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IRAN
NUQUL GROUP TO BUILD CONVERTING PLANT IN IRAN
(STORY CONTRIBUTED BY RISI)
The Nuqul Group plans to build a new converting facility in Qazvin
Industrial Estate, about 120 km west from Tehran, Iran. The plant
is set to cost some $18 million. The firm has chosen the equipment
suppliers and project consultants, but their names are under
wraps for the moment. Construction is set to kick off this month
with startup to follow in December. The facility will be ready
for commercial production by mid-March 2008.
The plant will house
six converting lines, which will be able to produce annually
up to 1,800 tonnes of facial tissues, 165 million diapers, 57
million adult diapers, 204 million sanitary napkins and 24 million
toilet rolls. The plant will run eight hours/day after startup,
but the Nuqul Group hopes to run at full capacity if there is
sufficient demand.
The raw material will mainly come from the group's mills and
non-woven plants. The output will be sold in Iran and exported
to surrounding countries like Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. The
Nuqul Group, headquartered in Amman, Jordan, operates four paper
plants, Al Keena and Al Snobar in Jordan as well as Al Bardi
and Al Sindian in Egypt.
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