ePac Flexible Packaging Announces the Official Opening of its Plant in Accra, Ghana

Global company ready to serve brands of all sizes throughout West Africa

Austin, Texas USA, June 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ePac Flexible Packaging, an industry leader in custom flexible packaging, is pleased to announce the opening of its new Grade A 2,200 square meter production plant on the Spintex Road in Accra, Ghana. A grand opening celebration was held on June 22nd with nearly 150 local dignitaries, government officials, customers, and media in attendance.

Since its establishment  in 2021, ePac West Africa, has served a number of customers across Africa, including customers from Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Zanzibar, with fulfillment handled by ePac’s plants in the UK and Lyon, France. With the opening of the new plant, ePac West Africa is uniquely positioned to serve CPG brands of all sizes throughout the region with competitively priced flexible packaging and industry best turnaround times.

According to Victor Sosah, General Manager of ePac West Africa: “ePac is poised to serve the West African community with the highest quality packaging that has been proven to help small
and medium enterprises grow. With our first facility in the region located in Ghana, we can help our customers, and consumers alike,  “buy-local” in support of the government initiatives to increase local food manufacturing and reduce imports”.

Mr. Sosah added: “No longer will local brands need to accept inferior packaging, or source it from overseas. With ePac’s all-digital platform we’re able to reduce lead times on packaging orders from months to 15 business days (following artwork approval), while enabling brands to order to demand and avoid costly excess inventory and obsolescence”.

According to ePac CEO Jack Knott: “the opening of the plant in Ghana represents a significant milestone in ePac’s global expansion. I am excited that we are able to provide a great packaging option which allows brands to compete for space on local supermarket shelves and introduce new products to international markets.”

About ePac:
ePac is the world’s largest networked flexible packaging provider, serving brands of all sizes across the globe. Founded in 2016, ePac began with a single plant in Madison, Wisconsin serving predominantly community-based small and medium sized brands. Today, through its proprietary technology platform – ePacONE (One Network Everywhere), ePac provides brands, large and small alike, the ability to produce any size order anywhere across its 25 facilities across the globe.

ePac offers a full complement of sustainable film options, while its print technology platform is carbon-neutral and inherently eco-friendly. Further, the company offers true order to demand capability, helping brands reduce inventory and obsolescence.

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Carl Joachim
ePac Flexible Packaging
+1 561-573-7992
cjoachim@ePacFlexibles.com

Victor Sosah
ePac West Africa
+233 501 333 162
vsosah@ePacFlexibles.com

Fund will invest in key technologies for carbon reduction, removal and compensation of emissions as well as carbon economy opportunities

Delft, Netherlands and Vancouver, Canada, June 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Chrysalix Venture Capital, an experienced and early stage industrial sustainability investor, announces the first close of its fifth fund, the Carbon Neutrality Fund. The Fund will invest in early-stage companies across the globe that are developing technologies to enable carbon neutrality for industries such as energy, mining, transport, chemicals, building materials like steel and cement, and forestry. The Fund will focus on technologies that include resource efficiency solutions, alternative fuels, materials substitution and circularity, carbon as a resource, negative emission technologies, carbon analytics and markets and will primarily invest across Canada, the US and Europe.

Carbon neutral targets are set by many of the largest global companies. To achieve those targets, strategies like portfolio management, decarbonizing existing assets, and building new green businesses need to be implemented during this decade. Implementing these strategies requires the adoption of new technologies and innovation, with many of the key technologies either in early adoption or not yet commercially available.

Investors in the Fund include leading industrial companies like Evonik, LyondellBasell, Siam Cement Group (SCG), and a North American leader in forestry, pulp and paper products.

“We are pleased to welcome several leading international investors to the Carbon Neutrality Fund,” said Fred van Beuningen, Managing Partner at Chrysalix Venture Capital. “Working closely with our Limited Partners, the Fund will connect leading companies with outstanding entrepreneurs, linking market driven problems to innovative solutions while seizing the value creation opportunity of carbon neutrality. Technologies that support carbon neutrality offer a value creation and a new business opportunity, companies with a pro active carbon strategy will create long term sources of differentiation.”

With this first close, the Fund is on its way to raising its target size of $120 million USD and is supported by Chrysalix’s expanded presence in Europe, as well as the Chrysalix  ecosystem which includes many of the leading global industrial companies, top universities from Europe, North America and Asia, partnerships with climate technology accelerators and providers of non dilutive and growth capital.

About Chrysalix Venture Capital 
Chrysalix is a technology focused venture capital firm that builds, mentors and connects high growth companies. With more than 20 years experience, Chrysalix has built its reputation on bringing disruptive innovation to the world’s largest industries by focusing on where technology meets science. The firm’s investments include breakthrough technologies like smart mining, fast charging electric vehicle infrastructure, carbon capture, metals and concrete circularity, and nuclear fusion. Chrysalix has one of the strongest investment teams in the industry with deep technology, corporate and entrepreneurial expertise, and is backed by more than 20 international blue chip industrial and financial investors. For more information visit: www.chrysalix.com.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities of the Chrysalix Carbon Neutrality Fund nor shall there be any sale of such securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The securities sold in the private placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, state securities laws or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements. This press release contains forward looking statements. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.

Fred van Beuningen
Managing Parter
fbeuningen@chrysalix.com

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Over 1.3 million pregabalin tablets destroyed in Amran

One million, three hundred and eighty-eight thousand, eight hundred and twenty narcotic pills of the type “Pregabalin” were destroyed in Amran province.

The Violations Prosecutor, Judge Hafez Abu Hatem, praised the security vigilance and the efforts of the security forces in seizing this quantity of drugs.

He emphasized redoubling efforts in controlling crime, promoting awareness of the dangers of drugs, and thwarting the enemy’s efforts to use them to corrupt society.

The alliance was attended by acting head of the criminal registry, Lutf Aslan, and a number of security leaders in the province.

Source: Yemen News Agency

Summer courses in capital Sana’a in 1444 …Success and distinction that exceeded expectations

The summer courses in 1444 AH in the capital Sana’a had witnessed a qualitative success and unparalleled distinction, which contributed to absorbing thousands of children, boys and girls in various schools.

This came out of the interest and keenness of the revolutionary leadership and the Supreme Political Council to educate young people of the Quranic approach and the values and principles of faith so as to build a generation armed with science, knowledge, insight and awareness.

The level of success of the summer courses in the capital Sana’a and other Yemen’s provinces embodied the growing awareness of the community and parents and their eagerness to immunize their children intellectually, educationally, culturally and physically, and invest the school vacation time in enlightening them, expanding their perceptions and developing their skills through the various activities and programs offered by the summer courses.

Conversely, the increase in the number of enrollment in summer courses year after year as a result of the fruits and positive effects that the community sees that benefit their children in terms of memorizing the Holy Qur’an, building their cognitive and faith abilities and skills, acquiring useful sciences, and consolidating the spirit of belonging to the homeland and their faith identity.

The Sub-Committee on Activities and Summer Courses in the capital Sana’a stated that more than 880 open, exemplary and closed summer courses and schools were held, distributed among the districts and received 110,000 students, in addition to the teaching and educational staff and workers.

Interaction exceeded expectations:

The summer courses this year were characterized by great interaction and a qualitative attendance of students that exceeded expectations, in response to the call of the leader of the revolution, Sayyed Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, and an embodiment of the responsibility to build an educated Quranic generation and immunize it from deviation and the dangers of soft war and destructive cultures spread by enemies to target and corrupt them.

The summer courses culminated in holding ceremonies and a central closing event in the presence of the President of the Supreme Political Council, and witnessed a solemn scout show in which thousands of students participated from various summer courses in the capital Sana’a and Sana’a province, in the presence of the Prime Minister, a number of ministers.

The Capital Sana’a also witnessed closing and honoring events for the distinguished students and teachers and those in charge of the courses in the districts under the slogan “Education and Jihad” and honoring them and the supporters and contributors from the community and the authorities in making the summer courses’ activities a success at this honorable level.

The scouting activities and performances reflected the creative skills and abilities of the students, their superiority, the level of achievement and the scientific and cognitive qualification they received during their enrollment in the summer courses, in addition to developing and refining their various talents.

The programs and activities highlighted examples of Quran readings, prophetic hadiths, public speaking, recitation, poetry, chanting and theatrical performances, highlighting the talents and creativity of the participants in various fields.

Good fruits:

Senior Undersecretary of the Capital Sana’a – Chairman of the Sub-Committee for Summer Courses Khaled al-Madani praised the level of success of the open, model and closed courses for this year in the districts of the capital Sana’a and the good fruits and outputs they achieved for the students participating in them.

Al-Madani emphasized that this success translates the directives of the revolutionary leadership, and at the same time reflects the level of awareness, official and societal interest, and the keenness of parents to enlighten their children with the guidance of Allah, the Quranic and faith culture, and arm them with knowledge, the prophet’s values and morals.

He appreciated the efforts made by the teachers and those in charge of the summer courses and the excellence of the students, as well as the wide official and community participation that achieved honorable success and good fruits.

Al-Madani referred to the objectives of the summer courses, in caring for the younger generation and providing it with science, valuable knowledge, insight and awareness, as it is considered a weapon for the nation in confronting its enemies and thwarting their conspiracies.

Intensive activities and distinguished outputs:

With the aim of achieving the greatest benefit for those enrolled in the summer courses and expanding their outcomes and fruits in various fields, the map of activities and programs has expanded, which were not limited to religious, cultural, educational and sports sciences only, but also included professional, technical, agricultural, environmental, health and social events and activities, as well as qualifying and skill courses.

The activities included competitions in memorizing and reciting the Noble Quran for male and female students, and organizing the second summer forum for the gifted, in which 700 students competed in the fields of “poetry and drawing and inventions, story and narration, theater, chanting, rhetoric and folklore.”

On the sidelines of the activities of the summer courses, exhibitions and bazaars for handicrafts, creative works and innovations for students were held, sports tournaments, competitions, games, recreational and familiarization trips and scout camps were organized, prizes and symbolic gifts were presented to creators, outstanding students and teachers, and participation in the implementation of service and agricultural initiatives, hygiene and traffic regulation, among others.

Director General of the Office of Education in the capital Sana’a – Vice-Chairman of the Sub-Committee for Summer Courses Abdulqadir al-Mahdi explained that the total activities and events implemented amounted to more than 145,536 activities at the level of summer schools in all districts, within the framework of the plan to expand activities and programs for the year 1444 AH.

He stated that the activities included the implementation of more than six thousand visits to the official side, and more than 29 thousand and 500 visits from the community in the districts, which included community initiatives and various convoys to support cadres and students and the distribution of baskets, foodstuffs, sums of money, clothes and sports supplies.

Source: Yemen News Agency

KSrelief Clears 880 Mines in Yemen within One Week

In the third week of June 2023, KSrelief’s “Masam” project announced that it had successfully cleared 880 mines planted by Houthi militia in various regions of Yemen. These mines included 6 anti-personnel mines, 143 anti-tank mines, 724 unexploded ordnance, and 7 explosive devices.

So far in June, a total of 4,294 mines have been dismantled. Since the beginning of the project, 405,213 mines have been dismantled. These mines were randomly planted by Houthi militia across Yemen, causing harm to innocent victims, especially children, women, and the elderly.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by KSrelief, continues to prioritize the dismantling of mines from Yemeni territory and strives to improve the living conditions of Yemenis through the Masam project.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Passports Directorate: 1,659,837 Pilgrims Have Arrived through International Entry Points Until Sunday’s End

The General Directorate of Passports has announced that 1,659,837 pilgrims have entered the Kingdom through air, land, and sea ports during this year’s Hajj season of 1444 AH, as of the end of Sunday, June 25.

According to the Passports Directorate, 1,592,199 pilgrims arrived from outside the Kingdom through airports, including 242,272 beneficiaries of the “Makkah Route Initiative.” The number of arrivals through land ports was 60,807 with 6,831 pilgrims arriving through sea ports.

The Passports Directorate is committed to utilizing all of its capabilities to facilitate entry procedures for pilgrims. This includes equipping its platforms at international air, land, and sea ports with the latest technological devices, operated by qualified personnel proficient in different languages.

Source: Saudi Press Agency