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EVER INCREASING CAPACITY EVER INCREASING CAPACITY INVESTMENT CONTINUES AT ARABIAN PACKAGING FOLLOWING THE INSTALLATION OF THE FIRST SEVEN COLOUR GÖPFERT OVATION IN 2016, DUBAI, UAE-BASED ARABIAN PACKAGING HAS TAKEN ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD, INSTALLING A SECOND CORRUGATOR AND MORE STATE-OF-THE-ART CONVERTING EQUIPMENT. DANIEL BRUNTON REPORTS FROM THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. ur first visit to Arabian Göpfert to be installed in the region. Packaging came in 2004, The company had been looking for O shortly after the business ways in which to help customers (which was established back in 1982) achieve high quality print, but without moved into a greenfield site in the turning to litho-laminating, as this Jebel Ali Industrial Area. A massive was relatively expensive. So they warehouse had been built and opted for the offline printing machine housed a new corrugator and wide from Göpfert. The printing process is array of converting equipment, all of handled by the seven colour Göpfert which had been supplied by leading Ovation high board line machine, OEMs. A 2.8m corrugator from BHS equipped with inter-station IR dryers Corrugated, two Martin 618 four from JB Machinery and a final dryer at colour flexo folder gluers, a Martin exit. Printed stacks of board are then 924 six colour rotary die-cutter, a transferred to the Bobst SPO or the four colour BGM 2.8m casemaker, stand-alone Göpfert Evolution rotary five colour Göpfert Evolution Rotary die-cutter, equipped with two Dücker die-cutter, an Isowa three colour Corrpal breakers and palletiser. rotary die-cutter and a Bobst SPO die- Investment continues at this market cutter were in operation. A complete leader, not content to rest on its materials handling system was laurels, Arabian Packaging once again installed by Dücker. pushes the boundaries of what can be We were then invited back a little achieved with corrugated, this time over a decade later, in 2016 – this installing an additional corrugator and time to see the first seven colour, converting lines, specifically to target high quality flexo post print line from the micro flute market. 40 INTERNATIONAL PAPER BOARD INDUSTRY » JUNE 2019 www.thepackagingportal.com 41 EVER INCREASING CAPACITY EVER INCREASING CAPACITY “WE WANTED TO HAVE A MACHINE THAT WOULD BE CAPABLE OF RUNNING THE HIGHEST QUALITY control, Escada Process control and PAPERS AND PRODUCE EXCEPTIONALLY FLAT BOARD. WE ALSO WANTED TO HAVE A MACHINE THAT an E+L Trim Master and bridge control WAS CAPABLE OF RUNNING FINE FLUTES, SUCH AS F, G AND N AT HIGH SPEEDS.” units. Steam is produced by a Baviera system and starch is mixed in an SRP ISSAM FETEHA, GENERAL MANAGER, ARABIAN PACKAGING Europe starch kitchen. The new line Market Leader has a capacity of 160 million sqm of board per year. At the heart of the investment “We chose the Mitsubishi single project was the need to create a clear facers as we wanted belted machines,” advantage in the market, allowing explains Mr Feteha. “In addition, we Arabian Packaging to stand out have been most impressed with the from the crowd. “When we installed S-Press from Simon and had good the Göpfert Ovation back in 2016, experience with the system that we we expected to run about 10% of its capacity on HQPP work, with the rest line. The S-Press is helping us produce Feteha, General Manager, Arabian board with no pressure marks. This is Packaging. “However, the reaction critical when running coated liners for from the market was so positive, that high quality printed packaging.” within a year, over 70% of the capacity “We have been very happy with was for HQPP work.” But the biggest problem Al Ghurair, Chairman. “Our technical that the company faced was its team chose a corrugator that they felt corrugator – it had reached its capacity, which meant that for the company to continue growing it the board is superb and reaction from needed to add another machine. our customers, particularly those who “By the end of 2016, following the installation of new converting The 2.5m Mitsubishi MWU corrugator really encouraging.” equipment, we realised we were very close to maximum capacity of the Orange Season corrugator,” continues Mr Feteha. “We It is clear to see that in the Middle East decided the time was right to add colour on packaging helps sell product. a new machine, but we didn’t want “Although we are considered a small The new corrugator is equipped with E+L Corraligner to just install a standard machine – territory in terms of annual corrugated we wanted to have a machine that capacity, it is interesting to see how would be capable of running the important colour is to our customers,” highest quality papers and produce wanted to have a machine that was customers started to use the HQPP packaging, their competitors were F, G and N at high speeds.” quick to react and followed the lead. Mr Feteha and his technical team Today, the majority of our HQPP boxes set about specifying a machine. In their minds, they knew that a usually with varnish, even if the box combination of several suppliers is just transporting bottles of mineral water or fruit.” the machine they needed. The result One of the MHI 60H single facers The busiest time of the year for was a 2.5m corrugator, featuring Arabian Packaging is the orange two Mitsubishi 60H belted single MarquipWardUnited double backer installed outside of Japan) and the season. “The citrus fruit season is an facers, MarquipWardUnited glue with Simon S-Press loading system, MarquipWardUnited Fusion cut-o important time of year for us and we machine, pre-conditioner, pre-heater Mitsubishi 67H-V slitter scorer (which knife and stacker. The line is equipped pretty much operate 24/6 during and MWU Infusion plus pre-heaters, with EFI Escada’s Syncro process The control room on the new corrugator 42 INTERNATIONAL PAPER BOARD INDUSTRY » J UNE 2019 www.thepackagingportal.com 43 EVER INCREASING CAPACITY EVER INCREASING CAPACITY “WE ARE PROUD OF WHAT WE ARE ACHIEVING. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR SUPPLIERS – PAPER, INKS, MACHINERY – TO ENSURE WE GET THE BEST POSSIBLE RESULTS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. WE About the Company HAVE ADDITIONAL EXPANSION PLANS ON THE HORIZON, BUT THAT IS A STORY FOR ANOTHER DAY.” Arabian Packaging was established in Dubai in 1982 and MOHAMED SAIF AL GHURAIR, CHAIRMAN since 2004 has been based in the Jebel Ali Industrial Area 2. “The majority of boxes we make for the fruit farmers are printed in six or Arabian Packaging is a wholly- seven colours/varnish and we produce owned subsidiary of Al Ghurair almost 10 million boxes of this type.” Group, one of the UAE’s most “With the Göpfert Ovation printers prominent and respected we are able to print at the highest business Groups. quality and speed and then feed Al Ghurair family formalised its business activities with the Mr Feteha. “We opted for this route, creation of Al Ghurair Group in 1960. At that time, Dubai was gives us the best results and this undergoing great economic The BGM Case Line CL 1125 then ensures the folder gluers are and commercial growth. This able to run at high speed, thanks to development was spearheaded the accurately die-cut blanks. We In addition to the eight colour by the Rulers of Dubai, the Al are also under a lot of pressure from Göpfert Ovation (which was installed Maktoum Family and supported our customers who want precision in July 2018), the company also by the trading skills of Dubai’s folded boxes to run on their case installed a BGM CL 11/25 Caseline (with prominent business families. rotary die-cut unit and two slotters). Amongst these was the Al exact quantities with zero defects.” This machine is able to die-cut, fold Ghurair family. and glue many of the printed sheets The Group entered many Additional Print and Die-Cutting that come from the new Ovation. The Issam Feteh, General Manager, Arabian Packaging and Mohamed Saif Al Ghurair, Chairman. Thanks to the rapid growth in the BGM line is complementd by a Dücker company’s order book, Arabian Corpal stacker, as well as a Mosca Uatri Bobst Masterfold gluer Packaging continued to roll out its in-line bundle strapper. shopping mall (Al Ghurair investment strategy further. Just o -line printer. This sets us apart from new designs for their boxes, hoping Centre) and one of its oldest before the installation of the new 2.5m our competitors for sure. that more colour will help sell more banks (Mashreq). Today, the corrugator in late 2018, the company “We have seen that when products – so we have to be in a Group owns a diverse range of took delivery of additional converting trading conditions are tough and position to o er the best quality print businesses in manufacturing, real lines – including yet another market our customers are competing in a in the UAE,” explains Mr Al Ghurair. continents. Among its prominent businesses are Taghleef Gulf Extrusions, (aluminium Bobst Mastercut 2.1 extrusion) and the shopping mall Away from the corrugator’s stacker and into WIP Looking Ahead and mixed used-development Elsewhere at the plant, a new Bobst New machines, increased capacity BurJuman Centre in Bur Dubai Masterfold was installed in September and excellent quality are the hallmark and Reef Mall. 2017 and a Bobst Mastercut 2.1 die- of success. “We are proud of what Arabian Packaging is one cutter with Loader AF and palletising we are achieving,” concludes Mr Al of three packaging companies unit followed in February 2018. Thanks Ghurair.

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