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BRIEFS FESPA Leadership

Takamul Industries is
reinforcing its brand
presence across the GCC
packaging industry with Exchange MENA 2025
the rebranding of its five
companies: Al Jawad
Plastic and Flexible The print and visual com-
Packaging Factory, Al munications sector across
Jawad Car ton and
Packaging Factory, MEASA witnessed a land-
Express Pack Print, Express Flexi Pack, and Gulf Packaging mark moment as FESPA suc-
Industry. This rebranding reflects a single, coordinated cessfully wrapped up its
vision for innovation, efficiency, and sustainability in first-ever regional education
diversified packaging solutions. Built on the complementary
strengths of its founding companies, Takamul Industries series, an ambitious four-day
offers a broad portfolio across flexible packaging, folding tour spanning three coun-
cartons, and corrugated packaging. By aligning capabilities tries and four dynamic cities.
under one brand, Takamul enhances its ability to deliver Designed to strengthen
consistent quality, faster turnarounds, and scalable industry knowledge and
solutions that meet the evolving needs of regional and Four-day tour spanning three countries and four dynamic cities
global customers. This unification is a key step in Takamul inspire innovation, the series
Industries’ ongoing strategy to build one cohesive brought together print lead- whelming enthusiasm. The discussions, debates, practi-
organization, driven by integrated ERP systems, unified ers, manufacturers, brand event delivered a rich blend cal frameworks, and factory
quality standards, and streamlined operations, processes, specialists, and technology of insights, from the latest visits with C-suite leaders, an
and procedures across all entities, said Mr. John Abi Najm, Print Census findings and the
CEO of Takamul Industries. experts from across the immersive experience that
MENA region. evolving expectations of highlighted both the chal-
HEIDELBERG Gulf LLC The FESPA Leadership retail brands to the future of lenges and the immense
celebrated its 25th Exchange (FLEX) MENA textile printing, colour man- potential shaping the future
anniversary with an 2025 series concluded in agement, brand identity, sus-
event in Dubai, marking Cairo, Egypt, where the tainability, and regional of print in the region. FESPA
25 years of operations in Egyptian visual communica- market opportunities. Middle East 2026 will take
the region and 65 years tions community welcomed Across every stop, partici- place from 13–15 January in
of partnership with the programme with over- pants engaged in high-level Dubai.
Juffali. The celebration
w a s at t e nded b y
company's legacy of innovation and commitment to the Canon ramps up for global
employees, partners, and industry leaders, highlighting the
printing and packaging industry in the Gulf. The event also
commemorated a 65-year partnership with Juffali. The Colorado XL roll-out
anniversary was a moment to reflect on the company's
history and to look forward to future innovation and growth Canon is poised to start
in the printing industry. Heidelberg Gulf LLC is the regional shipping its new Colorado
representative of Heidelberg Druckmaschinen AG, serving
the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iraq. XL large-format device early
They specialize in providing world-class printing and next year, with the first units
packaging solutions. currently being manufac-
tured at its Venlo facility in
BOBST has announced its
successful participation at the Netherlands. The
IGE 2025 in Oran, Algeria, Colorado XL was announced
where the company in September. It marks the
presented its latest Profitable sustainability is deeply ingrained in the DNA of this machine
t e c h no l o gi e s an d first use of Canon’s UVgel
industrial solutions for ink technology for printing chronously”, explained He noted that polypropyl-
packaging excellence and onto rigid materials. Colorado XL global strategy
sustainability. Over the ene substrates did not
fo u r- day event in It is 3.4m wide, meaning and business development require plasma or corona
October, BOBST experts also delivered a series of presentations it can handle 3.2m-wide roll lead Kris Walewijns. treatment prior to printing.
on topics aligned with the Industry Grand Expo’s core themes media or two 1.6m rolls. The “This is the first time
of innovation and standardization. Created as a strategic UVgel can print onto rigid Walewijns highlighted the
meeting point for manufacturers, suppliers, experts, and true hybrid “modular to the plates [substrates]. We have Colorado XL’s FullBeam
innovators, the inaugural edition of the Industry Grand Expo max” device can also handle
brought together 31 international exhibitors from 27–30 rigid media. been test printing onto curing system, and said:
October 2025. BOBST, chosen as the Honorary Partner of the fluted polypropylene which “With UV printing you typi-
prominent exhibition, welcomed a steady stream visitors to This can be fed into the is notoriously difficult for
its stand in the main exhibition hall. Here attendees device in “lanes”, whereby ink to adhere to, and we’ve cally get ‘football field band-
experienced BOBST’s state-of-the-art packaging solutions up to six boards of the same ing’ due to the curing lights
which combine digitalization, connectivity, and also printed onto it in gloss
sustainability. media weight, but in differ- mode when usually it’s being located at the end of
ent sizes, can be fed in “asyn- matte.” the carriage.
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