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NEWS UAE
REGIONAL BRIEFS OKI label printers grab
Bobst appoints new
service director for MEA
Region. Mohamed Ali, an
elec tromechanical attention at Gulfood
engineer graduate, joins
BOBST with almost 15
years’ experience in Labelgraff labelling and
industrial production packaging solutions
s e r v ic e and demonstrated OKI’s label
management, mainly
within the automotive industry. He will continue to printers at Gulfood
strengthen the technical team (14 hires in 2021 and ambitious Manufacturing 2021 held at
investment plan for 2022 with new field engineers and Dubai World Trade Centre
localized experts). “This will allow our service team to offer from November 07 to 09,
an agile and efficient service to our African and Middle 2021. Visitors had an
Eastern customers, while focusing on continuous training to opportunity to learn the
improve skills,” said Mohamed Ali. He added: “I strongly specifications of OKI's two
believe in BOBST’s Future Vision to shape the packaging popular models of roll-to-roll
industry, where connectivity, digitization, automation and OKI’s Pro1050 Label Printer offers high-quality label printing
sustainability are the main drivers of the packaging label printers - Pro1050 and
production. The Africa & Middle East region is not on the Pro1040. OKI claims that colours (CMYK+White), the CMYK+W option to bring a
margins of what is happening in the world of packaging and Pro1040/ Pro1050 roll-to-roll Pro1050 provides users with new colour dimension to
printing, there is indeed a trajectory to a future technological label printers are ideal for the enhanced flexibility of labels, versatile media
leap in the region.” complex on-demand label printing on transparent or handling and water/chemical
production on a wide range coloured label media. They and UV fading resistant
The Sa ud i P ape r of label media. add that using digital LED
Manufacturing Company According to Labelgraff’s together with dry toner printing are the major
(SPM) of the SPG Group official website, OKI’s technology, the Pro1050 features of OKI Pro1050
recently announced a Pro1050 Label Printer offers offers a unique fifth colour or Label Printer.
significant decline in net and high-quality label ‘CMYK+W’ option, allowing Labelgraff is a division
profits in the third printing. It is easy to set up for greater flexibility in your f r om M ultisy stem
quarter of 2021 compared and requires minimal label design. Profitable Technology targets vertical
to the same quarter of training to use. With the on-demand in-house label markets in the Middle East
2020.The Saudi Stock unique ability to print in 5 printing, fifth colour or and African countries.
Exchange Tadawul showed a decline in the company’s net
profit after zakat and tax to about 150,000 riyals, compared
to 3.98 million riyals in the third quarter of last year. The DEWA sets guinness record with
Dammam-based company attributed the decline in net
profits to the high cost of sales due to the rise in the prices of
paper and related raw materials in the global market. 3D Printed Lab
Another factor underlined was the problem caused by the
pandemic which impacted global shipping and logistics in a Dubai Electricity and Water
major way. Imports were badly affected. There was delay in Authority (DEWA) set a new
the arrival of raw materials resulting in shortage and this in precedent by entering the
turn forced buyers to purchase resources from nearby places Guinness World Records for
at prohibitive costs to avoid any interruption in their constructing the world’s first
operational processes. On a quarterly basis, the company’s 3D-printed laboratory.
profits fell about 99%, compared to the profits of the DEWA’s Robotics and Drone
previous quarter, which amounted to 15.14 million riyals. lab also has the distinction of
Dubai-based Immensa being the first building in the
Technology Labs, the UAE to be fully printed onsite
region’s leading additive at the Mohammed bin Received the certificate from representatives of the Guinness World Records
manufacturing company Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Dubai, in promoting and the world in the field of
has successfully entered Park. innovation and adopting the 3D printing by 2030. The
the Saudi market, closing His Excellency Saeed latest technologies of the Robotics and Drone
a $7 million Series A Mohammed Al Tayer, Fourth Industrial Revolution, laboratory is the first building
investment round which Managing Director and CEO including 3D printing. The in the UAE to be fully printed
marked the first-ever of DEWA, received the Dubai Electricity and Water onsite using 3D printing
investment of its kind in the Middle East in the field of 3D cer tificate f r om Authority’s efforts in this technology, and the first
printing and digital warehousing solutions. The company representatives of the regard supports Dubai’s 3D laboratory in the world to be
confirmed that it intends to use the financing to expand its Guinness World Records. printing strategy launched by built using this technology.”
capabilities in Saudi Arabia as a starting point for targeting Al Tayer says, “We are His Highness and aims to The authority is the first
international markets. Commenting on the announcement, guided by the vision and benefit from this promising institution in the Gulf
Fahmi Al-Shawwa, founder and CEO of Immensa, says, “We directives of His Highness technology to serve humanity Cooperation Council (GCC)
are delighted to be able to secure this Series A funding and Sheikh Mohammed bin and enhance the position of to adopt metallic 3D printing
plan to use this investment to implement our ambitious Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice the UAE and Dubai as a technology using threads and
growth strategy." President and Prime Minister leading center in the region wires.
of the UAE and Ruler of
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