OYSTAR. The Process & Packaging Group

High Performance Lines for the Desert - Packaging Technology from the OYSTAR Group

On the Arabian Peninsula, products made from cows' milk are as popular as ever. To satisfy the constantly growing demand for fresh quality products, companies belonging to the OYSTAR Group have delivered a range of high performance filling and packaging equipment to Almarai, the Saudi Arabian dairy company.

OYSTAR has earned worldwide recognition for its knowledge of packaging processes, accumulated over several decades. This is a further reason for Almarai, the largest dairy processing company in the Middle East, to commission OYSTAR Group companies to deliver packaging equipment to meet a number of requirements, including processing yoghurt and desserts (OYSTAR Gasti) cream cheese (OYSTAR Erca-Formseal) and butter (OYSTAR Benhil). The equipment is put to use in Almarai's central dairy in Al-Kharj, about 75 miles outside the capital, Riyad.

This year, OYSTAR Hassia will also deliver a type THL 24/28 form-filling and sealing machine including an SPH 25/50 case packer for manufacturing portions of butter. OYSTAR Gasti will again deliver three high performance Contitherm 123 machines, each capable of filling pre-formed cups with yoghurt at a rate of 28,000 every hour.

Almarai already processes some two million liters of milk every day and is one of the world's largest dairy companies with an integrated supply chain: All of its products are made using milk from its own cows. And while Almarai is not the OYSTAR Group's only customer in this region - all major dairy companies on the Arabian Peninsula are equipped with OYSTAR Gasti cup filling machines, for example - it is certainly the biggest

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