EDITOUR PETplanet Insider Vol. 25 No. 09/24 www.petpla.net 11 Mr Najmuddin, who has a master in Business Administration and is a Science Graduate, has been with the company since its inception in 1993. He has two daughters and a son, all of whom are currently in North America. “I’m probably the oldest employee here,” he said with a laugh at the small meeting table in his office. “My boss, Mr Ali Hashim, calls me the co-founder of the company because I’ve been here so long.” In fact, he is also something like the visionary backbone of the company. “When I started here, I quickly realised that PET had huge potential, but that it also needed some official qualifications if the company was to be recognised by the market leaders in the beverage industry. Just think of the high requirements of bottlers like Pepsi, for example. I then helped to drive the process of these qualifications forward and we sat down with PepsiCo and Coca-Cola to clarify what the quality requirements would be for a collaboration.” The fact that feelers had already been put out in the direction of packaging for the pharmaceutical industry as a further parallel project benefited the requirements of the multinational drinks manufacturers, as the necessary high requirements could already be more than met here. Mr Najmuddin explained: “We already had a lot of experience in injection moulding and were able to secure our first deals with pharmaceutical manufacturers for the sophisticated closures that we produced. By the start of 1995, we were already fully qualified and approved which enabled us to start producing preforms on commercial basis for Pepsi, Coca-Cola and Nestlé. On the pharmaceutical side, the company supplied bottles and closures to the Saudi Pharmaceutical Industries & Medical Appliances Corporation (Spimaco) first, and then went on to supply several other pharma companies in the region. Today, around 80% of the preforms and closures go into water applications, the rest into CSD, milk and juice. Working round the clock in day and night shifts, around 7 billion preforms and an equal number of closures are produced annually in Jeddah, and around 2 billion at the plant in Riyadh. 60% of the CSD closures are currently two-piece, but there is a shift towards more one-piece closures. For water, preforms can be produced for 200ml, 250ml, 330ml (most represented), 500ml, 600ml, 650ml and 1.5 l, for CSD for 250ml, 400ml, 500ml, 1 l and 2.25 l. 25% of the products are exported mainly in the Middle East and North Africa region. Keeping in view the circular economy, 3P is well equipped with the facilities to produce 100% rPET preforms or preforms blended with the vPET as per customer demand. Among the various support services, 3P group established an in-house inherent tooling workshop with CNC machines where prototype moulds and machine parts can be fabricated. The films division, which belongs to 3P, is mainly active in wrap-around label production for the local as well as international brand beverages, but also produces shrink film for multipacks, plastic bags including printing and the Sufra rolls, a type of disposable tablecloth. The company mainly sources its raw materials from Sabic. In fact 3P claims to be one of the largest customers of Sabic worldwide. The turnover for the entire Group in 2022 totalled USD 533.3 million, of which around 20% was attributable to the 3P flexible division which employs about 250 people. 3P setup: Jeddah plant 3 x Husky HyPET 500HPP5e 14x Husky HyPET 400/HPP4 8 x Husky G-lines still active 5 x Husky HyCAP 4 400 6 x Husky Hylectric 400 4 x Sacmi CCM 64 1 x Sacmi CCM 24 2 x Sacmi 32 inactive/for sale 3 x Blow moulding EBM 4 x ASB 70 DPH ISBM 1 x Aisa for collapsible tubes Riyadh plant 5 × Husky HyPET 500 HPP5e 3 × Husky HyCAP 4 www.3p-gulf.com Husky HyCAP closure moulding systems in action Just produced: Mohammed Najmuddin with a water preform F.r.t.l.: Mohammed Najmuddin, Kay Barton and Ahmed Salhi in front of a Husky HyPET HPP5e system
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