The plant will pack and fill Raubi juices. © Binghatti Foods
Dubai-based investment company Binghatti Holding has agreed with Tetra Pak to finance an AED 25 million ($6.81 million) beverage processing plant in Abu Dhabi.
The agreement includes the implementation of two filling and packaging lines to be used in a new production plant of more than 1 million square feet in the Khalifa Industrial Zone in Abu Dhabi (Kizad). The facility will have the capability to produce 10 million cases in its first year, with the option to later expand that to 40 million cases a year, in order to cater to growth in the FMCG industry in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region.
Specifically, the site will be used to manufacture Binghatti Foods’ Raubi brand of juices.
Installation of the production lines is anticipated to start during the first quarter of 2017, with the first commercial production run estimated towards the end of the second quarter.
The products from Binghatti’s proposed plant in Kizad will be distributed in the UAE and exported out of Khalifa Port to countries across the Mena region. Eventually, Binghatti hopes to be able to expand exports to Europe and the Far East.
Ahmed BinGhatti Aljbori, chief financial officer and head of investments at Binghatti Holding, said: “Tetra Pak is the standard of the world when it comes to processing plants. The courteous and professional team at Tetra Pak has done an excellent job of tailoring the perfect solution for our requirements and we are eagerly looking forward to further developing our relationship with Tetra Pak.”
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