EDITOUR PETplanet Insider Vol. 25 No. 03/24 www.petpla.net 13 EDITOUR 13 sor side, equipment from AF Compressors, Bellis & Morcom and Atlas Copco is used. Three fully automated production lines from Krones with capacities of twice 44,000bph and once 18,000bph are used for the water retail market. Mr Younas explains: “There’s also a Krones hotfill line for juices with 12,000bph, but it’s not very busy at the moment, as it’s more of a side product. We had also produced flavoured water on this line for a while, but the market for flavoured water was rather subdued, so we put it on ice for the time being.” A second building houses a Kosme line for the 15.14 l containers and cap production. For the closures, the company works with Engel machinery. “We used to be able to export our water,” explains Mr Younas. “You could even get the brand in East Asia, Africa and Europe, but unfortunately these kinds of exports were banned around 2013, so we have been focussing on the local market ever since. However, our second plant in Oman does some exports. We share the market with the two big water brands Mai Dubai and Al Ain and all three brands have a similar average presence.” And the company wants to continue to grow and expand the brand in the future. “Masafi water has a long history. The fact that we differentiate ourselves from other major local brands through the way we produce water means that our water is well known and, above all, highly valued by the local population.” www.masafi .com F.l.t.r.: Fraz Younas and Mohammed Youssef at the Netstal preforming machine Freshly produced water bottle preform www.sacmi.com Product design Product development Product validation Industrial production plant Process & quality control On-site and start-up assistance After-sales and Customer service SACMI 4.0 THE COMPLETE CLOSURE, PREFORM AND CONTAINER SOLUTION FOR YOUR SMART FACTORY E N D L E S S I N N O V A T I O N S I N C E 1 9 1 9
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