28 Al-Tameem . WATER & CSD SECTORS Al-Tameem Al-Tameem Group Kirkuk, Iraq >> 3 stretch-blow moulders SMIFORM SR 8 >> 2 shrinkwrappers SMIFLEXI SK 600 T >> 2 handle applicators SMIPACK HA 70 The presence of the country’s biggest oil field – which is also one of the most valuable ones in the world – has made the town one of Iraq’s most important industrial centres today. But Kirkuk stands for much more than just oil fields. The town, whose history dates back to 5000 years ago, is first of all an important cultural centre, which in 2010 was elected “Iraq’s cultural capital” by the Minister for Culture. Kirkuk is also the most multiethnic town in Iraq: walking through the squares in the town’s historical centre, underneath the low Ottoman “Al-Tameem Cola” is produced

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