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Flex-Europa installs Epson PRINT BY
NUMBERS

printer at Classic Star Advt 4

Flex-Europa Middle East has first sparked our interest were
installed Epson SureColour the fact this is a 10 colour IPACK-IMA
SC-V7000 UV Flatbed machine which ensures IPACK-IMA to happen for
printer at Classic Star higher quality and the speed 4 days in Milan from 3 to
Advertising LLC, Dubai. is excellent which means we 6 May, 2022
According to Epson’s official can turn jobs faster, therefore, page 7
website, the flatbed printer is making more profit for the
‘capable of printing on company. AED 400,000 is the
various media, including total value of our investment.
rigid substrates. This UV The installation time was 3
flatbed printer is a flexible, to 4 days. Now we are looking $13m
reliable solution perfect for for one more Flatbed printer
printing outstanding-quality
outdoor signage, promotional Epson SureColour SC-V7000 flatbed gets the first installation in ME for the sister company in the Sappi
goods and more.’ UK.” Amjad Ali said. Sappi team in turning a
Amjad Ali, director of seemed a good fit for our whatever we need.” On the impact of the loss of $135m in 2020 into
Classic Star Advertising, says, company. Moreover, the The director further pandemic, the director said, a profit of $13m for 2021
“we trust the supplier Flex- support is excellent. They explains that Classic Star “as we have regular clients at page 10
Europa and the advice they have come to visit and check Advertising has government Classic Star, including the
give. This is the first Epson the machine many times. jobs onboard, and they need government, we were
flatbed in the Middle East. They uphold their patience to deliver high-quality output. running at about 70% even
The supplier advised that this and call us to ensure we are So they chose this machine as during the pandemic, so I
was a very good machine, so happy, and if we need any it produces impressive would say it only affected us
we decided to try it as it support, they are there for quality. “The features that slightly in the UAE.” 13%

Al Bayader International and Nesto division, which includes
Fujifilm
Fujifilm’s Materials
plug into solar in a big way graphic communications,
has posted sales up 13%
in the first half
UAE’s businesses are taking advanced manufacturing page 11
to solar in a big way - Al plant will enable us to make
Bayader International, the long-term financial savings
packaging company, has on energy costs and also
commissioned a solar conserve the environment,
panelled rooftop at its contributing to a more
manufacturing facility in sustainable future.” 350
Jebel Ali Free Zone. The M ean while , the
project installation was done hypermarket operator Nesto Etirama
by France’s TotalEnergies installed a 2.5MW rooftop Etirama SPS2 is a 350mm
solar plant using Tier-1
and is reckoned to be the modules. With two more wide flexographic press
‘first and largest solar MW currently being put up, page 14
rooftop’ in the food the project will go live by the
packaging sector). end of the year and offset
The 980 kWp solar rooftop 1,860 tons of carbon dioxide
plant spans 4,000 square Rooftop solar panels are making a lot of business sense emissions, equivalent to
metres and will generate taking 385 cars off the road. 20m
over 1.5 GWh of clean Marashi, co-founder and equivalent to planting over According to K. P. Basheer,
electricity annually. “The Chairperson of Emirates 17,000 trees. Through this Chairman of Nesto Group,
solar rooftop serves the twin Environmental Group project, TotalEnergies the solar plant can generate Navigator
objectives of cutting (EEG). established its regional 4.3 million solar electricity Mondi has invested EUR
greenhouse gas emissions Al Bayader’s solar rooftop presence in the UAE. units annually. Currently, the 20 million to improve
a n d re d u c i n g t he is part of the Shams Dubai Nidal Haddad, Founder solar plant facilitates 77 per further the sustainability
dependence on the public programme. The latest and CEO of Al Bayader cent of all electricity needed of its pulp
sector power grid by installation will offset 700 Inter nat iona l, sa id: by the facility, making it one page 21
generating clean energy at tonnes of carbon dioxide “Integrating the solar panels of the ‘greenest’ warehouses
source,” said Habiba Al emissions annually - on the rooftop of our in Dubai.
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