OCME Satisfies the “Thirst” for Water in Saudi Arabia
01 Aug 2011 --- OCME’s major presence in the Arab market and its clear capacity to add to an ever-increasing number of important reference companies in the beverage sector such as Fayhia Water and Hilwa Water, has also been reinforced by our partnership with Aujan Industries.
OCME, recognized world leader in the supply of end of line equipment for the beverage market (shrink wrappers, wraparound case packers and palletizing systems), introduced a new range of level fillers dedicated to the bottling industry in 2004 which has been developing and improving since then.
This means that OCME can offer itself as the ideal turnkey partner for complete filling lines, especially for the mineral water sector of the market.
Among other fields, the Saudi Arabian market, which is undergoing constant development, has brought particular satisfaction to OCME as a result of this strategy.
Our first experience in this field in Saudi was in 2006 with Makkah Water Company, who commissioned OCME to supply a new bottling line for their facility handling 0.33 ltr, 0.6 ltr and 1.5 ltr PET bottles. They also purchased two tri-bloc Hydra fillers for existing lines.
Makkah Water is one of the most important producers in Saudi Arabia, belonging to Bin Zomah Family, covering not just the local market but also all the countries in the Gulf, markets which all require high quality, reliability and speed in beverage production.
The OCME machines installed fully reflect these demands. The Makkah Al Mukarrama installation today comprises four Tryblocks Hydra N80 level filler with air conveyors, bundle and pack conveyors and several Altair N50 wraparound packers with downstream Perseus Palletizers.
Continuous year on year improvements have led to a considerable increase in machine speeds available, going up from 40,000 bph to 50,000 bph.
Our close working relationship with Makkah Water is ongoing and has been strengthened by the subsequent supply of another line for the "Mozn" factory of Al Janoub Water in the Jazan area, which has a very varied production range with formats from 0.33 ltr to 0.75 ltr, 1 ltr and 1.5 litres.
We would like to point out however that this success in the mineral water sector is also due to OCME’s presence on the market for several decades, with the first installations taking place back in the 1980’s.
As a consequence of the excellent results obtained, our cooperation with major water producers in Saudi Arabia has continued and in 2008 resulted in a prestigious venture for Hana Water, Al Theyab’s owned, with the installation of 3 new OCME lines and the expansion of an existing line at the Buraydah factory.
Hana Water’s production site of over 30 years enjoys a unique geographical position thanks to the presence of subterranean natural water wells which make it one of the major bottled water producers in the Gulf Cooperation Council. The lines work at a very high speed and use cutting edge technology to produce and fill plastic bottles and subsequently to distribute them.
OCME has supplied high performance machines to suit the requirements of lines such as these, specifically the Hydra N120 filler which runs at the exceptional speed of 120,000 bph on 0.33 ltr and 0.6 ltr formats.
Apart from fillers, OCME has supplied Hana Water with Sagitta labellers, Gemini S60 combined wraparound and shrink wrappers, an Orion HM2 palletizer with stretch wrapper and conveyors for loose bottles, bundles and pallets.
Same supply has been done to one of the oldest and leading bottled drinking Water Company in the Kingdom, Al- Qassim Health Water, belonging to Al-Thinayyan Family, who recently has agreed to renew their existing filling lines installation choosing OCME has main partner. In Al Qassim Plant, located in Al-Badaya you will be able to see two high speed filling and packaging lines performing 40.000 and 50.000 bottles/hours. The Factory was established in 1981 with production of 210 millions of liters of bottles water in two size bottles and it is able to grant an healthy water thanks to wells which penetrate deep into the aquifer.
OCME’s major presence in the Arab market and its clear capacity to add to an ever-increasing number of important reference companies in the beverage sector such as Fayhia Water and Hilwa Water, has also been reinforced by our partnership with Aujan Industries.
Aujan Industires, founded in 1905 with headquarters in Dammam is the most important producer and distributor of soft drinks and confectionery in the Middle East, whose successful product range includes Rani Juice, Vimto and Barbican non-alcoholic beer.
OCME machines are used at the main production site in Dammam, including 2 Vega HT 120/2 shrink wrappers and a Vega HT60V with a conveyor system. At the Dubai and Iran sites OCME is about to start up complete 72,000 bph lines for cans of juice.
Thanks and due to these successful achievements over the last few years, OCME will open a new branch in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) in the first quarter of 2012, which will be dedicated to the Middle East area. This will enable us to be nearer our customers and offer them direct after sales service support and spares locally, using our own specialized engineers. OCME Middle East will become the 6th branch in the OCME Group, joining OCME UK, OCME China, OCME France, OCME America and OCMEXICO.
