Manipal Technologies launches packaging company
Manipal Technologies Ltd (MTL) has launched a packaging company — Manipal Utility Packaging Solutions Pvt Ltd (MUPSPL).
A press statement said here on Monday that this new entity combines Utility Printpack Pvt Ltd’s (UPPL) businesses and manufacturing operations in Ahmedabad with Manipal’s packaging businesses at Manipal, Chennai, Kenya and Nigeria.
Good Perspective for Packaging Machinery
Other subjects included the growing lack of qualified personnel. He contrasted this with the excellent perspectives for engineers and qualified technical personnel in the mechanical engineering sector and mentioned the recruiting portal talentmaschine.de as an initiative by the VDMA to promote young talents. He concluded his speech with the economic significance of protecting intellectual property and fighting product piracy.
PMMI expands food packaging horizons in Africa
PMMI and Ipack-Ima are launching East Afripack to capitalize on opportunities in the booming regional market.
PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, is joining with Italian trade fair producer Ipack-Ima Spa to launch East Afripack
The event (scheduled September 9-12 in Nairobi, Kenya) will connect technology providers with producers working in or looking to enter the region.
Jorge Izquierdo, vice president of global markets for PMMI (the producer of the annual PACK EXPO processing and packaging exposition and conference), spoke with FoodProductionDaily about the event, and what it can provide for food and packaging companies looking to take advantage of the region’s economic growth.
Konica Minolta seeks enhanced presence in Kenya
Konica Minolta, a global leader in provision of office business solutions, is seeking to take advantage of the developing business infrastructure in the region to enhance its presence in the market.
Visiting Business Support Manager for East African Countries Mr. Paul Tihn said the fast expanding business and Information Technology sector offers opportunities for Konica Minolta to provide the market with office equipment that will enhance efficiency and productivity.
Mr. Tihn spoke at the Pride Inn Hotel in Nairobi while launching the Konica Minolta on the Move campaign where buses on key routes in Nairobi will be fully branded with Konica Minolta's Office and Production Printing Solutions products as the company gears to launch new products mid-this year. The campaign is in partnership with some PSV operators and Konica Minolta's local partners Express Automation.
