Amman-based packaging printer Al Shurook Group has further expanded its production capacity by investing €3.5m in a suite of Heidelberg machinery. The purchase includes a Heidelberg Speed Master XL-105 6-colour +L (X3) combi sheetfed offset press and a Heidelberg Speed Master SM-52-6-colour +L combi sheetfed offset press.
In prepress, the company has gone for a Heidelberg Suprasetter A 105 Thermal platesetter with inline Glunz & Jensen Quartz with a Supreme Post-Bake Oven 85.
Managing Director Maamoun Kotob told Packaging MEA that Al Shurook specialises in packaging, especially food and detergent packaging through a laminating board application that forms “a landmark in our production line”.
“Lately there is decrease in the packaging industry here in Jordan, although it was very good in the past,” he said.
“This reduction is due to competition not only from local markets but also from outside, which influences local industry packaging demand.”
Many commercial printing companies “with modest expertise and technology” have transferred into packaging, which has cut price and quality while fuelling competition, he added.
“We aren’t getting any extra jobs from the neighbouring countries except for some small jobs for the Iraqi market,” he said.
But he was optimistic that new investments can boost Al Shurook’s quality and productivity, keeping packaging print jobs in Jordan.