Manufacturing holds the key to economic diversification in the Middle East

DESPITE many underlying tensions, the Middle East (ME) has maintained a positive economic outlook.

Is your beverage safe?

IN AFRICA, food safety is a life or death issue, with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) reporting 2,000 food safety-related deaths each day. To assure consumer confidence that bottlers' products are of the highest quality, supplier partners must play a leading role in enhancing quality assurance measures and making strides in the global effort to ensure food safety.

Bright future seen for beauty industry in the Philippines

Philbeauty 2015 shows the path ahead for the beauty industry with a platform to engage visitors with products and solutions for leading companies from 26 countries and regions

LINX appoints four senior managers

Coding and marking specialist strengthens leadership team to help further grow the company’s international presence

U.S. FDA approves Koning’s 3D breast imaging system

First-ever cone beam breast CT scanner designed specifically to image the entire breast with a single scan without compression of the breast tissue during breast cancer diagnosis

No mess, no rust and no guessing

Improved packaging redesign for new Gillette shaving gel raises user-friendliness and convenience

Mazor Robotics names VP for international sales

Sandra Adzic will be responsible for creating and implementing sales strategy in Asia and Europe for the company’s surgical guidance systems and complementary products

Specialist fora for packaging professionals

Roundtables on ‘Sustainability’, ‘Trends’, and ‘Perfumes in Asia’ highlight the 8th LUXE PACK SHANGHAI at the Shanghai Exhibition on April 15 and 16

Raka’s passion for cheese

ONLY a few Kenyans are truly cheese consumers, but the strong influence of Westernised eating habits is driving popularity for this dairy, particularly amongst those with cash to spend. Seeing the wide open opportunities for this product in 2001, foodies Rajesh and Kalpa Padia decided to start a cheese manufacturing facility in Nyeri, Kenya. Today, this dream has grown to become a market leader in the field.

Defining the modern Moroccan food and beverage industry

Food processing plays a crucial role in Morocco’s economic growth, writes GILL HYSLOP

Portable device detects fish fraud

A breakthrough device alerts consumers of grouper substitution whether fish is fresh or cooked and masked by breading and sauces

New experience to mould & die fabrication

Siemens PLM Software jointly exhibited its latest 3D digital product development innovation together with its partners, Material Automation (Thailand) Co. Ltd (MAT) and Design Through Acceleration Co. Ltd at the Intermold Thailand 2014.