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he manufacturing industry is now required to act more and more quickly in sensing market changes, in order to take advantage of the opportunities they offer, without any hesitation. For this reason, technological innovation must be placed at the service of business efficiency, creating faster, more flexible and ecosustainable production plants. These are worldwide trends, as evidenced by the case historiespresent in this issue of SMINOW, briefly described below, which invite you to read the articles dedicated to them, more extensively. To meet the growing demand for bottled water in Egypt, Valley...

SECTOR: WATER VALLEY WATER Wadi El Natrun, Egypt COMPLETE 36.000 BPH LINE WHICH INCLUDES: Blowing-Filling-Capping System ECOBLOC® 16-78-18 E HEVF Case Packer WP 600 ERGON Palletiser APS 3070 L ERGON Conveyor belts and subsupplies: compressor, laser marker, level control, labeler, wrapper.

IN THE DESERT AREA OF WADI EL NATRUN, MORE OR LESS HALFWAY BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND CAIRO, YOU FIND YOURSELF IMMERSED IN AN UNUSUAL, RURAL, AUTHENTIC EGYPT. WADI EL NATRUN IS A DEPRESSION ABOUT 23 METERS BELOW SEA LEVEL, IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS WHO EXTRACTED THE “NATRUN”, THE SALT USED IN MUMMIFICATION PROCESSES. TODAY THIS AREA IS FAMOUS FOR THE EXTRACTION OF ELANO WATER, A 100% PURE AND NATURAL PRODUCT, BOTTLED BY THE VALLEY WATER COMPANY, FOUNDED WITH THE AIM OF PROVIDING THE MARKET WITH HIGH QUALITY PACKAGED WATER AND FILLING THE GAP BETWEEN STRONG DEMAND AND CURRENT LOW...

IN THE NATRUN VALLEY, THE SMARTEST PET LINE INSTALLED BY SMI IN AFRICA o increase the production of 0.6 L and 1.5 L PET bottles, the Egyptian company recently turned to SMI for the supply of a complete line of 36,000 bottles/ hour, which is currently the smartest plant installed by SMI on the African continent and is the ideal solution to ensure efficient, sustainable and high quality production. Together with the new PET line, Valley Water has entrusted SMI with the modernisation and automation of the end of line of an existing parallel plant, characterised by the presence of a SMI stretch-blow...

NOURISHMENT, QUALITY AND WELL-BEING FROM UNDERGROUND, THANKS TO INNOVATION lano water is extracted from wells in the subsoil of the western Egyptian desert of Wadi El Natrun, an area rich in minerals, natural salts and nutrients for the human body. To preserve the quality of the water and offer consumers a pure, uncontaminated and healthy product, the Valley Water company pays great attention to every detail and invests in cutting-edge technologies for every phase of the industrial process, from the extraction of the product from underground wells at a depth of 400 meters, to bottling and packaging...

INVESTING IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTION he decision to rely on SMI for the supply of a new complete line of 36,000 bottles/hour for the bottling and packaging of Elano water in PET bottles ranging from 0.6 to 1.5 L is the result of a close collaboration between the two companies, in 2013 with the installation of a rotary stretch-blow moulder and a shrink wrapper from the LSK range, both are used for the packaging of 0.33 / 0.5 / 1.5 L. containers in PET. SMI supplied the Egyptian company with an LWP 30 ERGON case packer dedicated to packing at a speed of up to 30 packs/minute...

RESTYLING OF BOTTLES FOR BETTER PERFORMANCE he main aspects considered by SMI designers for the Valley Water project were: on the one hand, the study of the line layout to ensure optimal use of space, high quality, production efficiency and plant flexibility; on the other hand, the analysis of the design of existing bottles, making the knowhow acquired in the design of PET containers available to the customer. Starting from the containers used by the customer and keeping the “core concept” unchanged, SMI’s designers studied the restyling of the 0.6 and 1.5 L bottles, produced by the new ECOBLOC®...

SMI SOLUTIONS FOR VALLEY WATER Consumer purchasing choices are also strongly influenced by environmental issues. To demonstrate its commitment to supporting sustainability issues, the Egyptian company Valley Water uses PET bottles as eco-compatible and recyclable packaging of Elano water, produced in factories equipped with the latest generation green technologies that allow reduced environmental impact and significant energy savings. The complete line of 36,000 bottles/hour supplied by SMI to Vallery Water for the bottling of Elano water, allows the customer to optimise the space within the...

ECOBLOC® 16-78-18 AND HEVF SYSTEM FOR BLOWING-FILLING-CAPPING Bottles worked: 0.6 and 1.5L bottles in PET for natural water Elano Speed: production up to 36,000 bottles/hour ( 0.6 L format). Main advantages: • Compact and flexible solution • Reduced energy consumption • High-efficiency rotary stretch-blow moulding system equipped with motorised stretch rods, whose electronically controlled operation, does not require pneumatic cams; precise management of the stretch rod stroke and accurate control of its position, as well as significant energy savings • Preform heating module with energy-efficient...

WRAP-AROUND CASE PACKER WP 600 ERGON Packs created: boxes of 4x5 for 0.6 L bottles and boxes of 3x4 for the 1.5 L bottles Main advantges: • Continuous packaging through a wrap-around system, which guarantees a smooth production process, without jerky movements • Ideal solution to obtain impact-resistant packaging, able to protect the product during transport • Better pack quality and reduced mechanical wear • Possibility to graphically customise the cardboard box to capture the consumer’s attention, offering the producer more opportunities for marketing and product promotion • Extremely ergonomic...