Duplas Al Sharq, a Dubai-based plastic manufacturing facility, will increase its production by 33 per cent during the current year.

The company also announced plans to widen its product range by manufacturing plastic products for the building and construction industry.
A subsidiary of Emirates Investment and Development, Duplas has injected Dh5 million ($1.3 million) in the existing Dh50 million plant to enhance its product range, according to a senior company official.
The move is aimed at meeting the ever increasing demand for plastic bottles in the region. Currently, 80 per cent of its production caters to the demands of lubricant industries. Duplas is looking to expand in other sectors such as detergents and disinfectants cosmetics, healthcare, juices, dairy and water.
Mohammed Nofal, general manager of Duplas, said: “With the addition of new parts our production capability will increase manifold.”
Last year the company manufactured 30 million bottles and intends to increase it to 40 million units this year.
Duplas was set up in 2000 with the aim of supplying quality products to the fast growing market. Commercial production started in December 2002.
 “We have state-of-the-art technology with nine blow-moulding machines, two injection-moulding machines, one PET stretch-blow machine and an eight-colour UV printing line. Duplas is managed by a team of professionals and highly skilled technical staff experienced in the production of customised plastic products for industrial applications,” said Nofal.
Duplas has a wide product range and is engaged in the manufacture of high-quality PE, PET and PC bottles ranging from 200 ml to 5 gallons and closures, all of which cater to the increasing packaging demands for lubricants, detergents, chemicals, edible oil, dairy proiducts, juices and water in the UAE and world markets.
 “We don’t make any compromises on raw material which we source from the UAE itself and also from the GCC countries, Europe and the Far East.
“We are technologically very advanced and use Italian and Japanese technology. We have stringent quality measures and Duplas is ISO 9001-2000 certified,” said Nofal.
Some of Duplas’ clients are Reckitt Benckiser, Dabur International, United Grease and Lubricants, Stanley Trading, Pride International, AXCL Gulf and Emirates Industry for Camel Milk.
Nofal said he expected more growth with the possibility that some contracts would be signed. The company is targeting India and Pakistan for the bottled water segment.
The company has good scope for growth as the market for plastic products is growing at 15 per cent annually.
Currently, Duplas exports only 15 per cent of its output in the GCC region, Africa and Pakistan but intends to touch the 30 per cent mark this year. The products are constantly monitored to keep abreast of the highest industry standards and compete at the regional and the international level.
 “Our goal is to dominate the Middle East and Gulf markets by increasing our reach further and we plan to enter a totally new segment - plastics for the building and construction industry,” said Nofal.