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Completion of printing press program accredited by the Jordan Numbering Association


Jordan Numbering Association completed the activities of the training program “A printing press approved the Jordan Numbering Association,” which was held in cooperation with the Amman Chamber of Industry and in partnership with the packaging, paper, cardboard and office supplies industries sector and with the National Center for Packaging and Packaging, which continued for two days, the 25th and 26th of July.. It targeted printing presses and entities working in the field of printing and design for the purpose of learning about the optimal use of GS 1 standards.. The training program included the most important technical rules that must be followed during the printing or design stages, which ensures the safety and quality of printing.. In turn, the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Jordan Numbering Association and the representative of the therapeutic industries and medical supplies sector in the Chamber of Industry, Dr. Fadi Al-Atrash, confirmed during the opening of the workshop that was held at the headquarters of the European Jordanian Institute for Business Development (Ejabi), the training arm, that Jordan Numbering Association is seeking to accredit a number of compliant printing presses. According to international standards for numbering to facilitate the various sectors, the most important of which is the industrial sector, the importance of spreading awareness about the technical mechanisms for printing barcodes on the primary and secondary packaging of products, to ensure the availability of correct data and to protect the products from tampering, in addition to the technical specifications necessary to facilitate the process of reading the barcode and the health and quality of the mechanisms used by the printing presses. Also, the representative of the packaging, paper, cardboard, and office supplies industries sector, Muhammad Al-Safadi, pointed out that 20 printing presses and companies specializing in printing on paper, cardboard, and packaging have been approved for inclusion in a golden list approved by the Jordanian Numbering Authority to implement the international (GS1) standards, in addition to many advantages. Which applies to different sectors. At the end of the program, Mr. Muhammad Zwanah, Executive Director of Jordan Numbering Association, gave a brief presentation on the advantages of this program, stressing the importance of cooperation between the industrial and commercial sectors and the role of Jordan Numbering Association in providing its services to the sectors for the purposes of enabling them to meet requirements locally and internationally.. On the sidelines of the program, a visit was made to the National Center for Packaging and Packaging (JOPack), where the director of the center, Mr. Yousef Abu Attia, provided a detailed explanation of the center’s services.. At the conclusion of the program, the representative of the packaging, paper, cardboard and office supplies industries sector at the Jordan Chamber of Industry, Mr. Muhammad Al-Safadi, distributed certificates and shields to the participants.. It is noteworthy that the “Printing Press Accredited by Jordan Numbering Association” program will take place through a partnership between Jordan Numbering Association and the participating printing presses, which numbered 20 printing presses, which were approved on a golden list that will be circulated to member companies through the company’s official and social channels. In addition to a phase A second part of the program will be announced later. The Jordan Numbering Association is considered the only national authority responsible for managing all operations related to the coding of products, places, assets, and services in Jordan, and one of the companies wholly owned by the Jordan Enterprise Development Cooperation.


Completion of printing press program accredited by the Jordan Numbering Association