The
name “GULF
PAPER”
has established its leading position in the paper
industry and its significance is accepted by leading
converting industries (both Packing Grade converters and
Tissue converters) especially in GCC Countries and in
the Middle East. This privilege encouraged our
responsibilities to the market; hence the management
decided to widen our product features and look for a
different operating point to attain the benefits of
diversification.
This
lead us to locate a Paper mill in Jebel Ali Free Zone,
which was shut down due to bankruptcy. We did a thorough
feasibility study on this venture and after convinced of
its viability the parent “Gulf Paper Manufacturing Co
KSC, Kuwait” acquired this company in March 2003. One
of the main reasons which impelled us to acquire this
mill was its machine deckle width of 420 cm which is
wide enough to satisfy several existing and prospective
customers of Kuwait mill.
The
management of GPMC Kuwait, along with its technical team
looked into the minute details of existing mill and
realized that a total change is required to modernize
the factory. The existing technology was outdated and
the machine capacity was just 50 metric ton per day and
the quality was not up to international standard. So the
management decided to make this new venture as the best
factory to compete with the international standards.
Hence,
we approached Metso Paper Finland (Como Branch) to
achieve our task of rebuilding the mill with latest
technology by upgrading the whole process machines. Our
goal was to reach production of 150 metric ton per day
of fluting and test-liner products with superior quality
as same as GPMC Kuwait products.
