ƒ Malé Water ƒ Sirmakeş ƒ Mai Dubai ƒ Cervejas da Madeira MALDIVES & DUBAI bottling in paradise New solutions to reduce energy consumption Innovative technologies to protect the environment and save energy

Innovative technologies to protect the environment and save energy ll SMI Group's business decisions translate into a number of operating strategies that reconcile our growth targets with the economic and environmental sustainability of the products we make and the territory in which we operate. Our commitment in this regard is expressed each and every day in our intensive research and development of new technologies, to offer bottling and packaging solutions to our customers which comply with the increasingly stringent parameters of production cost reduction and energy saving. The centrality...

in this issue Water is an exceptionally important resource. For this reason, companies that bottle and package water are increasingly committed to protecting and preserving the environment and adopting eco-friendly packaging, processes and technologies. Maldives: Malé Water 18. United Arab Emirates: Mai Dubai 40. Turkey: Sirmakeş 52. Portugal: Empresas de Cervejas da Madeira 64. Smiform: High-performance reflective thermal panels to heat the preforms 66. Smiflexi: SK Shrinkwrappers - a product that is constantly renewed! 68. Smipack: New shrinkwrappers without sealing bar 68. INFORMATION 72....

MALÉ WATER WATER SECTOR Malé Water and Sewerage Company Pvt. Ltd. Malé, Maldives Group: Sewerage Company • • • • • • 14,000 BPH PET line: Smiform ECOBLOC® 8-36-8 VMAG integrated system Rotative labeller Smiflexi LSK 25 F shrinkwrapper Smiflexi LWP 30 casepacker Conveyors Smiline & subsupplies Smipal APS 1035 P palletizer INSTALLATION / Malé Water

here aren't many places that evoke the image of paradise on earth in each of us. The Maldives is surely one of them, especially the natural beauty of its landscapes, the beautiful white sandy beaches and spectacular coral sea. The Maldives, an archipelago of 1,200 coral islands in the Indian Ocean, combine the experience of a dream vacation with breathtaking views and offer everything you need for a truly relaxing stay. However, behind this “postcard” image, the Maldives conceal lesser known aspects, though equally important, for the economic development of this paradise on earth which attracts...

INSTALLATION / Malé Water

Malé environmentally friendly MODERN technologies ature directly affects all activities of Maldivian life, which revolves around the protection of its beauties to preserve the magic of the ecosystem of these beautiful islands. The environmental protection issue holds great importance also within the industries located in the Maldives, among which MWSC is one of the main ones. Hence, the adoption of cutting-edge manufacturing technologies, such as the machines that make up the bottling line recently provided by SMI, is one of the cornerstones of Malé Water's corporate social responsibility. Smiform's...

MWSC's new production line features very compact dimensions compared to traditional bottling plants, thanks to the fact that the ECOBLOC® integrated system brings together in a single machine the stretch-blow moulding, filling and capping functions for the 0.5-liter PET bottles. This solution also allows reducing the purchasing, management and maintenance costs of the machines up to 20%. Even the consumption of the water used to clean the system is reduced by 90% thanks to the “baseless” technology applied to the filler. INSTALLATION / Malé Water This solution offers the great advantage of leaving...

The environmental protection issue holds great importance also within the industries located in the Maldives reused to feed the pre-blowing circuit at low pressure and the machine's service circuit. The working pressure of the preblowing circuit is controlled by an electronic regulator while that of the service circuit is regulated by manual reducers. If the pre-blowing or service circuit does not exploit all the air obtained through the recovery system, the latter can also be used to feed the low-pressure line of machine's external utilities.

Versatile and compact end of line MI has paid special attention in designing the plant in Malé, implementing innovative solutions and choosing only latest generation machinery. The secondary packaging is performed by a Smiflexi LSK 25F shrinkwrapper and an LWP 30 wrap-around case packer, which package Taza water's 0.33-liter, 0.5-liter and 1.5-liter PET bottles coming from the ECOBLOC® integrated system, alternately in shrink film only or in wrap-around cardboard boxes. The decision to install two separate secondary packaging machines meets Malé Water & Sewerage Company's needs to have a comprehensive...

beam on which the gripper slides also on guides with recirculating balls. Packs arriving on the single-lane infeed belt (located at operator height) are grouped in the row precomposition area and are arranged in one line, oriented in the same direction (all are fed either on the long side or the short side), therefore creating the palletizing row. The row thus formed is picked up by the gripper that, with fast and precise movements, places it on the pallet in the desired point; the sequential repetition of this operation allows you to form a complete layer in a very simple way. The middle column...

The Maldives between past and present he origins of the Maldive Islands are lost in time. All archeological findings in the Maldives date back to periods after 1500 BC. It is argued that the archipelago was uninhabited before then. The current population (about 350,000 inhabitants) descended from the peoples of the Buddhist religion who migrated from southern India and Sri Lanka around the fourth and fifth centuries. When the Arabs began to frequently travel the trade routes to south-east Asia, the Maldives became an important stopover. Arab traders exerted a strong cultural influence on the...