Regional Activity
Middle East Activity
Activity overview
The monitored industrial activity across the Middle East features distinct investments in papermaking, corrugated manufacturing, and packaging printing. In Saudi Arabia, Crown Paper Mill inaugurated a 60,000 TPA tissue facility equipped with a Valmet machine. In the United Arab Emirates, Oryx Kraft Mill concluded an agreement with Alliance International to add a 180,000-tonne corrugated packaging paper line scheduled for installation by mid-2027.
In Turkey, industrial activity centered on machine startups and press integration. Dunapack Packaging launched a 2.8m BHS corrugator in Eskişehir, while folding carton and label converter Sade Ofset integrated prepress and pressroom operations in Istanbul using HEIDELBERG's Prinect platform, replacing two older machines with a single Speedmaster CX 104.
What changed
Hotpack forms HZP Eco Packaging joint venture with HZ Corporation
UAE-based Hotpack and Malaysia's HZ Corporation have formed a joint venture, HZP Eco Packaging, to scale sustainable paper-based foodservice packaging globally. Targeting markets across the Middle East, Asia, and North America, the alliance addresses 2026's soaring demand for plastic alternatives with advanced manufacturing like dry-moulded fibre.
Dunapack Packaging starts up 2.8m BHS corrugator in Eskişehir
Dunapack Packaging successfully launched a high-speed 2.8m BHS corrugator in Eskişehir, significantly boosting Turkish production capacity.
Oryx Kraft Mill contracts corrugated packaging paper line for UAE installation
Oryx Kraft Mill has finalized an agreement with Alliance International to install a 180,000-tonne corrugated packaging paper line in the UAE by mid-2027.
Crown Paper Mill inaugurates tissue production facility in Saudi Arabia
UAE-based Crown Paper Mill has officially inaugurated its new 60,000 TPA tissue facility in Saudi Arabia, featuring a record-breaking Valmet machine.
Sade Ofset replaces offset equipment with HEIDELBERG Speedmaster CX 104 in Istanbul
Istanbul-based Sade Ofset has integrated its prepress and printing operations using HEIDELBERG's Prinect platform, replacing two older machines with a single Speedmaster CX 104.
Companies in motion
Alliance International
Oryx Kraft Mill has finalized an agreement with Alliance International to install a 180,000-tonne corrugated packaging paper line in the UAE by mid-2027.
Crown Paper Mill
UAE-based Crown Paper Mill has officially inaugurated its new 60,000 TPA tissue facility in Saudi Arabia, featuring a record-breaking Valmet machine.
Dunapack Packaging
Dunapack Packaging successfully launched a high-speed 2.8m BHS corrugator in Eskişehir, significantly boosting Turkish production capacity.
HEIDELBERG
Istanbul-based Sade Ofset has integrated its prepress and printing operations using HEIDELBERG's Prinect platform, replacing two older machines with a single Speedmaster CX 104.
HZ Corporation
UAE-based Hotpack and Malaysia's HZ Corporation have formed a joint venture, HZP Eco Packaging, to scale sustainable paper-based foodservice packaging globally.
Hotpack
UAE-based Hotpack and Malaysia's HZ Corporation have formed a joint venture, HZP Eco Packaging, to scale sustainable paper-based foodservice packaging globally.
Oryx Kraft Mill
Oryx Kraft Mill has finalized an agreement with Alliance International to install a 180,000-tonne corrugated packaging paper line in the UAE by mid-2027.
Sade Ofset
Istanbul-based Sade Ofset has integrated its prepress and printing operations using HEIDELBERG's Prinect platform, replacing two older machines with a single Speedmaster CX 104.
Valmet
UAE-based Crown Paper Mill has officially inaugurated its new 60,000 TPA tissue facility in Saudi Arabia, featuring a record-breaking Valmet machine.
Connected developments
Containerboard line contracting and corrugating line commissioning across regional sites
Oryx Kraft Mill's finalized deal for a 180,000-tonne packaging paper line in the UAE and Dunapack Packaging's startup of a 2.8m BHS corrugator in Eskişehir both involve major machinery additions within the corrugated packaging sector. The evidence confirms specific supplier contracts and plant startups, but does not establish any shared corporate ownership, common supply links, or direct commercial integration between the UAE mill and the Turkish converter.
Industrial machine deployments in Turkish packaging production
In Turkey, Dunapack Packaging launched a 2.8m BHS corrugator in Eskişehir, while Sade Ofset commissioned a Speedmaster CX 104 from HEIDELBERG to consolidate printing operations in Istanbul. Both developments document the physical installation and startup of industrial equipment to adjust converting and printing setups, though the evidence does not establish any collective purchasing strategy or technical collaboration between the two companies.
Activity analysis
Operational activity across the documented facilities emphasizes targeted capital expenditure on primary machinery and pressroom streamlining. The commitments recorded for Oryx Kraft Mill and Dunapack Packaging point to physical capacity expansion in containerboard manufacturing and corrugated converting, supported respectively by equipment agreements and the startup of high-speed corrugating lines. Meanwhile, commercial paper production expanded through the formal commissioning of Crown Paper Mill's tissue facility in Saudi Arabia.
- Hotpack forms HZP Eco Packaging joint venture with HZ Corporation
- Dunapack Packaging starts up 2.8m BHS corrugator in Eskişehir
- Oryx Kraft Mill contracts corrugated packaging paper line for UAE installation
- Crown Paper Mill inaugurates tissue production facility in Saudi Arabia
- Sade Ofset replaces offset equipment with HEIDELBERG Speedmaster CX 104 in Istanbul
At the finishing and conversion stage, converters are structuring operations around equipment modernizations. Sade Ofset consolidated its offset output by retiring two older units in favor of one automated press platform in Turkey. Concurrently, regional packaging entities are entering cross-border structures, exemplified by UAE-based Hotpack partnering with Malaysia's HZ Corporation to establish HZP Eco Packaging for paper-based foodservice containers.
- Hotpack forms HZP Eco Packaging joint venture with HZ Corporation
- Dunapack Packaging starts up 2.8m BHS corrugator in Eskişehir
- Oryx Kraft Mill contracts corrugated packaging paper line for UAE installation
- Crown Paper Mill inaugurates tissue production facility in Saudi Arabia
- Sade Ofset replaces offset equipment with HEIDELBERG Speedmaster CX 104 in Istanbul
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Original The Paper reports
- · Hotpack forms HZP Eco Packaging joint venture with HZ Corporation
UAE-based Hotpack and Malaysia's HZ Corporation have formed a joint venture, HZP Eco Packaging, to scale sustainable paper-based foodservice packaging globally.
- · Dunapack Packaging starts up 2.8m BHS corrugator in Eskişehir
Dunapack Packaging successfully launched a high-speed 2.8m BHS corrugator in Eskişehir, significantly boosting Turkish production capacity.
- · Oryx Kraft Mill contracts corrugated packaging paper line for UAE installation
Oryx Kraft Mill has finalized an agreement with Alliance International to install a 180,000-tonne corrugated packaging paper line in the UAE by mid-2027.
- · Crown Paper Mill inaugurates tissue production facility in Saudi Arabia
UAE-based Crown Paper Mill has officially inaugurated its new 60,000 TPA tissue facility in Saudi Arabia, featuring a record-breaking Valmet machine.
- · Sade Ofset replaces offset equipment with HEIDELBERG Speedmaster CX 104 in Istanbul
Istanbul-based Sade Ofset has integrated its prepress and printing operations using HEIDELBERG's Prinect platform, replacing two older machines with a single Speedmaster CX 104.