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NEWS GCC/LEVANT/AFRICA

Konica Minolta expands pact FIMI acquires
Landa Corpn

with Samir Group in KSA Israeli private equity firm

FIMI Opportunity Funds has
completed the acquisition of
Konica Minolta Arabia supporting Saudi Arabia’s Landa Corporation, the digi-
Regional Headquarters LLC fast-growing print industry tal printing pioneer founded
is pleased to announce the with innovative technologies by Benny Landa, following
signing of a new distributor- approval of a debt restructur-
ship agreement with Samir and reliable local partners. ing plan by Israel’s Central
Group, appointing them as a Konica Minolta Arabia District Court on 6
distributor for Konica Regional Headquarters, September 2025.
Minolta’s Label Printing based in Riyadh, Saudi Under the agreement,
Solutions in Kingdom of Arabia, with back-office in FIMI will assume full owner-
Saudi Arabia. This milestone Samir Group becomes a distributor for Konica Minolta in the KSA
comes following the remark- Dubai, United Arab Emirates ship of Landa Corporation
able success of Samir Group Building on this proven professionalism, market is a wholly owned subsidiary and invest $80 million to
in representing Konica track record, Konica Minolta reach, and customer-centric of Konica Minolta Inc., support the company’s con-
Minolta’s MGI is now extending the partner- approach,” said Mr. Osamu Tokyo, Japan. With its tinued operations, settle part
Embellishment Solutions in ship by entrusting Samir Miyauchi CEO and unique expertise in imaging, of its outstanding debts, and
the Saudi Arabian market. Group with the Label Printer Managing Director. safeguard the majority of its
Since their appointment as business, further strengthen- “We are confident that data processing and data- workforce. Of this amount,
the distributor for MGI, ing our shared vision to pro- their expertise will further based decision making, $22 million has been allo-
Samir Group has demon- vide advanced print drive the success of our Label Konica Minolta creates rele- cated specifically for debt
strated outstanding perfor- technologies and value- Printing Solutions in Saudi vant solutions for its custom- repayment and restructur-
mance, establishing a strong added solutions to the Saudi Arabia”, Osamu added. ers’ small and medium-sized ing-related expenses. Landa
market presence and deliver- market. This partnership under- Corporation, renowned for
ing innovative solutions to “Samir Group has consist- scores Konica Minolta’s com- businesses, large enterprises its Nanographic printing
customers across the ently exceeded our expecta- mitment to expanding its and public sector—and technology, had sought court
Kingdom. tions with their footprint in the region and solves issues faced by society. protection in July 2025.
Turkey’s HIPER Plastic to The FESPA Print

invest $40 mn in Egypt Census invitation

Calling all print and sig-
Turkish industrial pack- nage business owners from
aging firm HIPER Plastic the Middle East, Africa, and
has signed a $40 million South Asia. FESPA invites
agreement with Egypt’s you to take just a few minutes
Suez Canal Economic Zone to participate in the Global
(SCZONE) to establish a Print Census — our indus-
state-of-the-art plastic recy- try’s most comprehensive
cling facility—the first of its survey on key trends includ-
kind in SCZONE’s West ing:
Qantara Industrial Zone. Sustainability FESPA Print Census QR Code
The agreement was for- HIPER Plastic signs $40m deal with SCZONE the for recycling facility Artificial Intelligence (AI) community is evolving —
malised during an SCZONE
investment roadshow in on recycling polyethylene efforts to attract major Process Automation and what the future holds.
Turkey, with Waleid terephthalate (PET) and industrial players. To date, Your input will help Complethe census on this
Gamaleldine, Chairman of plastic packaging materials. the West Qantara Industrial FESPA benchmark the link: https://www.fespa-
SCZONE, and Muhlis Operations will include MEASA region against global globalprintexpo.com/print-
Çağlar, Chairman of HIPER sorting, crushing, washing, Zone has drawn 41 projects developments and provide
Plastic, signing the contract. and the production of new across the industrial, ser- valuable insights to support census
Spanning 100,000 sq m, PE T, p oly prop ylene vices, and logistics sectors, growth and innovation in The FESPA Print Census is
the project will be imple- (DOTP), and high-density with total investments near- your market. a global research initiative
mented in two phases, creat- polyethylene (HDPE) prod- ing $1 billion and generating By completing the Census, designed to gather and share
ing 700 direct jobs. The ucts. you contribute to a clearer
facility will adopt zero-emis- This investment aligns more than 56,500 direct understanding of how our essential market intelligence
sion technologies, focusing with SCZONE’s ongoing jobs. regional print and signage for the print community.
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