OYSTAR. The Process & Packaging Group

More Yoghurt for the Desert

OYSTAR Gasti supplies eleventh packaging line to Saudi Arabian dairy company Almarai. The new Contitherm 123 cup filling and sealing machine will be employed for the production of semi-solid yogurt starting in 2010.

The demand for products made of cow’s milk continues to increase in the Gulf region. Thus Almarai dairy, the leader on the dairy market in Middle East, commissioned OYSTAR Gasti with supplying the eleventh filling and packaging line for its yogurt production. In November OYSTAR Gasti, the specialist for cup filling and sealing machines, already supplied the fourth Contitherm 123 to Saudi Arabia by ship alone in 2009.

With an output of 30,000 cups per hour the Contitherm 123 represents the world’s fastest continuously working machine for filling products such as yogurts and desserts. The new machine for Almarai will fill inoculated yogurt milk and – despite the high speed – transport it for sealing without spilling. The final product is a semi-solid yogurt. In addition, recontamination through ambient air is prevented by sterile excess air pressure in the entire filling area up to the sealing station.

Apart from OYSTAR Gasti, other OYSTAR Group companies already cooperate with the Saudi dairy enterprise: OYSTAR Benhil and OYSTAR Hassia with machines for packaging butter and/or for manufacturing portioned butter packages, OYSTAR Erca-Formseal with a forming, filling and sealing machine (FFS) for filling cream cheese as well as OYSTAR A+F for final packaging of the products.

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