More yogurt for the desert oystar gasti supplies eleventh packaging line to saudi arabian dairy company almarai. The new contitherm 123 cup filling and sealing machine will be employed for the production of semisolid yogurt starting in 2010. Schwäbisch hall, december 14, 2009. The demand for products made of cow&rsquos milk continues to increase in the gulf region. Thus almarai dairy, the leader on the dairy market in middle east, commissioned oystar gasti with supplying the eleventh filling and packaging line for its yogurt production. In november oystar gasti, the specialist for cup filling and sealing machines, already supplied the fourth contitherm 123 to saudi arabia by ship alone in 2009. With an output of 30,000 cups per hour the contitherm 123 represents the world&rsquos fastest continuously working machine for filling products such as yogurts and desserts. The new machine for almarai will fill inoculated yogurt milk and &ndash despite the high speed &ndash transport it for sealing without spilling. The final product is a semisolid yogurt. In addition, recontamination through ambient air is prevented by sterile excess air pressure in the entire filling area up to the sealing station. Apart from oystar gasti, other oystar group companies already cooperate with the saudi dairy enterprise oystar benhil and oystar hassia with machines for packaging butter andor for manufacturing portioned butter packages, oystar ercaformseal with a forming, filling and sealing machine ffs for filling cream cheese as well as oystar af for final packaging of the products. About oystar gasti gasti verpackungsmaschinen gmbh with its principal place of business in schwäbisch hall badenwürttemberg is a globally operating company in the oystar group. The company specializes in the development and design of cup filling and sealing machines for preformed cups made of plastic, paper, aluminum and composite materials for liquid to pasty products, the company&rsquos portfolio focuses on the dairy and food industry. Www.oystar.gasti.de about oystar group oystar &ndash the process & packaging group is one of the world&rsquos leading suppliers of packaging machinery, technology and services. Oystar has extensive process knowhow in the key industries of dairy products, food and beverages, as well as pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. Based in stutensee near karlsruhe, the holding company currently represents 17 manufacturing companies as well as numerous sales and service companies. At present oystar holding employs a workforce of approximately 2,500 worldwide and generated a total of eur 465 million in sales in 2008. Www.oystar.de press contact laura wilms möller pr tel. 49 0 89 45 20 79 99 email lw@moellerpr.de url www.moellerpr.de
