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As part of Sanita's continuous efforts to preserve the environment, devoted employees joined the national ?Big Blue' campaign, to clean up the coastline in Jbeil, Lebanon.
In line with Sanita?s slogan ?Ta Ydall El Hala Enna?, the Lebanese hygiene disposables manufacturer sponsored the 15th annual ?Big Blue? Campaign to clean up the Lebanese coast and sea, as well as protect marine species. The national campaign launched by Operation Big Blue Association (OBBA), a Lebanese non-governmental organization (NGO), took place on Sunday, 20 May 2012.
 Sanita communicated different nationalistic and eco-friendly messages during the campaign to spread awareness among Lebanese citizens to care for the environment and avoid dumping waste on the beach. Volunteers wore T?shirts, hats, as well as used Sanita trash bags labelled with the national slogan ?Shouf Halak Bi Lebnan?, a campaign Sanita launched four years ago.
Furthermore, the hygiene disposables manufacturer provided volunteers with flags and trash cans branded with the slogan ?Bi?etna W Adaretna?. The truck transporting all Sanita materials was also branded with the famous slogan ?7ami Bi2tak, 7ami Baytak?.
Sanita, located in Halat, Lebanon, produces hygiene disposables, household tissue disposables, household plastics and foil disposables and away-from-home products. Established in 1972, Sanita continuously launches green programs and campaigns to increase environmental awareness.
About Operation Big Blue Association (OBBA)
OBBA seeks to protect and monitor coastal and marine environment against damage, as well as prevent the negative repercussions of pollution and waste on marine life and humans. Since its establishment in 1997, OBBA has developed a repertoire of direct social work, environmental activities, and ecological awareness campaigns.
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Form-Fill-Seal technology offers a fully-automated, cost-efficient and versatile packaging solution.
With ever-growing competitiveness in the global market, efficiency and effectiveness have become terms synonymous with competitive survival. When it comes to bagging products, Form Fill Seal technology offers one time and cost efficient solution.
The automated technology forms plastic bags out of flat rolls of co-extruded polyethylene (PE) films, simultaneously filling and sealing the bag compactly. Form Fill Seal (FFS) films, printed or clear, are designed to run on both vertical and horizontal FFS machinery.
What You Can Pack with Form-Fill-Seal Technology
Form-Fill-Seal automated packaging technology commonly packs food, industrial and petrochemical products into co-extruded polyethylene (PE) bags. Form-Fill-Seal bags can be used to pack both solids and liquids, as well as powders, granules and flakes, such as:
· Building materials
· Chemicals
· Petrochemicals, including polymers, compounds, masterbatches and polymer additives
· Fertilizers
· Solid food products, such as sugar, salt, rusk, bread crumbs, breeder pellets, and pet food
What Benefits Do Form-Fill-Seal Films & Bags Offer?
Cost-Effectiveness
Form-Fill-Seal bags are made to cope with high production outputs requesting high filling capacities that could reach 2000 bags per hour.
Lead Time & Inventory
Form Fill Seal machinery offers high and consistent packing speed, thus increasing production rate, shortening lead-times of filling processes and reducing inventory costs.
Fully-Automated Packaging
Form-Fill-Seal machinery automatically forms, fills, and seals bags, usually not needing supervision thus saving labor.
Open-ability
Form Fill Seal bags have low inner friction for easy flow inside the sack.
Stackability
Form Fill Seal bags have high outer layer friction for best pallet stackability and performance.
Which Type of Form-Fill-Seal Machinery is Best for You
References
http://www.printedpolytheneltd.co.uk/products/collation-shrink-and-form-fill-and-seal-films.html
http://verticalformfill.com/form_fill_seal
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The right corrugated packaging choice reduces unnecessary waste, as well as better displays and protects products.
The saying ?Don?t judge a book by its cover? is not applicable in the business world today, with customers judging almost all products and companies based on the package used. Also known as the silent seller, packaging is an essential part of any product, whether to protect and transport, or to display and attract. Packaging is the final marketing message and impression that a company leaves on its target market.
Corrugated board is one of the most commonly used materials for packaging. Manufacturers customize corrugated packaging to meet the exact needs of users to ensure the right product-packaging fit and convey the right brand image. Below are some important tips on what to consider when purchasing corrugated packaging.
Define the Right Packaging Dimensions
Selecting the appropriate packaging dimensions is crucial to ensure sufficient protection and safe delivery of products to the appropriate location. This in turn reduces damaging, product-returns, and unnecessary waste.
Define the Right Corrugated Packaging Thickness
Corrugated packaging comes in varying thickness, depending on the use. Heavier products need thicker, stronger and more durable corrugated packaging. Thus, to choose the right packaging one must first define the following:
Corrugated board comprises of two outer paper layers, known as linerboard, and a middle fluted material, known as corrugating medium or fluting. The thickness, strength, and use of corrugated packaging depend on the height of the medium, the paper type and weight, and the number of walls used: single wall, double wall, and triple wall.
The weight and fragility of the product, as well as the type of printing that will be used, determine the right combination of corrugated medium and layer to effectively pack and protect the product.
1. Corrugating Medium
There are different types of corrugating medium, most commonly: A, B, C, E, F and flute.
 F flute, most applicable to consumer goods shelf packaging, offers extra stiffness and strength over solid board. Good for promotional purposes with high resolution printing, due to the thin medium (fluting).
 E flute, most applicable to consumer goods shelf packaging, provides high resistance to flat crushing and inflexible in both directions. Due to thinness, the medium offers good printability with most commercial printing processes.
 B flute has relatively good stacking strength, high resistance to flat crushing, and saves space in comparison to A and C flute. Good for transport.
 C flute, most used type of corrugated medium, is stiff and offers good stacking strength. Good for transport.
 A flute provides the best stiffness, good stacking strength, and requires relatively a lot of space due to thickness. Good for production, storage and transport.
2. Layers
Choose the Corrugated Packaging that Offers the Right Design
The design of a corrugated box comprises of two aspects, the structural aspect and graphic aspect. Both play an important as the final marketing effort for customers.
1. Structural Design
There is a vast array of corrugated packaging products available, each corrugated packaging specified to meet different packaging needs for varying products and sectors. The choice of structural design lies in the goal users aim to reach through the packaging, whether promotional or for transporting and shipping.
Promotional: Shelf ready packaging, promotional boxes, bag-in-box (BIB) cartons, corrugated carry cartons, etc?
Transport & Shipping: Corrugated base wrap, corrugated boxes, corrugated trays, industrial heavy-duty packaging, heavy-duty bulk bins, etc?
2. Graphic Design
Corrugated packaging that will be seen by the end-user from a distance of 2.5m and below need high resolution and attractive promotional designs. When the corrugated packaging will serve as a display at points of sale, placed on a shelf or in a supermarket, then it is key that the packaging product offer high printing and design capabilities.
Corrugated packaging that will serve as storage or only to transport does not need high resolution graphics. It would be more effective to choose the packaging design that best packs, protects, and transports the product without a high emphasis on printing capabilities.
Brief Overview
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Phoenix Energy provides renewable energy solutions to meet growing unmet demand for green technologies and environmental solutions in the Middle East.
Phoenix Energy, will display Solior solar water heaters and biomass boilers at Booth # B3 during EcOrient 2012. The renewable energy solutions supplier aims to meet with key decision makers in the public and private sectors to discuss environmentally-friendly water and domestic heating solutions.
The 17thinternational trade exhibition will take place from 5 ? 8 June 2012, parallel with Project Lebanon 2012, at the Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center (BIEL), in Beirut, Lebanon. In previous years Phoenix Energy participated in Project Lebanon, the annual international construction trade exhibition for Lebanon and the Middle East.
At EcOrient 2012, visitors of Booth # B3 can meet with Phoenix Energy representatives including:
Rabih Osta, General Manager
Fadi El Chiti, Marketing & Sales Manager
Simon Gerges, Line Manager
Alain Aoun, Mechanical Project Engineer
Rony Bassila, Sales Representative
Rita Salloum, Sales Assistant
Amira Saifi, Marketing & Lead Generation Officer
Solior Solar Water Heaters
The compact and durable Solior solar water heating system occupies less space and shading area on the roof than other solar water heaters. Solior solar water heaters offer easy installation on flat or slanted/tiled roofs and virtually no maintenance needed, besides a quick annual functional check-up.
The innovative solar thermal water heater integrates the solar collector and storage tank in one system on the roof and does not require an external tank or a large frame to lift. Furthermore, the Solior heating system provides higher efficiency than conventional solar hot water systems, by utilizing mirrors to focus sunlight onto the collector wrapped with a 94% solar absorption layer.
Biomass Boilers
 Phoenix Energy supplies biomass boilers that can be installed for residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural use. The boiler provides simple installation and an ambient temperature control unit can be integrated to set the desired temperature in the house directly connected to the boiler.
Rather than diesel, the eco-friendly domestic heating system uses readily-available olive husks from local olive oil mills in Lebanon. The boiler reduces users? costs and dependency on fossil fuels, and thus contributes to a much cleaner and healthier environment.
About Phoenix Energy
Phoenix Energy, located in Safra, Lebanon, supplies renewable energy products, such as solar water heaters, biomass boilers, wind turbine systems and solar outdoor lights. In addition, it provides resource assessment services and turnkey commercial projects to recycle and transform waste into electricity using waste-to-energy systems.
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 Pete Bugas, Interstate Container Cambridge General Manager, speaks at the National Restaurants Association (NRA) Show 2012 from 5 - 8 May.
Switching from wax coated, corrugated cardboard packaging to more eco-friendly varieties can happen through better communication and collaboration among suppliers, manufacturers and industry members, sustainability and food service experts said at an NRA Show education session last week.
The session, "Challenging the Value-Chain to Transform Transport Packaging: Eco-friendly, Wallet-Friendly Solutions", examined some of the current packaging options available and discussed how foodservice operations could become more sustainable in their practices by eliminating paraffin-wax-coated boxes from their respective inventories.
Moderated by Lily Kelly, program director for the Coalition for Resource Recovery, or CoRR, a division of sustainability nonprofit Global Green USA, the session featured panelists Myles Cohen of Pratt Industries Recycling, Pete Bugas of Interstate Container, Larry Saywell of chicken producer Mountaire Farms and Linda Dunn of contract foodservice concern HMSHost Corp.
According to Kelly, approximately "1.45 million boxes are covered in paraffin wax, so they can't be recycled," she said. "The cost is about $200 million in foregone revenues and hauling fees." She further added, "There are coatings available that are recyclable." Kelly also noted that Global Green and CoRR is currently focusing attention on the produce industry because, "By far it is the biggest piece of the pie."In addition to looking at packaging options, the panel explored some of the issues currently surrounding the practice of sustainability.Saywell, whose firm hatches approximately 6 million eggs per week, said his company has a "tremendous desire to reduce our energy [footprint]." To that end, he noted Mountaire has eliminated the wax-covered boxes from its production process because it is "an oil derivative." He added that the company also reduced its water consumption by incorporating better technology that cut down on its use of ice and provided recycling options versus sending waste products to the landfill like it normally did. "Break out of your shell," he told session attendees. "Think about sustainability; it's absolutely critical to our survival. Demand your suppliers look at [alternatives] and support the people who are driving these things forward."Linda Dunn, vice president of supply chain and analysis for HMSHost, said the onsite concern, which specializes in contract foodservice operations at travel hubs such as airports and auto plazas, has focused on several sustainable initiatives, including reducing its total environmental impact and offering consumers more products that are rooted in wellness and nutrition. Dunn noted, however, that the company has faced a number of challenges in adhering to its sustainability pledge. They include: ? Space contraints (for the recycling and composting of materials)? Infrastructure issues (not enough composting or recycling facilities available)? Employee education (many different languages need to be understood)? Collection and measurement of sustainability metrics and/or data? Lack of cradle to grave independent assessments"To make progress," she said, "you do have to measure and develop a baseline. You also have to ensure you have top management support, make it fairly easy to find new ideas and report back out to your participants [on progress made].Dunn further stated that she sees a bright future for sustainability in the foodservice industry. She envisions an increasing number of recycling and composting suppliers entering the space as well as more viable options available to operators."I've always said you need two horses in a race to be competitive," she asserted. "We also need more impartial third-party data and data sources. Progress also will be made on cross contamination and space issues, and there will be better collaboration, a greater sharing of best practices."
 About Interstate Container
Interstate Container manufacturing plants in Cambridge, MD and Columbia, SC manufacture innovative eco-friendly wax-free GREENCOAT® corrugated packaging. GREENCOAT® wax-alternative boxes pack poultry, meat, seafood, and fresh produce, floral and other refrigerated and frozen products.
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Multipak conforms to Hazard Analysis and Critical Point (HACCP) food safety standards.
On 5 May 2012, Multipak received Hazard Analysis and Critical Point (HACCP) re-certification, passing the yearly surveillance audit that covers hygiene and food safety. Conducted by Zishan Ali Qadri, TUV NORD CERT GmbH Registered Auditor, the re-audit took place on 2 May 2012 at the plant in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Multipak, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, first achieved HACCP certification in June 2007.
Multipak produces paper packaging for food products, including ice cream packaging, satchel bags, SOS bags and paper sandwich wrap sheets. Multipak supplies flexible paper packaging to international and regional fast food franchises, ice cream producers, restaurants, bakeries and other food establishments in the Arabian Gulf, Middle East and Africa.
About Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) Certification
HACCP management system requires suppliers in the food sector to identify and analyze potential hazards, as well as put forth key actions to reduce or eliminate risk and ensure that food products are safe for consumption.
The system analyzes chemical, biological, and physical hazards at all stages, from raw material production through to packaging, distribution and consumption of food products.[1]
Company Background
Established in 1997, Multipak manufactures specialty paper bags (handle bags, self-opening sack SOS bags and satchel bags), paper rolls, paper sheets, gift wrap, and paper core. Multipak?s paper products range from commercial to high-quality grades. All products may be coated with select materials and may be printed in up to 6 colors. The paper converter serves Saudi Arabia, Gulf Corporation Council (GCC), and North Africa markets.
Contact Information
Benjamin Hernandez, QA Unit Head
Multipak Ltd.
Industrial Area Phase #4, Street #405
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
P.O. Box 32826, Jeddah 21438, Saudi Arabia
Tel: +966-2-608-0704 Ext: 6561
Fax: +966-2-608-1063 E-Mail: benjamin.hernandez[at]napcogroup.com
Web: www.napcomultipak.com
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