Posted By
Najib
May 30, 2020 04:35
Fady Gemayel, co-owner and honorary chairman of Gemayel Freres S.A.L., a leading corrugated cardboard company in Lebanon, has been elected as the new FEFCO president for a two-year term. The Brussels-based corrugated packaging industry association is "a non-profit organisation representing the interests of the industry across Europe and addressing a wide range of issues, from technical topics to economical questions". Dr. Gemayel is also president of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists and has been fighting…
Posted By
Najib
Apr 26, 2020 04:04
If you're still wondering why we need that many dollars to import stuff? And why prices of imported items are soaring in recent weeks? Check out this awesome chart created by Bassam Karam grouping all the publicly available customs data from 2011 till 2019. A couple of insights to give you an idea: - Did you know that Gold and Diamonds make almost half our exports? - Did you know that we paid 101 million…
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