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Masafi launches boutique 'Sense of Spring' tissues

  • United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, October 15 - 2008 at 13:36
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Masafi, one of the FMCG brands in the Gulf and Middle East and the leading tissues brand, announced today the launch of its new boutique tissues - Sense of Spring - a move that is expected to provide a further impetus to its market leadership in tissue business.

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  • Masafi's 'Sense of Spring' tissues.
    Masafi's 'Sense of Spring' tissues.
The Masafi Tissues leads the UAE market in Brand Equity Index, as per a study conducted in August 2008. Masafi tissues enjoy the number one share of heart across the UAE with a brand equity index of 5.8, followed by the nearest competitor with an index rating of 5.2.

The Brand Equity Index is based on consumers' responses across three basic criteria - willingness to pay a price premium; favourite brand and the recommended brand. The company's tissues are already the UAE market leaders in value terms, according to the latest study by research firm AC Nielsen, the world's leading market research agency.

The boutique tissue boxes come in bright colours and are on sale at retail outlets. The tissues are made from 100 per cent virgin pulp to achieve a very low grammage, which makes them extremely soft-yet-strong and wet resistant, with high absorbent properties.

In his comments on the launch of the new tissue line, Ashraf Abu Shady, Chief Executive Officer of Masafi, said: "Masafi's business model is driven by the need to better the quality of the fast paced lives of our consumers. The launch of the new boutique tissues helps us to extend the Masafi brand further enriching peoples' lives with every day innovative, unique quality products. Through the process of steady product additions and line extensions, we are closer to becoming a total FMCG company."

He added:
"The Brand Equity Index is another feather in our tissue business. To achieve the leadership in consumers' share of heart is a significant development in the broad scheme of things for Masafi."


The company is supporting the new product launch with an advertising campaign.

Masafi has successfully retained its market leadership in the UAE mineral water segment with around 40% share. The company exports approximately 30% of its product portfolio to different countries. The major importers are Japan, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Afghanistan and Djibouti. The company also exports to Germany, UK, Australia, Taiwan, Pakistan, Morocco, Yemen, Sudan, Bangladesh and the Ivory Coast, among others.
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About Masafi:
Masafi, the leading producer of pure natural mineral water in the entire Gulf, was established in 1976 with a paid-up capital of approximately $5.5 million. The company has retained its market leadership for the past three decades by providing world-class products which are renowned for their pure natural freshness. This has seen Masafi become the premium reference for bottled mineral water in the entire region. In the process it has built an extremely strong distribution network to consistently deliver to dynamic market requirements and has continuously upgraded its first-class equipment to keep pace with technological advances around the globe.

Being a leading brand that delivers to consumer needs, Masafi's wide product portfolio includes mineral water, tissues, Masafi Juices and the newly-launched Masafi Flavored Water. The mineral water product line comes in bottles of 1.5 litres, 1 litre, 500ml, 330ml (regular and sports) 4 gallons, 330ml kids packaging (regular and sports); mineral water cups in sizes of 250ml, 200ml, and 125ml. The tissue line includes boutique fragrant tissues in three scents, floral tissues in purple, pink and green colors, and car tissue boxes, while the hugely popular Masafi Juices come in an array of original flavors and rich blends available in 2 litre, 1 litre and 200ml bottles. The flavored water is available in five flavors -- strawberry, lemon, peach, jasmine and mint & lemon in 500ml sizes.

The company was the first recipient of the ISO 9002 certification in the entire Middle East and was awarded the ISO 9001:2000 certification for developing and maintaining a high standard Quality Management System. Masafi has also been awarded the HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) certification. Masafi is also a member of International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) and Asia Bottled Water Association (ABWA). Masafi Water is tested and approved by NSF International, USA, which carries out annual unprompted audits on behalf of IBWA. Masafi is the first mineral water company in the region to be awarded the prestigious ISO 14001 certification for Environmental Management.

For further information, please contact
Ghada Kammoun/ Naeem Badiuzzaman,
BPG Public Relations, Dubai
Tel: +9714-295 3456
Fax: +9714-295 1027

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