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Flexible packaging
Turkey outperforms European flexible packaging market average
A new report on the flexible packaging marketplace in Europe has shown Turkey has outperformed its counterparts and a flexible packaging leader.
put Poland as the market with the strongest growth in this segment (five per cent), while Turkey, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Romania also did better than the 1.4 per cent average.
Performance plastics leader opens Dubai logistics hub
Performance plastics and silicones leader Momentive has opened its MEA Logistics Centre in
Dubai, UAE.
The new hub, which is located in the burgeoning metropolis' Logistics City, will serve as a portal for Momentive's customers in the Middle East and Africa region.
"Momentive continues its commitment to expanding our manufacturing and technology footprint by investing in high growth segments and regions around the world,” said Jack Boss, President and CEO.
Dubai welcomes 'most-advanced' 3D-printed office
The world's most advanced 3D-printed structure is to be printed and assembled in Dubai, UAE, as part of the UAE's National Innovation Strategy.
The office, which is the first initiative of the metropolis' previously announced scheme, will be built using a 20-ft tall 3D printer in a partnership between Dubai and WinSun Global, along with Thornton Tomasetti, Gensler and Syska Hennessey Group.
Courtesy UAE Innovation Committee.
3D printing
Sidel gives PepsiCo franchisee production boost
Sidel technology has helped a franchisee of PepsiCo International in Oman boost
its productivity to meet growing demand.
Oman Refreshment Company (ORC) has recently installed a new production line from the leading global provider of PET solutions for beverages, which enables the Omani bottler to up its capacity considerably.
Oman wealth fund 'looks beyond oil' to plastics?
Oman is taking its equity stakes elsewhere besides oil as its sovereign wealth fund seeks to diversify the government's income.
The Sultanate of Oman, , is the largest Arab oil producer that is not a member of OPEC and set up the Oman Investment Fund in 2006 to preserve and expand the country's wealth.
