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REGIONAL BRIEFS SGI Dubai to bring

ACTEGA, manufacturer
of specialty coatings,
inks, adhesives, sealants
and compounds for the global industry leaders
print and packaging
i n d u s t r y , h a s
announced two high- 26th edition of SGI Dubai
profile management will be a platform of global
appointments. Effective innovations and aims to
April 1st, Andrei Sotkeviciene, who was previously The attract trade visitors from
Managing Director of ACTEGA do Brasil, will assume the role 100 plus countries. The show
of President for ACTEGA North America. His successor, Carlos is scheduled to take place on
Mateluna already took over the position as Managing 18, 19, 20 September 2023 at
Director of ACTEGA do Brasil at the beginning of March. These the Dubai World Trade
appointments demonstrate ACTEGA’s strong commitment to Centre. For securing their
providing exemplary leadership across all its regions strategic booths, exhibitors
worldwide, as well as celebrating exceptional talent and
expertise fostered within the ALTANA Group. Andrei can get in touch with the SGI The show is scheduled to take place on 18, 19, 20 September 2023
Sotkeviciene brings an impressive record of success to his Dubai team by contacting :
new role of President of ACTEGA North America, succeeding sgidubai@iecdubai.com. the-art innovations. Majority ment. Moreover, 39% of
Mark Westwell who is retiring after a long career with the Abdul Rahman Falaknaz, of the trade visitors that trade visitors made direct
company. In addition to Andrei Sotkeviciene's appointment, Chairman, IEC, the organis- attend our show every year purchases from exhibitors
Carlos Mateluna has been named Managing Director of ers of the SGI Dubai show, are Tier 1 decision-makers, while at the exhibition,”.
ACTEGA do Brasil, effective March 1st, 2023. ACTEGA is a stated that, “Global multina- such as CEOs and Business "We would urge all the
division of the group ALTANA. tional brands from several Owners, as well as Tier 2 local, regional and global
At the end of 2023, BOBST countries including the USA, decision-influencers, like exhibitors to participate in
will deliver its 600th South Korea, China, UAE, Production, Marketing, and
r o t a r y d i e c u t t e r India, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Technical Managers. SGI our 26th edition and capital-
worldwide, underlining and Pakistan were present at Dubai has consistently given ise on the benefits of being
its leading position also the last edition of the show exhibitors and visitors the early and get ready to take on
in this segment of the with some of their state-of- highest return of their invest- 2024,” concluded Falaknaz.
packaging market. The
anniversary machine - a
MASTERLINE DRO with six Konica Minolta to unveil new
printing units - will be installed at the new PACKNERS GmbH
plant in Emsbüren in north-west Germany. "We want to use
this high-end rotary die cutter to create additional digital solutions at GPP 2024
opportunities for new market segments in the production of
high-quality corrugated board packaging" explains Stefan Konica Minolta Business
Gausepohl, Head of Sales & Marketing and, as an authorized Solutions Middle East, a
signatory a member of the PACKNERS management team. Leading provider of printing
The MASTERLINE DRO is the flagship rotary die cutter from technology and services
BOBST. It can be configured for inside and outside printing announced on the 13th of
in a single pass. It is also characterized by a uniquely high April 2023 that it will show-
degree of automation. P
case its latest digital printing
Digital print continues solutions at Gulf Print and
to revolutionize every Pack 2024. The event,
part of commercial, wide which will be held at the
format, and packaging Dubai World Trade Center Konica Minolta to showcase its latest digital printing solutions at GPP 2024
print. But more complex also added, that “because of our technology to the
production workflows and ever-tighter deadlines and service from January 9-11, 2024 is GPP it’s very important for
level agreements put print production output under the one of the largest exhibitions attendees of the event”, he
spotlight. Many print workflows are still challenged by for the Printing and packag- Konica Minolta where we stated.
scaled-up demands, or the increased speed of digital ing industries in the Gulf can demonstrate our DX Konica Minolta’s booth at
printers. At booth 314 during Dscoop Edge World 2023, DALIM region. approach to everyone. So we Gulf Print and Pack 2024,
SOFTWARE (www.dalim.com), makers of software solutions “We are thrilled to show- are using much of this will feature the company’s
for creating, producing, and managing print content, will be case our latest digital print- opportunity to expand our
showing printers that they can substantially improve business. Our products are latest technology including
processing—and printer—speeds, with DALIM DRIVE. A key ing solutions at Gulf Print designed to help businesses its award-winning product
factor in assuring fast and predictable output is ensuring the and Pack 2024”, sai Osamu of all sizes stay ahead of the which is designed to meet
DFE is consistently fed with clean, optimized, print-ready Miyauchi, CEO, and curve in the rapidly evolving the high-volume printing
files. DALIM DRIVE prepares files for trouble-free digital Managing Director of printing industry. We look needs of commercial print-
production and fixes problem files while quarantining Konica Minolta Business ers, in-house print centres,
unprintable files. forward to demonstrating
Solutions Middle East. He the power and versatility of and packaging converters.
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