On-stand, Hall 3, Booth A3-4, Sidel will be showcasing its advanced technology solutions for the food and beverage industry at Gulfood Manufacturing 2023 at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 7 – 9 November 2023. 

Gulfood Manufacturing is the Middle East & North Africa’s (MENA) leading platform for the food and beverage industry, bringing together 2,168 exhibitors from 69 countries and over 36,000 visitors. 

Last year, 96 percent of visitors said that the show was important to their sourcing development, and Sidel is well-positioned to assist its MENA customers by sharing packaging and processing expertise. 

On-stand, Sidel will highlight its complete line and advanced technology solutions, including the new flexible Cermex ProSelex® infeed system for shaped bottles as well as its new RoboAccess_Pal S, a uniquely compact capable palletising solution that delivers improved agility, operability, and compactness to the food and beverage industries.  

Complete line solutions 

Visitors will be able to discuss Sidel’s end-to-end line solutions, the culmination of over 40 years of expertise and a comprehensive portfolio of services from line concept and engineering to packaging technologies and equipment. 

Bassam Oussaifi, VP Sales, Middle East & Africa, Sidel comments: “In June 2023, IFFCO Group looked to strengthen its condiment production capabilities by installing Sidel’s complete cutting-edge PET lines at its facility in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the new site in Iraq. We worked with IFFCO group to deliver the entire turnkey solution – each line now boasts a 9,000 bottle per hour capacity and flexibility to handle three unique bottle designs, two cap options and three label variations.” 

“I’m looking forward to working and meeting with new and existing customers at Gulfood Manufacturing to achieve the highest levels of efficiency, reliability and sustainability.” 

New innovations for packing and palletising  

Earlier this year, Sidel released two key innovations for packing and palletising to meet the evolving needs of manufacturers. The Cermex ProSelex^®  is a flexible collating system for complex unstable bottles. This gentle, streamlined grouping device is designed to associate with any type of case packer and will deliver extreme efficiency, high availability, and greater operability.

In addition, the RoboAccess_Pal S is a uniquely capable palletising solution that delivers improved agility, operability, and compactness to the FHPC industries. Both solutions were utilised by IFFCO Group at its UAE and Iraq sites and were instrumental in heightening the company’s production capabilities. 

Single smart solution 

On-stand, Sidel will also demonstrate its Super Combi, an integrated preform feeding, blowing, labelling, filling/capping and cap feeding all-in-one advanced solution that is able to offer significant productivity and quality benefits to customers in the water industry. 

Water makes up nearly one-third of soft drinks sales in the UAE, and sales are forecast to grow faster than any other category to 436m litres by 2026 as consumers additionally seek out climate-friendly packaging and larger pack sizes. ^[1]   

Visitors to the stand will be able to see the fastest operative single line in MENA, through a film demonstration of the 86,000 bottle per hour (bph) Super Combi solution at UAE-based company Mai Dubai. Additionally, Sidel’s first Super Combi installed within the African region for Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC of Coca-Cola Hellenic Group) and capable of 65,000 bph will also be on show.   

Find out more about Sidel’s complete line solutions and how you can access this kind of support for your business on the Sidel website.  

^[1] UAE Sort Drinks Market Insights 2021 – Key insights and drivers behind the soft drinks market performance. Source – Global Data