed directly.

Among the new models are two entry level deskjet all-in -one printers code named Deskjet 2050a and 1050a

Staff Writer, 01 August 2011

Youssef Allam shoulders CSR by revamping educational institute

Cairo based Youssef Allam & Co were presented with the Appreciation Award by Dr. Mohamed Sabry, Dean of Helwan University's Faculty of Applied Arts, in a special ceremony.

The award was given in appreciation of its Corporate Social Responsibility programme, under which Youssef Allam undertook to revamp the University's main lecture hall.

The company installed a new data show, added students' chairs, storage cabinets and an instructor desk. New floors were laid, walls painted, curtains hung

Pratik Sardesai, 01 July 2011

Kodak launches GCG in Ethiopia with reseller

Kodak and its distributor Typotech Imaging Systems launched its Graphic Communications Group (GCG) in Ehtiopia during a ceremony hosted at the Hilton Addis Ababa.

The Ethiopian market predominantly comprises commercial and publishing printers. Typotech feels the Kodak solutions fit the Ethiopian market needs perfectly, as Alfred Kandarah, managing director for Typotech says: "The local market is ready for the Kodak prepress, press and workflow solutions. The output these deliver is

Pratik Sardesai, 20 June 2011

abelexpo plans summit in Africa

The Labelexpo Global Series has announced a new event, Label Summit Africa 2012, which will focus on the growing African label and package printing market. The conference and table-top exhibition will take place on 19 - 20 March at the Westin Hotel in Cape Town.

Roger Pellow, Labelexpo managing director said, 'We are very excited to be moving into this important region. Label Summit Africa will give African printers the opportunity to learn about global advances in label technologies and

Staff Writer, 01 June 2011

Sphinx to finance $25.5m for completion of new paper mill

The IFC joins Sphinx Private Equity Management and Grandview, Citadel Capital's small and mid-cap investment portfolio company, to finalize the debt and equity financing for the completion of environmentally-friendly paper mill that will create 850 jobs and ease Egypt's reliance on imports.

Grandview Investment Holdings, a company managed by Sphinx Private Equity Management, has announced today that the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is supporting job creation and reducing greenhouse

Pratik Sardesai, 01 May 2011

Egypt printer aims to double production with SM XL162 buy

Egypt based packaging printer Mosbah Packaging Press, has gone for 'Middle East first' large format press from Heidelberg.

Cairo based printer is planning to double its production capacity with Speedmaster XL 162 purchase. The five-colour press with coating unit is planned to be installed this summer in a new 6,000 m production building of the company.

Khaled Mosbah, in charge of the family business since 1998 said: "We are impressed by the high quality and above all, the outstanding

Pratik Sardesai, 01 March 2011

Presstek's new reseller is Adler

Manufacturer of digital offset machinery, Presstek has appointed Adler Gruppe & Addxxion as its distributor for Egypt. Adler will sell and service all Presstek products including thermal plates, CTP solutions and DI digital offset presses.

Mohamed Shoukry, CEO of Adler Gruppe, says, "Presstek's products will help our customers establish more sustainable working practices - something that is becoming increasingly important in our local market."

The company produces chemistry-free CTP, and along

Pratik Sardesai, 01 February 2011

Police Press buys GossCommunity SSC to boost revenue of webpress

Cairo based, Police Press has ordered a Goss Community SSC press from resellers, Youssef Allam, Goss International's Cairo-based agent for Egypt, Libya and Sudan.

"Through its standards and reputation, Police Press is winning important contracts and has a clear vision of how its business can continue to develop," said Allam, owner and managing director of Youssef Allam.

"It was clear that the time was right for the company to install a web press, and thorough analysis indicated that a Community

Pratik Sardesai, 01 January 2011

Epson selects Jebel Ali company as distributor for N Africa & Iraq

Epson has announced that it has recently appointed Mohammad Ekrayem & Sons (MES) as its new distributor in North Africa and Iraq.

MES, which has been operating in the region since 1986, is headquartered in the Jebel Ali Free Zone as a distributor for global IT brands.

Ahmad Qasem, channel sales manager, Epson, said: "With its extensive experience and thorough knowledge of the regional market, Mohammad Ekrayem & Sons will serve as an important addition to our network of distributors across the

Pratik Sardesai, 01 December 2010

Ashmand's dealership for Agfa renewed

Agfa Graphix Middle East & Africa, a part of AGFA-Gaevart Group have announced that they have renewed their agreement with Ashmand to distribute their Jeti solvent printers in Egypt.

Mohamed Ghalayani, MEA Marcom channel manager said, "Prior to the acquisition of Gandinnovations, (the original manufacturer of Jeti printers) by Agfa, Ashmand were always the Jeti dealers for the products in Egypt. Ashmand will be responsible for marketing and after sales service and will also coordinate with our

Shilpa Jasani, 01 November 2010