Sidel to open Dubai, Frankfurt offices

Hershey has new R&D hub in Shanghai

KFC opens in Mongolia

Mondel?z expands biscuit plant in China

Tetra Pak sets up ultra-modern facility in Chakan

Constantia acquires majority of Parikh Packaging

Ulrick & Short sticks with non-GM clean label coatings

Sustaining market leadership

OCTAL is the world’s largest producer of PET sheet and resin on a single site and the world’s leading clear rigid packaging material supplier. Based in Oman, the company has established itself as a market leader in competitive and environmental-friendly packaging products, and has taken aggressive steps in developing its innovative technology to better serve its customers. International Plastics News – Middle East and Africa (IRNEA) learned from Maurice Abou Zeid, OCTAL’s Business Manager for M

PROCESS EXPO: higher international turnout

It’s a bigger show this November as international participation to Chicago fair doubles, according to FPSA

SABIC-Albemarle joint venture starts production

Saudi Organometallic Chemicals Company (SOCC), begins tri-ethyl aluminium (TEA) production to power plastics industry in Saudi Arabia

Women suffer higher rates of decline in aging and Alzheimer’s disease

The rates of regional brain loss and cognitive decline caused by aging and the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are higher for women and for people with a key genetic risk factor for AD, say researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in a study published online July 4 in the American Journal of Neuroradiology.

T.H.E.M. enhances contract packaging capabilities

As one of the first companies to introduce flexible stick packaging to North America, T.H.E.M. has built a strong reputation as a leading provider of contract packaging for powder-based products.