Doha-based packaging printer Al Shera has chosen a Zünd cutting system featured at Gulf Print & Pack to meet its clients’ demands in sampling and short-run printing as well as converting on offset and corrugated grade boards.
Al Shera Chairman Nasser Al Jaber told Packaging MEA that the company picked a Zünd S3 M800 cutting system after considering various options, including both Asian and Western products.
“Zünd was our choice as it was a perfect Swiss product,” he said. “It was at the recent Gulf Print & Pack 2013 show in Dubai we signed this deal, as Colour Byte had demonstrated this machine live on the Canon booth.”
Al Shera has purchased the Zünd S3 M800 cutting system with the EngView Package Designer Suite Version 5, an integrated CAD/CAM environment for structural design and prototyping of folding carton and corrugated packaging driving the machine on the front end.
“The cutting system is now up and running and we are very glad and satisfied with Colour Byte, the regional distributor of Zünd, which has done a fantastic job of installing and also training our staff to run this machine,” said Al Jaber.
“As we are targeting bespoke displays and packaging solutions with this machine, we are confident that the machine will meet our production and quality expectations.”
Al Jaber told Packaging MEA that the expansion of Doha’s packaging sector justifies investment in infrastructure and equipment.
“The situation in and around the region works favourably for us, as Doha and the GCC is growing,” he said.
“In Qatar, specifically, the overall trend and business growth is very good and it makes good business sense to invest in infrastructure and machinery in packaging and converting.”
Al Shera supplies bespoke and mass production board and carton packaging from its carton manufacturing facility. The company supplies finished boards –folding carton as well as corrugated – to almost the entire oil, chemical and allied products sector in Qatar, said Al Jaber.
“We have a major market share as we source all our raw materials and production machinery from the very best suppliers without any compromise in quality,” he added.
“This has been the main reason why we are the preferred packaging partner with most of the chemical, oil and petroleum and other industry clients as well.
“As these products have a considerable amount of weight, the packaging that we product must have good endurance strength, during dispatch, cargo and transportation as well as final delivery.”
Ralph Busselot, managing director of Colour Byte, said the Zünd S3 M800 system is designed so it can be changed, expanded, upgraded at any time.
“Its modular tooling allows for processing a wide variety of materials up to a maximum thickness of 25mm/1,” he said.
“Various levels of automated material handling turn the S3 into the perfect all-round production system. The S3 is fast, compact, and complies with the highest safety standards – a true Swiss quality product, uncompromising in precision and design.
“Al Shera Printing Press has been very professional in their approach, selection and decision in going for the S3 M800 system with the front end.”
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